LONGMELON (Cucumis melo L. var utilissimus Duth. & Full.)

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  longmelon seed. 

II. Land requirements

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

III. Field Inspection

A minimum of three inspections shall be made, the first before flowering, the second during flowering and fruiting stage, and the third at mature fruit stage and prior 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 and 3 of the said Table:

        Contaminants                                                                                   Minimum distance (meters)

                                                                                                                Foundation        Certified

            1                                                                                                         2                     3

Fields of other varieties                                                                                 1000                 500

Fields of the same variety not conforming to varietal purity

 requirements for certification  and snapmelon phnoot:

 Cucumis melo L.var. momordica Duth.& Full., Muskmelon

 (Cucumis melo L.Var. conomon Makino), Cucumis prophetarum;

 weedmelon (Takmek) (Cucumis melo (L.) Var. agrestis Naud. 

and other non-dessert forms of Cucumis melo (L.) known 

to cross or suspected of being able to cross                                                    1000                 500  

B. Specific requirements

        Factor                                                                                              Maximum permitted (%)*

                                                                                                                Foundation            Certified

      Offtypes                                                                                               0.10                    0.20   

 ** Objectionable weed plants                                                                   None                   None   

* Maximum permitted at and after flowering.                                                         

** Objectionable weed shall be : Cucumis prophetarum; Weedmelon (Takmek): (Cucumis melo (L.) Var. agrestis Naud. and other non-dessert forms of Cucumis melo (L.)

V. Seed standards

        Factor                                                                                              Standards for each class

                                                                                                                Foundation            Certified

Pure seed (minimum)                                                                                98.0%                    98.0%

Inert matter (maximum)                                                                              2.0%                       2.0%

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

Total Weed seeds (maximum)                                                                   None                      None

* Objectionable weed seed (maximum)                                                     None                      None

Germination (minimum)                                                                            60%                        60%

Moisture (maximum)                                                                                7.0%                       7.0%

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

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