FENNEL(Foaniculum vulgare)

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 fennel open pollinated varieties and /composites

II. Land requirements

    Land to be used for seed production of fennel  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 

varietal purity                                                                                                200                100

B. Specific requirements

Factor                                                                                                Maximum permitted(%)

                                                                                                             Foundation    Certified

  Offtype plants                                                                                              0.10               0.50

  *Objectionable weed                                                                                  None              0.05

V. Seed Standards.

Factor                                                                                             Standards for each class

                                                                                                      Foundation            Certified

Pure seed (minimum)                                                                        97.0%                97.0%

Inert matter (maximum)                                                                      3.0%                  3.0%

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

Weed seeds (maximum)                                                                  10/kg                   20/kg

*Objectionable weed seeds (max)                                                     5/kg                   10/kg

Germination (minimum)                                                                     65%                     65%

Moisture( maximum)                                                                        10%                     10%

For vapour proof container (max)                                                       8%                      8%

*Objectionable weed Dodder (Cuscuta species)