physical appearance. The main feature of seeds used for sowing is genetic purity which could not be tested or looked upon, unless the same ... tested at Government Seed Testing Laboratories for germination, physical purity and genetic purity. If this seed conforms to the standards prescribed by the Government
seed certification agency and be so handled as to maintain specific genetic purity and identity and shall be required to meet certification standards ... that it is determined by the seed certification agency, that the genetic purity will not be significantly altered
manufacturing defects, Petitioner has denied it on the grounds that its
genetic purity has been confirmed as being 98% in their own Quality Control
Laboratory ... confirmed that it is not possible to assess the genetic purity of the
cotton crop as the complaint was filed after 50% of flowering stage
supervised and approved by the
Certification Agency to maintain specific genetic identity and genetic purity
and are required to conform to certification standards specified ... seed is found to achieve the minimum standards of genetic identity and genetic
purity. It was also pointed out that no such certification standards exist
cultivation practices. They supplied the seeds only after complete
satisfaction of genetic purity standard, quality of seed and confirmation of
minimum limits of germination. Yield ... seed samples were called for from the respondent company to
count genetic purity of the seeds
Whether the state of the respondent company representative
Jassid. It is claimed that:
"In all the cases the genetic purity was observed to be 95-98%, irrespective of the hybrid and seed ... Principal Scientist (Cotton Breeding) RARS, Warangal clearly reveals that the genetic purity was observed to be 95-98% irrespective of the Hybrid and Seed Company
supervised and approved by the Certification Agency to maintain specific genetic identity and genetic purity and are required to conform to certification standards specified ... seed is found to achieve the minimum standards of genetic identity and genetic purity. It was also pointed out that no such certification standards exist
test laboratory shows that germination
is 83% and the genetic purity is
98.8%. By 14.3.2003, shell life of the seed was expired. The complaint ... filled flower heads for
assessing the yield data, as genetic
purity cannot be assessed at that stage of harvesting. He
prepared his observation
Akshi'
varieties of chilli crop seeds are of sub-standard genetic purity.
The said seeds were sold by the petitioner's company, which ... fields and sent for
DNA testing analysis for verifying the genetic purity of plants.
During investigation, it was found that 'Arunim' variety chill
seed certification
agency and be so handled as to maintainspecific
genetic purity and identity and shall be required to
meet certification standardsfor the crop being ... that it is determined by the seedcertification agency.
that the genetic purity will not be significantly
altered."
32. As is apparent from Rule
