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Explanatory Note

As you are aware, the Crop Inspector Certification Development Team has been actively developing and revising both the QSP 142.1 Pedigreed Seed Crop Inspection Procedures and the crop related Specific Work Instructions.

A recent review of the draft QSP 142.1 (which Seed Section hopes to have finalized in autumn 2005), has resulted in a number of revisions to Specific Work Instructions. These revisions are provided below. Seed Section will incorporate these revisions into the SWIs as resources allow.

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In SWI 142.1.2-1 Field Corn Seed Crop Inspection Procedures, the following changes should be noted:

• in Secton 4.3.3, the last two sentences of the first paragraph are removed and replaced with the following:

  “When inspecting open pollinated corn, the inspector must report the findings on the Report of Seed Crop Inspection (CFIA/ACIA 1115).”

In SWI 142.1.2-3 Pulse Crop Inspection Procedures, the following changes should be noted:

• In Section 4.2, the last line has been changed to read “Fababean - one inspection after flowering.”
• The chart in Appendix X has been removed and replaced with the chart below.

  PULSE CROPS	Bean, Fababean	Other bean types, soybeans, peas
  	Lentil, lupin	None
  	Pea/Chickpea	Fababeans, soybeans, other bean types

• The chart in Appendix XI has been removed and replaced with the chart below. The title has been changed to read “Weeds to Report in the Inspected Crop.”

  Inspected Crop Kind	Difficult to Separate Weeds (Report in Counts)	Objectionable Weeds (Report by Frequency)
  Chickpeas Fababeans Lupins Lentils Peas	Round leaf mallow	Cleavers (bedstraw) Large seeded vetches Other large seeded mallow species Sterile oats Wild buckwheat Wild mustard Wild oats Wild tomato
  Field beans	None	Nightshade spp. e.g. American nightshade Velvetleaf

In SWI 142.1.2-4 Cruciferous Crop Inspection Procedures, the following changes should be noted:

• The Table of Contents has been changed with respect to Appendix IV. It now reads “Weeds to Report in Cruciferous Crops.”
• The chart contained in Appendix III has been removed and replaced with the chart below.

OIL SEED	Canola	Mustard, Oilseed radish
	Mustard	Canola, Oilseed radish
	Oilseed Radish	Mustard, Canola

• The chart contained in Appendix IV has been removed and replaced with the chart below. The title has been changed to “Weeds to Report in the Inspected Crop.”

  Inspected Crop Kind	Difficult to Separate Weeds (Report in Counts)	Objectionable Weeds (Report by Frequency)
  Canola Rapeseed Mustard Oilseed radish	Cleavers (bedstraw) Wild mustard	Stickseed Smartweed Weedy Brassica spp. e.g. Ball mustard, dog mustard, wild radish

In SWI 142.1.2-5 Pedigreed Seed for Forage, Turf, Groundcover, and Native Prairie Species Crop Inspection Procedures, the following changes should be noted:

• The Table of Contents has been changed with respect to Appendix II, with the title now reading “Difficult to Separate Other Crops.” The Table of Contents also reflects a change of title for Appendix III to “Weeds to Report in Forage and Related Crop.”
• In Section 4.1, the following paragraph has been added

  “Where the application indicates that the crop was planted with imported seed, every effort should be made to verify, regardless of whether tag verification has been requested on the preprinted report.”

• In Section 4.2, the fourth paragraph, beginning “As plant population density...” should be removed
• The last sentence of Section 6.4 has been deleted. The comment below has been added.

  “While removal of these plants is desirable, their presence may or may not result in CSGA declining a crop.”

• The charts contained in Appendix II has been removed and replaced with the charts below.

LEGUME	Alfalfa	Sweet clover, red clover, cicer milkvetch, sainfoin
	Alsike Clover	Timothy, birdsfoot trefoil, sweet clover
	Bird’s-foot Trefoil	Sweet clover, red clover, alsike clover
	Cicer milkvetch, crownvetch	Sweet clover, red clover, alfalfa
	Red Clover	Alfalfa, sweet clover, cicer milkvetch
	Sainfoin	Alfalfa, sweet clover, red clover
	Sweet Clover	Alfalfa, red clover, cicer milkvetch, white clover

 

GRASSES	Bentgrasses	Redtop
	Bluegrasses	Other bluegrasses, timothy
	Bromegrasses	Meadow fescue, other bromegrasses, wheatgrasses, wild ryes
	Fescues	Bromegrasses, other fescues, ryegrasses, wheatgrasses
	Orchardgrass	None
	Redtop	Bentgrasses
	Reed Canarygrass	None
	Ryegrasses	Fescues, Russian wild rye, wheatgrasses
	Timothy	Alsike clover, bluegrasses
	Wheatgrasses	Bromegrasses, fescues, ryegrasses, other wheatgrasses, wild ryes
	Wild Rye	Bromegrasses, fescues, wheatgrasses, other wild ryes

Report these crop kinds found in inspected legume and grass crops on a per area inspected basis (e.g. alsike: 4 per 10 m²).

• The chart contained in Appendix III has been removed and replaced with the chart below. The title has been changed to “Weeds to Report in Forage and Related Crops.”

  Inspected Crop Kind	Difficult to Separate Weeds (Report in Counts)	Objectionable Weeds (Report by Frequency)
  Alfalfa Cicer milkvetch Crown vetch Persian clover Prairie clover Red clover Sainfoin Sweet clover White clover		American dragonhead Beckmann’s grass Bladder campion Canada thistle Cleavers (bedstraw) Couchgrass Cow cockle Dock Field peppergrass Lamb’s-quarter’s Night-flowering catchfly Redroot pigweed Smartweed Stickseed Stinkweed Wild mustard White cockle
  Alsike clover Birdsfoot Trefoil	None	American dragonhead Black medick Bladder campion Couchgrass Canada thistle Cleavers (bedstraw) Dock Dog mustard Green foxtail Lamb’s-quarters Night-flowering catchfly Rough cinquefoil Redroot pigweed Scentless chamomile Stickseed Stinkweed Tall hedge mustard White cockle Wild mustard
  Bromegrass	Couchgrass Downy brome	Beckmann’s grass Canada thistle Downy brome (for crops other than bromegrass) Fleabane Goat’s-beard Hawk’s-beard Persian darnel Rough cinquefoil Scentless chamomile Wild barley Wild oats Yellow rocket (winter cress)
  Fescues Orchardgrass Reed canarygrass Tufted hairgrass Wheatgrasses Wild ryes	Couchgrass
  Bentgrasses Bluegrasses Redtop	None	Canada thistle Chickweeds Couchgrass Crabgrass Flixweed Hawk’s-beard Heal-all Ox-eye daisy Rough cinquefoil Panic grass Stickseed
  Ryegrass	Couchgrass
  Timothy	Ox-eye daisy	Bladder campion Canada thistle Cleavers (bedstraw) Couchgrass Dock Flixweed Hawk’s-beard Lamb’s-quarters Night-flowering catchfly Perennial sow thistle Redroot pigweed Ribgrass (Narrow-leaved plantain) Rough cinquefoil Scentless chamomile Shepard’s purse Stickseed Stinkweed White cockle Wild mustard Wormseed mustard

• In the Source acknowledgement of the Crownvetch section of Appendix V , “Cicer milk-vetch” has been replaced with “Crownvetch”

In SWI 142.1.2-6 Soybean Seed Crop Inspection Procedures, the following changes should be noted:

• In the Table of Contents, the title for Appendix II has been changed to “Crops and Weeds to Report.”
• The third paragraph of Section 4.3, has been replaced with “Appendix II lists other crop kinds difficult to separate and objectionable weeds. Prohibited noxious weeds must be also be reported by frequency.
• Appendix II has been re-titled “Crops and Weeds to Report.” The chart has been removed and replaced with the chart below.

Crop Kind	Other Crops to Report in Counts	Difficult to Separate Weeds to Report in Counts	Objectionable Weeds to Report by Frequency
Soybean	Other bean types, corn, lupins, peanuts, peas	None	Field bindweed Nightshade spp. e.g. American nightshade Velvetleaf