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9. The crop shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity. In particular the average level of the following impurities, by area or by number, as appropriate, shall not exceed—
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Basic Seed | Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First and Second Generations | |
(a)recognisable off-types of the same species in grasses and herbage legumes (including Italian or awned ryegrass in perennial ryegrass and perennial or awnless ryegrass in Italian ryegrass) other than smooth-stalked meadowgrass | 1 plant in 50 sq m | 1 plant in 10 sq m |
(b)recognisable off-types of the same species in smooth-stalked meadowgrass other than apomictic uni-clonal varieties | 1 plant in 20 sq m | 4 plants in 10 sq m |
(c)recognisable off-types of the same species in apomictic uni-clonal varieties of smooth-stalked meadowgrass | 1 plant in 20 sq m | 6 plants in 10 sq m |
(d)recognisable off-types of the same species in field peas and field beans | 0.3% | 1% |
(e)recognisable off-types of the same species in swede and fodder kale | 0.3% | 1% |
(f)recognisable off-types of the same species in vetches, lupins and fodder radish | 1 plant in 30 sq m | 1 plant in 10 sq m |
(g)plants (other than those classified as off-types) grown from shed seeds in grasses and herbage legumes | 1% of seed heads in crop | No standard |
(h)ryegrass in cocksfoot, meadow fescue, red fescue or tall fescue | 1 plant in 50 sq m | 1 plant in 10 sq m |
(i)suckling clover (Trifolium dubium Sibth.) in white clover | 1 plant in 50 sq m | 1 plant in 10 sq m |
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