PDFWAC 16-302-665
Lentil standards for seed certification.
(1) Land, isolation, and field standards for lentil seed certification are:
Class | Land Minimum Years | Isolation Minimum Feet | Off-type Maximum Plants/acre | Inseparable Other Crop | Noxious Weeds (plants/acre) |
Foundation | 5 | 25 (a) | None found | None found | (c) |
Registered | 4 | 10 (a) | 10 | 10 plants per acre (b) | (c) |
Certified | 3 | 10 (a) | 20 | 20 plants per acre (b) | (c) |
(a) | Reduce to three feet from fields producing a Certified class of the same variety. In addition, each lentil field for certification must be isolated by three feet from small grain fields. To prevent mechanical field mixing of swathed lentil seed crop, the planting of small grain between lentil fields, except for three feet of isolation, is recommended. |
(b) | Refers to small grains and vetch, each. |
(c) | Prohibited, restricted, and other weeds difficult to separate must be controlled. |
(2) Seed certification standards for lentil are:
Class | Off-type Maximum Seeds/lb | Pure Seed Minimum % | Inert Maximum % | Other Crop Maximum % | Weed Maximum % | Germination Minimum % |
Foundation | None found | 99.00 (a) | 1.00 (a) | None found | None found | 85.00 |
Registered | 1 | 99.00 (a) | 1.00 (a) | 0.05 (b) | 0.05 (b), (c) | 85.00 |
Certified | 4 | 99.00 (a) | 1.00 (a) | 0.10 (b) | 0.05 (c) | 85.00 |
(a) | A total of three percent inert matter is allowed in samples containing decorticated seed provided total of all other inert matter does not exceed one percent. |
(b) | No vetch is permitted. |
(c) | Objectionable weed seed maximum: 1 seed per lb. Registered class, 2 seeds per lb. Certified class. |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, [15.49].021, [15.49].310, [15.49].370, 15.140.030, and chapter 15.49 RCW. WSR 25-09-035, s 16-302-665, filed 4/9/25, effective 5/10/25. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, [15.49].021, [15.49].310, [15.49].370, and chapter 34.05 RCW. WSR 18-10-055, § 16-302-665, filed 4/27/18, effective 5/28/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3), and chapter 34.05 RCW. WSR 14-20-050, § 16-302-665, filed 9/25/14, effective 10/26/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. WSR 00-24-077, § 16-302-665, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]