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" - Crop Chemical Name Quantity of chemical (g)/ Method of 100 kg seed Water (litre) treatment Bengalgram Captafol 250 - Drydressing Blackgram Thiram 75 Dust 250 - Drydressing Cowpea Captan 75 WDP or 100 0.5 Slurrytreatment Thiram 75 Dust 250 - Drydressing Greengram Thiram 75 WDP 100 0.5 Slurrytreatment Redgram Thiram 75 WDP 100 0.5 Slurrytreatment Sunflower ." Thiram75 Dust 250 - Drydressing Groundnut Captan75 Dustor 250 - Drydressing Thiram 75 WDP or 125 0.5 Slurrytreatment . Captafol 200 - Drydressing Castor Organomercurial (1%) 250 - Drydressing Soyabean Captan75 Dustor 150 - Drydressing Thiram 75 Dust or Mancozeb or 300 - Drydressing Captafol. 300 - Drydressing Sesamum Thiram 75 Dust 300 - Drydressing. Cotton Captan75 Dustor 250 - Drydressing Thiram 75 WDP 100 0.5 Slurrytreatment Jute Captan 75 WDP 80 0.5 Slurrytreatment Mesta Captan 75 Dust' 250 - Drydressing Beans Captan 75 WDP or 100 0.5 Slurrytreatment Thiram 75 Dust 250 - Drydressing Bhendi Thiram 75 Dust or 100 0.5 Slurrytreatment Captan 75 Dust 250 - Drydressing Brinjal Thiram 75 Dust or. 250 - Drydressing Captan75 Dust 250 - Drydressing Chilli Thiram75 Dust. 250 - Drydresing Clusterbean Thiram 75 WDP ..100 0.5 Slurrytreatment Colecrops Thiram '75Dust 250 - Diy dressing . Cucurbits Thiram 75 Dust 250 - Drydressing Captan75 WDP 250 - Drydressing Onion Thiram75 Dust 250 - Dry dressing Tomato Thiram 75 Dust 250 - Dry dressing 7
Note: 1. Brine (10%) is prepared by dissolving 10g common salt (sodium ehlorh:le)in 100ml of water. Soaking in brine has to be done only where ergot infection i5 noticed byt within the prescribed field standard. The seed is to be dipped in brine solution for 5-1 a min and ergot sclerotia removed. The send is washed thoroughly with water. 2. The seed is to be treated only if loose smut infection is suspected or detected in the seed. BAGGING, TAGGING, SEALING AND GRANT OF CERTIFICATE Every seed lot meeting the prescribed seed standard!;; for certification is duly treated with the recommended seed-treatment chemical and is bagged in required si~es affixing ;:;eed certification tags (blue tags for certified seed and' white tags for foundation seed) and the containtJf ig seal@d. This is followed by issue of the Release Order (Form-II) for each seed lot. VALIDITY PERIOD OF THE CERTIFICATE The validity period of the seed lot will be nine months from the date of test at the time of initi(!1 certification. The validity period may be further extended for six months provided the seed conforms to , the prescribed standards on retesting. A seed lot will be eligible for extension of the validity period as long as it conforms to the prescribed standards. The procedure for extension of validity is as follows. Holder of the certified seed stock or authorized representative may request the Agency for extension of the validity of certified seed before expiry of the previous validity, Informatjc;>n regarding name of the crop, variety, class of seed, quantity of seed in lot, lot number, size andtype of container;:;, Release Order No. etc., should be fumished to the Agency at the time of submission of application, The Agency will arrange for the drawing of seed sample and its analysis after verifying the tags, labels, seals and validity period. The sample is tested for physical purity, germination and insect damage. If reprocessing, testing and rebagging at the time of extension of validity period is requested, it may also be considered if the Agency is of the opinion that such operation may improve the quality of seed, After analysis of the'seed sample, if seed is found to conform to the prescribed standards, the Agency will extend the validity of the seed for a further period of six months from the date of test. The date of test and the validity period shall be stamped on existing tags or new tags shall be issued. The signature and address of the Seed Certification Officer attending to the validity work are also affixed on the tag. If new tags are issued the information in the old tags will be transferred to the new tags allotted, A complete record of the validation process will be maintained by the Agency. REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE If the Agency is satisfied, either on reference made to it in this behalf of or otherwise that (a) the certificate granted by it under Section-9(3) of the Seed Act has been obtained by misrepresentation as to an essential fact or (b) the holder of the certificate has, without reasonable cause, failed to comply with the conditions subject to which the certificate has been granted or has contravened any of the provisions of the Act or the Rules made there-under, then, without prejudice to any other penalty to which the holder of the certificate may be liable under the Act, the Agency may, after giving the holder of the certificate an opportunity of showing cause, revoke the certificate under the provisions of Section -10 of the Act. REFUSAL FOR CERTIFICATION AND APPEALS The Agency shall have the authority. to refuse certification of any seed production field or,any seed that does not conform to the minimum standards prescribed for the that particular crop either for 38
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