WAC 16-302-705. Quinoa standards for seed certification

(1) Land, isolation, and field standards for quinoa seed certification are: CLASS LAND STANDARDS MINIMUM YEARS ISOLATION STANDARDS MINIMUM FEET/PLANTS PER ACRE OFF-TYPE MAXIMUM HEAD RATIO (B) INSEPARABLE OTHER CROP MAXIMUM Foundation (i) 100 ft 10 plants/acre 10:10,000 10:10,000 Registered (i) 100 ft 10 plants/acre 15:10,000 15:10,000 Certified (i) 100 ft 10 plants/acre 20:10,000 20:10,000 CLASS LAND STANDARDS MINIMUM YEARS ISOLATION STANDARDS MINIMUM FEET/PLANTS PER ACRE OFF-TYPE MAXIMUM HEAD RATIO (B) INSEPARABLE OTHER CROP MAXIMUM Foundation (i) 100 ft 10 plants/acre 10:10,000 10:10,000 Registered (i) 100 ft 10 plants/acre 15:10,000 15:10,000 Certified (i) 100 ft 10 plants/acre 20:10,000 20:10,000 (i) Quinoa shall be grown on land on which the preceding crop was another kind or was planted with Certified seed of the same variety. (a) Fields or portions of fields producing different varieties or classes of Certified seed must be isolated by a minimum of 100 ft from each other. (b) Other Chenopodium sp. ( Chenopodium album, C. berlandieri, C. murale , and related) should be controlled within 100 ft and not exceed 10 plants per acre of production. (2) Seed standards for quinoa seed certification are: Purity Foundation Registered Certified Pure seed (minimum) 98.00% 98.00% 98.00% Inert matter (maximum) 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% Other crops (maximum) 0.10% 0.20% 0.30% Other varieties (maximum) 0.05% 0.05% 0.10% Weed seeds (maximum) 0.25% 0.25% 0.50% Noxious weed seed None found None found None found Germination (minimum) 85.00% 85.00% 85.00% Purity Foundation Registered Certified Pure seed (minimum) 98.00% 98.00% 98.00% Inert matter (maximum) 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% Other crops (maximum) 0.10% 0.20% 0.30% Other varieties (maximum) 0.05% 0.05% 0.10% Weed seeds (maximum) 0.25% 0.25% 0.50% Noxious weed seed None found None found None found Germination (minimum) 85.00% 85.00% 85.00%