AMARANTH (TENDER) - BARICHAULAI (Amaranthus tricolor L.); 

AMARANTH (GRAIN) - CHAULAI (Amaranthus cruentus L.) AND 

AMARANTH  - CHAULAI (Amaranthus blitum L.var. oleracea Duthie)

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  amaranth seed. 

II. Land requirements

Land to be used for seed production of amaranth shall be free of volunteer plants. 

III. Field Inspection

A minimum of two inspections shall be made, the first before flowering and the second during flowering stage.

IV. Field Standards

A. General requirements

1. Isolation

Amaranth 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                                                                                  400                 200

Fields of the same variety not conforming to 

varietal purity requirements for certification and wild

amaranth (Kantewali chaulai): (Amaranthus spinosus L.)                                  400                 200  

B. Specific requirements

        Factor                                                                                              Maximum permitted (%)*

                                                                                                                Foundation            Certified

      Offtypes                                                                                               0.10                    0.20   

 ** Objectionable weed plants                                                                    0.010                  0.020

* Maximum permitted at and after flowering.

**  Objectionable weed shall be : wild amaranth (kantewali chaulai): (Amaranthus spinosus L.)  

V. Seed standards

        Factor                                                                                              Standards for each class

                                                                                                                Foundation            Certified

Pure seed (minimum)                                                                                95.0%                    95.0%

Inert matter (maximum)                                                                              5.0%                      5.0%

Other crop seeds (maximum)                                                                     5/ kg                     10 / kg

Total Weed seeds (maximum)                                                                   10/kg                     20/ kg

* Objectionable weed seed (maximum)                                                       5/kg                     10/ kg

Other distinguishable varieties (maximum)                                                  10/kg                      20/ kg

Germination (minimum)                                                                              70%                        70%

Moisture (maximum)                                                                                  8.0%                       8.0%

For vapour-proof containers (maximum)                                                    6.0%                       6.0%

* Objectionable weed is the same as given at IV. B. above.