Safflower

Special Requirements and Standards

Application Due Date

Field inspection applications are due in the ACIA office by April 15.

Planting in Rows

Fields producing Foundation class seed shall be planted in rows to aid in rogueing and field inspection. It is strongly suggested that fields producing other seed classes contain regularly spaced open strips for ease of rogueing.

Roguing of Off-types

Off-type plants present in excess of the maximum permitted frequency shall be rogued before the field reaches the full bloom stage. Fields reaching full bloom that contain off-type plants in excess of the maximum permitted frequency for a seed production class will not be eligible for certification.

General Field Standards

Land History

Land planted for certified safflower production shall not have grown safflower during the previous two years unless it was planted with certified seed of the variety for which certification is requested and shall have grown at least one cultivated crop during the period in which no safflower was produced.

Unit of Certification

A portion of a field may be accepted for certification if the non-eligible portion does not affect the genetic purity of the certified portion.

Field Inspection

At least one field inspection shall be conducted at a time when 50% or more of the plants are flowering and preferably when 100% are flowering.

Isolation

Fields producing any class of certified safflower seed shall be at least 1,320 feet distant from any other variety of safflower and from a non-certified crop of the same variety.

Specific Field Standards

Field Factor - Maximum Frequency of Heads of Plants Allowed	Foundation	Registered	Certified
Other variety and off-types	1:10,000	1:2,000	1:1,000
Insparable other crop kinds (e.g., barley,wheat)	None	1:10,000	1:3,000
Noxious weeds	Left to judgement of inspector

Seed Standards for Safflower

Seed Factor Standard - Percentage (%)	Foundation	Registered	Certified
Pure Seed (Minimum)	98.00	98.00	98.00
Inert Matter (Maximum)	2.00	2.00	2.00
Noxious Weeds	None	None	None
Other weed seeds (Maximum)	0.01	0.02	0.05
Other varieties, off-types and other crop kinds total (Maximum)	0.01	0.02	0.05
Germination (Minimum)	No Stnd	80	80
Sclerotia (Maximum)	1 per lb

* Barley, oat, rye and wheat may not exceed 1 per 2 lbs. in Foundation and Registered classes or 1 per lb. in Certified class.