raised from plants that were genetically modified. It does
not confer organic status to the seed, only that its origins
are not traced back to a laboratory.
Certified seed – Certified seed can mean any number
of things, depending on the criteria of the certifying
agency. In general, it means that the seed has been found
through testing of some sort to be free of major diseases
or pests. These results are obtained through a third
party that analyzes plants growing out of the seed being
trialed. It does not implicitly guarantee that the seeds in
your hand are 100 per cent free from insect or disease,
only that plants from the same lot were found to be free
from them. The two most common pathogens agencies
look out for are bacterial ring rot and root rot nematodes.
Other certification may refer the origin of the seed in
regards to its certified heritage or the conditions in which
the plant that the seed was gleaned from was cultivated. It could also refer to the status and treatment of
the workers involved in the cultivation and collection of
that seed. There are numerous legitimate seed-certifying
agencies, so it is worth a quick online search to learn
what exactly a particular certification by a particular
organization means exactly.
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