INDIAN RAPE SEED AND MUSTARD (Brassica spp.)

(Rap =Yellow sarson, Brown sarson and Toria)

(Mustard =Rai)

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  the seed of rape seed and mustard.

II. Land requirements

Land to be used for seed production of  rape seed and mustard shall be free from volunteer plants.

III. Field Inspection

A minimum of three inspections shall be made, the first before flowering, the second from flowering to fruiting 

and the third at maturity and prior to harvesting.

IV. Field Standards

A. General requirements

1. Isolation

Seed fields shall be isolated from the contaminants shown in the column 1 of the Table below by the distances specified in

columns 2,3,4 and 5 of the said Table:

        Contaminants                                                                                                        Minimum distance (meters)

                                                                                                                                Foundation                               Certified

                                                                                                                 Self-                    Self-                      Self-                 Self-

                                                                                                            Compatible         Incompatible        Compatible         Incompatible   

                                                                                                                 types                   types                    types                  types

            1                                                                                                     2                         3                           4                        5  

Fields of other varieties of the same spp                                                      200                     100                       50                       50 

Fields of the same variety not conforming to the

varietal purity requirements for certification                                                 200                     100                        50                       50 

Fields of Rocket salad and any of the other species 

of the genus Brassica listed below:                                                              50                     100                         25                       50 

  B. juncea (L.) Czern & Coss. subsp. juncea (syn.B.Juncea (L.) Czern and Coss): Indian mustard or rai or bangla sarson.

  B. juncea (L.) Czern & Coss. subsp. integrifolia (West) Thell (syn.B.Juncea (L.) Czern and Coss .var. cuneifolia Roxb.:

  vegetable mustard or rai.

  B. juncea var. rugosa (Roxb) : Pahadi rai

  B. Chinensis Juslen non Duthie &Fuller. ( syn. B. campestris L. var. dichotoma Watt.) :brown sarson or kali sarson. 

  B.napus L.var. glauca (Roxb.) Schulz. (syn B.campestris var. sarson prain.): yellow sarson or pilli sarson or sarish.

  B.napus L.var. napus ( syn. B. campestris L. var. toria Duth. &Full.): toria or rai or laha or maghi or achara rai.

  B.tournefortii Gouan: Punjabi rai or jangli rai.

  B.nigra (L>) koch: true mustard or black mustard or Banarsi rai.

  B.alba (L.) Robenh: white mustard.

  B. pekinensis (Lour.) Rupr: Chinese cabbage (heading).

  B. Chinese L. Chinses cabbage (non-heading)

  B. rapa L. : turnip

B. Specific requirements

        Factor                                                                                              Maximum permitted (%)*

                                                                                                                Foundation            Certified

      Offtypes                                                                                               0.10                    0.50

** Objectionable weed plants                                                                     0.050                  0.10

*   Maximum permitted at any inspection conducted at and after flowering in the case of offtypes and 

     at the final inspection in case of objectionable weeds.

** Objectionable weed shall be: Mexican prickly poppy (Satyanashi) (Argemone mexicana L.)

V. Seed standards

        Factor                                                                                              Standards for each class

                                                                                                                Foundation            Certified

Pure seed (minimum)                                                                                97.0%                    97.0%

Inert matter (maximum)                                                                              3.0%                       3.0%

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

Other distinguishable varieties (maximum)                                                 0.10%                      0.50%

                                                                                                         (By number)              (By number)

 Total weed seeds (maximum)                                                                  10/ Kg                      20/Kg

Objectionable weed seeds (maximum)                                                       5/ Kg                      10/Kg

Germination  (minimum)                                                                             85%                        85%

Moisture (maximum)                                                                                  8.0%                       8.0%

For vapour-proof containers (maximum)                                     

        Mustard                                                                                           5.0%                       5.0%

        Rapeseed                                                                                         7.0%                       7.0% 

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