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CONDITIONER |
LABORATORY |
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MINIMUM RETAINED SAMPLE FOR CCIA |
CCIA SPECIAL TESTS |
SUBMITTED SAMPLE TO LABORATORY |
1 YEAR RETAINED SAMPLE FOR CCIA *1 |
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Alfalfa |
1000 grams |
400 gram dodder |
1000 grams |
550 grams |
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Asparagus, Hybrid |
500 grams |
500 grams |
0 grams |
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Bean, Lima |
1500 grams |
1500 grams |
1000 grams |
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Bean, Lima Fordhook |
2500 grams |
2500 grams |
2000 grams |
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Beans |
1000 grams |
1000 grams |
500 grams |
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Bermuda Grass |
55 grams |
55 grams |
45 grams |
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Celery |
25 grams |
25 grams |
13 grams |
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Chickpea |
1000 grams |
*2 |
1000 grams |
500 grams |
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Clover, red |
1000 grams |
400 gram dodder |
1000 grams |
550 grams |
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Clover, white |
1000 grams |
400 gram dodder |
1000 grams |
580 grams |
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Corn |
1000 grams |
1000 grams |
500 grams |
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Corn, Hybrid |
1000 grams |
1000 grams |
500 grams |
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Cotton |
1000 grams |
1000 grams |
500 grams |
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Cowpea |
1000 grams |
1000 grams |
500 grams |
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Field Pea |
1000 grams |
1000 grams |
500 grams |
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Flax |
300 grams |
300 grams |
150 grams |
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Grain |
1000 grams |
1000 grams |
500 grams |
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Rape |
200 grams |
200 grams |
100 grams |
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Rape, Hybrid |
200 grams |
200 grams |
100 grams |
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Rice |
2000 grams |
*3 |
2000 grams |
1000 grams |
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Safflower |
1000 grams |
1000 grams |
500 grams |
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Sorghum/Sudangrass |
500 grams |
500 grams |
250 grams |
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Sorghum/Sudangrass, Hybrid |
500 grams |
500 grams |
250 grams |
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Sunflower |
1000 grams |
1000 grams |
500 grams |
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Watermelon |
1000 grams |
BFB |
1000 grams |
500 grams |
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Watermelon, Hybrid |
500 grams |
BFB |
500 grams |
0 grams |
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Wild Rice |
1000 grams |
1000 grams |
500 grams |
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| *1 - CCIA requests independent seed laboratories and official seed laboratories that are testing seed for CCIA certification please, as a professional courtesy to CCIA, retain all of the seed sample that is submitted to them for testing as a reference sample for 1 year. | ||||||
| *2 - Four hundred (400) gram sample (of one thousand (1,000) pure live seed) should also be submitted for Ascochyta Blight (Ascochyta rabiei) testing. | ||||||
| *3 - Although not an official seed standard, all certified rice seedlots (minimum 30 gram sample) must be tested for rice blast (Pyricularia grisea) and results sent to CCIA. |