CORIANDER(CORIANDRUM SATIVUM)

Open pollinated varieties and /composites

I. Application and Amplification of General Seed Certification Standards

A  The General Seed Certification Standards are basic and, together with the following specific standards 

     constitute the standards for certification of the seeds of coriander open pollinated varieties and composites

II. Land requirements

    Land to be used for seed production of coriander should be free from volunteer plants .

III. Field Inspection

    A minimum of three inspections shall be made as follows

1. The first  inspection  shall be made before  flowering preferably within 45 days of  planting  to determine 

    isolation, volunteer plants offtypes and other relevant factors.

2. The second inspection shall be made during 50% flowering  to check  the isolation, offtypes and other

     relevant factors.

3. The third inspection shall be made  at maturity and prior to harvesting to verify the true nature of plant

     and other relevant factors.         

IV. Field Standards

A. General requirements

1. Isolation

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

        Contaminants                                                                                   Minimum distance (meters)

                                                                                                                Foundation        Certified

            1                                                                                                         2                     3

Fields of other varieties                                                                                    200                100

Fields of the same variety not conforming to                                                     200                100

varietal purity    

Offtype                                                                                                           0.1%              0.5%

 plants                                                                                                                                                            

*Objectionable weed plants                                                                            None              None

B. Specific requirements

Factor                                                                                                Maximum permitted(%)

                                                                                                             Foundation    Certified

Pure seed (minimum)                                                                        97.0%                97.0%

Inert matter (maximum)                                                                      3.0%                  3.0%

Other crop seed (maximum)                                                            10/Kg                  20/kg

*Objectionable weed seeds (max)                                                    None                   None

Germination (minimum)                                                                     65%                     65%

Moisture( maximum)                                                                        10%                     10%

For vapour proof container (max)                                                       8%                      8%

* Objectionable weed Lathyrus