NDAC 74-03-13-03
Field standards
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code ยง 74-03-13-03
1.
Isolation. Prior to inspection, a field must be isolated from inseparable crops by a fence row,
natural boundary, or by a strip of at least five feet [1.52 meters] wide which is either mowed,
sprayed, or uncropped.
2.
Specific field standards.
Maximum Tolerance
Factor
Foundation
Registered
Certified
Other varieties or classes *
.01 percent
0.05 percent
0.1 percent
Inseparable other crops
none
none
none
Prohibited noxious weeds **
none
none
none
Objectionable weeds ***
none
none
none
Bacterial bean blights +
.01 percent
.05 percent
.1 percent
Anthracnose
none
none
none
Wilt
none
none
none
Common bean mosaic
none
0.5 percent
1.0 percent
*Other varieties shall not include variants characteristic of the variety.
**Prohibited noxious weeds include only field bindweed, leafy spurge, yellow starthistle, and Russian knapweed.
The tolerance for prohibited or objectionable weeds, or both, will be determined by the inspector.
***Objectionable weeds include nightshade species and cocklebur.
+ 1. The grower shall isolate and not harvest within a one hundred-foot [30.5-meter] radius of all staked
(flagged) plants. A grower must leave in place any stakes or flags by plants with blight-infected pods. The
inspector may recheck the field to ensure that these blighted areas were not harvested. Failure to leave
the rejected area will result in total field being rejected.
2. Areas to be isolated must be mapped out on field inspection report.