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8.5.3 Specification for Certification Tag
Seed certification tag should be 15 cm in length and 7.5 cm in breadth, and is made
of durable material such as thick paper, paper with cloth lining, wax coated paper,
plastic coated paper, etc. Both sides of tag paper shall be white for foundation class
and blue (ISI No.—Azure blue) for certified class. The detailed contents and layout
of different seed certification tags are shown in Figure 8.3.
TABLE 8.1
Seed Standards for Foundation and Certified Seed Classes
Seed Standards Foundation Certified
Pure seed (minimum) 98.0 98.0
Inert matter (maximum) 2.0 2.0
Other crop seeds (maximum) None None
Germination (minimum) 60.0% 60.0%
Moisture (maximum) 7.0% 7.0%
For vapour-proof containers (maximum) 6.0% 6.0%Source: Adapted from Trivedi, R. K. and M. Gunasekaran, 2013, Indian mini-
mum seed certification standards, The Central Seed Certification
Board, Department of Agriculture & Co-operation Ministry of
Agriculture, New Delhi: Government of India, p. 605.FIGURE 8.3 Contents and layout of different seed certification tags.