Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 2. AGRICULTURE · Chapter 11. SEEDS AND PLANTS · Article 3. CERTIFICATION OF SEEDS AND PLANTS

2-11-51. Definitions.

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For the purposes of this article, the term:
(1)
‘‘Certified seed’’ means the progeny of foundation, registered, or in special cases certified seed which meets the standards of the official seed certifying agency.#
(2)
‘‘Foundation seed’’ means the progeny of breeder’s seed or in special cases the progeny of foundation seed which meets the standards of the official seed certifying agency.#
(3)
‘‘Plant’’ means seedlings, nursery stock, roots, tubers, bulbs, cuttings, and other parts used in the propagation of field crops, vegetables, fruits, flowers, trees, or other plants.#
(4)
‘‘Registered seed’’ means the progeny of foundation seed and meets the standards of the official seed certifying agency.#
(5)
‘‘Seed’’ means the true seeds of all field crops, vegetables, flowers, trees, or other plants.#
(6)
‘‘Variety’’ carries its original meaning and includes ‘‘strains’’ of varieties which are sufficiently different from the parent variety to justify special designation.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 16, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1151, § 2.

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