MARIGOLD(Targets Spp.Linn.)

I. Application and Amplification of General Seed Certification Standards

    The General Seed Certification Standards are basic and, together with the specific standards  are basic and together with the Specific standards constitute the standards for certification of Marigold seeds.

I. Land requirements

    A seed crop of Marigold  shall not  be eligible for certification if planted on land on which the same kind of 

    crop was grown in the previous year unless the crop (s)   grown in the previous year was / were of the same 

    variety and of an equivalent or higher class of certified seed and was/ were certified.

III. Field Inspection

A minimum of three inspections shall be made as follows.

    1.  the first  inspection shall be made at  stage  of 6-7 pairs of leaves in order to determine land  

         requirements, isolation, volunteer plants and other relevant factors .

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

        relevant factors.

   3.  the third  inspection shall made at maturity  to verify designated diseases , true nature of plant and other 

        relevant factors.

IV. Field Standards

A. General requirements

1. Isolation

        Marigold 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                                                                                 600                 300

Fields of the same variety not conforming to 

varietal purity requirements for certification                                                    600                 300  

B. Specific requirements

        Factor                                                                                              Maximum permitted (%)*

                                                                                                                Foundation            Certified

            1                                                                                                        2                           3

      Offtypes  at and after flowering                                                             0.050                    0.10  

      * Plants affected by designated diseases                                                0.10                     0.20  

         at final inspection

    * Designated diseases shall be 

Leaf spot                                    (Alternana tagetica shome & Mustefee)

Flower bud  rot                          (A. alternata (Fr.) Keissler n& A.dianthu  Stevans & Hall)

Collar rot                                   (Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn)

V. Seed standards

        Factor                                                                                              Standards for each class

                                                                                                                Foundation            Certified

            1.                                                                                                     2.                            3.

Pure seed (minimum)                                                                                 97.0%                    97.0%

Inert matter (maximum)                                                                              3.0%                      3.0%

Other crop seeds (maximum)                                                                     10/kg                     20/kg

Weed seeds (maximum)                                                                             5/kg                       10/kg

Germination (minimum)                                                                              70%                       70%

Moisture (maximum)                                                                                  9.0%                      9.0%

For vapour-proof containers (maximum)                                                     7.0%                     7.0%