The purpose of seed certification is to provide a system for maintaining, from the time seed is released by the breeder until it is available to the producer, the genetic purity of seed varieties resulting from natural selection or plant breeding. Maryland shall certify seed for varietal and mechanical purity and germination. The following certification regulations apply to all crops eligible for certification, and include specific regulations for certain crops.

Authority: Agriculture Article, §9-202, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: June 30, 1986 (13:13 Md. R. 1494)

Regulation .02B amended effective July 1, 1991 (18:10 Md. R. 1117)

Regulation .06C amended effective July 1, 1991 (18:10 Md. R. 1117)

Regulation .09F amended effective July 1, 1991 (18:10 Md. R. 1117)

Regulation .10F amended effective July 1, 1991 (18:10 Md. R. 1117)

Regulation .12 amended effective July 1, 1991 (18:10 Md. R. 1117)

Regulation .18 amended effective July 1, 1991 (18:10 Md. R. 1117)

Regulation .18A amended effective April 30, 1990 (17:8 Md. R. 977)

Regulation .19A and D amended effective July 1, 1991 (18:10 Md. R. 1117)

Chapter revised effective September 25, 1995 (22:19 Md. R. 1473)

Regulation .07 amended effective June 14, 1999 (26:12 Md. R. 926)

Regulation .08B, D amended effective June 14, 1999 (26:12 Md. R. 926)

Regulation .09C amended effective June 14, 1999 (26:12 Md. R. 926)

Regulation .10 amended effective June 14, 1999 (26:12 Md. R. 926)

Regulation .11 amended effective June 14, 1999 (26:12 Md. R. 926)

Regulation .15D amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2002 (29:15 Md. R. 1140); amended permanently effective September 30, 2002 (29:19 Md. R. 1526)

Regulation .18A, B amended effective June 14, 1999 (26:12 Md. R. 926)

Regulation .18B amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2002 (29:15 Md. R. 1140); amended permanently effective September 30, 2002 (29:19 Md. R. 1526)

Regulation .19 amended effective January 21, 2013 (40:1 Md. R. 21)

Regulation .19A, C—F amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2002 (29:15 Md. R. 1140); amended permanently effective September 30, 2002 (29:19 Md. R. 1526)

Regulation .19D amended effective June 14, 1999 (26:12 Md. R. 926)