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YH
KENYA
[Subsidiary]
FOURTH SCHEDULE—(contd.)
B. PROCESSING STANDARDS
4. Beans, Peas and Cowpeas
(a) Mixture with other Crop Seeds.—None allowed in basic seed while a maximum of 1 seed
per 1,000 of clearly distinguishable other bean seeds will be allowed for certified seed but seed of
other species will not be allowed.
(b) Weed Seeds:—Free from all weed seeds.
(c) Other Factors.
(i) Spotted beans and heat damaged beans—Maximum 0.5% allowed.
(ii) Rejects (insect-damaged beans, off-coloured seeds, beans with cracked skin, broken
beans, too small seeds, etc.—Maximum 3 allowed.
5. Rape
Weed Seeds.—A maximum of one seed per litre of wild radish (Raahanu raphanistrum) shall
be allowed. No seed of darnel (Lolium temulentum) thorn apple, or wild oats shall be allowed in a
seed lot.
6. Sorghum
(a) Mixtures with other Crop Seeds.—A maximum of 1 seed per litre will be allowed in basic
seed lots and 2 seeds per litre on certified seed lots.
(b) Weed Seeds.—A maximum of 2 seeds per litre will be allowed in basic seed lots and 4
seeds per litre for certified seed. No seed of wild oat or thorn apple, striga and orobanche shall be
allowed.
7. Potatoes
The following diseases/abnormalities will be permitted upto the stated tolerances:
Disease Abnormality
TOLERANCE (TUBERS
PER 50 KG. BAG)
Scab (Streptomyces spp., Spongospora subterrania)
No more than 50% tuber covered)
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Rhizoctonia (Rhizoctonia solani)
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Pink rot (Phytophthora erythroseptica) Soft rot (Erwinia spp)
Severe tuber moth
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Mis-shapen and damaged tubers
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KE011EN
Plant Variety, Regulations (Ch. 326), 01/01/1975 (1991)
Basic
Certified
25%
50%
10%
0%
2%
0%
30%
1%
5%
5%
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