SCHEDULE 3CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS TO BE HARVESTED

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1

In the case of the production of seed of a hybrid variety of maize—

a

sufficient pollen shall be shed by the plants of the male component while the plants of the female component are in flower;

b

where appropriate emasculation shall be carried out; and

c

where 5% or more of the female component plants have receptive stigmas, the percentage of female component plants which have shed pollen or are shedding pollen shall not exceed—

i

1% at an official UK field inspection or a UK field inspection carried out under official supervision, and

ii

2% at the total of the official UK field inspections or UK field inspections carried out under official supervision.

2

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (c) plants shall be considered as having shed pollen or to be shedding pollen where, on 50 mm or more of the central axis or laterals of a panicle, the anthers have emerged from their glumes and have shed or are shedding pollen.