GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogea L.)

I. Application and Amplification of General Seed Certification Standards

The General Seed Certification Standards are basic and together with the following specific standards constitute the standards for certification of groundnut.

II. Land requirements

A seed crop of groundnut shall not be eligible for certification if planted on land in which the crops grown within the previous two seasons were of the same kind unless the crops grown within the previous two seasons were of the same variety and of an equivalent or higher class of certified seed and were certified.

III. Field Inspection

A minimum of two inspections shall be made from the time of flowering to harvesting.

IV. Field Standards

A. General requirements

1. Isolation

Groundnut 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                                                                                    3                      3

Fields of the same variety not conforming to the

varietal purity requirements for certification                                                       3                      3

B. Specific requirements

        Factor                                                                                              Maximum permitted (%)*

                                                                                                                Foundation            Certified

      Offtypes                                                                                               0.10                    0.20

*Maximum permitted at final inspection.

V. Seed standards (in shell or pods)

        Factor                                                                                              Standards for each class

                                                                                                                Foundation            Certified

Pure seed (minimum)                                                                                96.0%                    96.0%

Inert matter (maximum)                                                                             4.0%                       4.0%

Other crop seeds (maximum)                                                                   None                        None

Weed seeds (maximum)                                                                           None                        None

Germination (minimum)

(kernels hand shelled)                                                                                70%                         70%

Moisture (maximum) 

(kernels hand shelled)                                                                                9.0%                       9.0%

For vapour-proof containers (maximum)

(kernels hand shelled)                                                                                5.0%                       5.0%