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SEED CERTIFICATION IN CHILLI 

SEED CERTIFICATION IN CHILLI (Capsicum spp. L.)

I. Application and Amplification of General Seed Certification Standards The General Seed Certification Standards are basic, and together with the following specific standards constitute the standards for certification of chilli seed.

II. Land Requirements Land to be used for seed production of chilli shall be free of volunteer plants.

III. Field inspection A minimum of three inspections shall be made, the first before flowering, the second during flowering and fruiting stage and the third at mature fruit stage and prior to harvesting.

IV. Field Standards

A. General Requirements

1. Isolation Seed fields shall be isolated from the contaminants shown in column 1 of the Table below by the distances specified in column 2 and 3 of the said Table.

 

Contaminants

Maximum Distance (Meters)  

Foundation

Certified

1

2

3

Fields of other varieties

400

200

Fields of the same variety not conforming to varietal purity requirements for certification

400

200

Fields of chilli from capsicum and vice versa

400

200

B. Specific Requirements

Factor

Maximum Permitted (%)*

Foundation

Certified

Off types

0.10

0.20

**Plants affected by seed borne disease

0.20

0.50


*Maximum permitted at and after flowering in the case of off types and the final inspection in the case of seed borne diseases.

**Seed borne disease shall be: Leaf blight (Alternaria solani Sorauer.); Anthracnose (Ripe rot, Die back) : (Colletotrichum capsicin (Syd.) Butler & Bispy)

V. Seed Standards

Factor

Standard for each class

Foundation

Certified

1

2

3

Pure seed (minimum)

98.0%

98.0%

Inert matter (maximum)

2.0%

2.0%

Other crop seeds (maximum)

5/kg

10/kg

Weed seeds (maximum)

5/kg

10/kg

Germination (minimum)

60%

60%

Moisture (maximum)

8.0%

8.0%

For vapour-proof containers (maximum)

6.0%

6.0%