Quality System Procedure 142.1: Pedigreed Seed Crop Inspection Procedures - Appendices
Appendix IV: Abbreviations Recognized by CSGA for use on Crop Inspection Reports
Part I: Instructional Codes used by CSGA
AHC: the inspector is asked to verify with the grower the after harvest cultivation practices used on the field in question and provide the information on the Report of Seed Crop Inspection.
ARE: the inspector is asked to provide information on the area of the crop in acres on the Report of Seed Crop Inspection.
CPC: the inspector is asked to verify with the grower the variety, kind and crop certificate numbers issued to cover the crops grown on this land for the last two years and provide this information on the Report of Seed Crop Inspection.
DESC: If the inspector was provided a description of variety by the applicant, the inspector is requested to provide this description to the CSGA with the Report of Seed Crop Inspection.
FPC, FP3, FP5, RP3, RP5, S3C: the previous land use has not been verified; the inspector is requested to obtain this information from the grower and provide it on the Report of Seed Crop Inspection. Where a number is indicated in the code, this is the number of years of previous land use for which CSGA is requesting information. For FPC, two years of previous land use information is requested.
GEN: The crop does not appear to be eligible for pedigreed seed crop certification. The inspector is requested to verify with the grower whether the inspection is for land use, re-certification or if the inspection is to be cancelled.
LOK: the previous land use has been accepted; no other verification is required.
PED: It appears that the Crop Certificate number of the seed used to plant this crop does not agree with CSGA records. The inspector is requested to send the tags representing the seed used to plant this crop to the CSGA.
TAG, TAGCC, TAGNE: the inspector is asked to attach a representative seed tag to the original copy of the Report of Seed Crop Inspection for forwarding to CSGA. In the case of TAGCC, the previously submitted tag did not contain a valid crop certificate number and a corrected tag is requested. In the case of TAGNE, the previously submitted tag was not issued by a seed certification agency.
YRS: The inspector is requested to contact the grower and provide CSGA with the month and year that the crop was planted.
0P: indicates that a grower is authorized to begin probationary period for plot production.
1P, 1Q: indicates that a grower has completed one year of probation plot production.
2P, 2Q: indicates that a grower has completed two years of probation plot production.
3P, 3Q: indicates a grower has completed his probation period but is not yet fully accredited as a plot producer.
Part II: Codes that may by used by Inspectors*
| Abbreviation | Impurity |
|---|---|
| 2R | Two rowed |
| 2RRA | Two rowed rough awned |
| 2RSA | Two rowed smooth awned |
| 6R | Six rowed |
| 6RRA | Six rowed rough awned |
| 6RSA | Six rowed smooth awned |
| AC (on flax) | Anthocyanin coloured pods |
| AC (canola) | Apetalous canola (no petals) |
| AL | Awns long |
| AR | Awns rough |
| ARCH | Awned and red chaffed |
| ARCT | Awned, redchaffed and tall |
| AS | Awns short |
| ASSM | Awns semi-smooth |
| AST | Awns smooth, tall plants |
| AT | Awned and tall |
| AW | Awns white |
| AWC | Awned and white chaffed |
| AWCT | Awned, white chaffed and tall |
| BA | Awns black |
| BARB | Barbs |
| BAT | Awns black and tall plants |
| BCH | Brown chaffed |
| BFF | Flowers with blue filaments |
| BUSH | Bush type plants |
| ER | Erect plants |
| FAT | Fatuoid oats |
| FIS | Fertile in sterile |
| FWO | False wild oats |
| GIX | Glume awns same length as glume |
| G2X | Glume awns twice length of glume |
| G3X | Glume awns three times length of glume |
| GBL | Glume beak is long |
| GBS | Glume beak is short |
| HO | Hulless oat |
| HRSW | Hard red spring wheat |
| LM | Later (less mature) |
| LP | Leafy plants |
| LWF | Leafed, white flowers |
| NA | No awns (awnless) |
| NABGT | No awns, brown glumes tall plants |
| NAPUS | Napus (Argentine type) |
| NARC | No awns and red chaffed |
| NARCT | No awns, red chaffed tall plants |
| NAT | No awns, tall plants |
| NAWC | No awns and white chaffed |
| NAWGT | No awns, white glumes and tall plants |
| PDB | Petals are dark blue |
| PFL | Purple flowered, leafed |
| PFSL | Purple flowered, semi-leafless |
| PLB | Petals are light blue |
| PW | Petals are white |
| RAPA | Rapa (polish type) canola |
| RC | Red chaffed |
| RS | Red spring |
| SA | Smooth awns |
| SF | Summer fallow |
| SLP | Semi-leafless plants |
| ST | Sterile plants |
| TCO | Tan chaffed oat |
| TF | Tall flax |
| TL | Taller and later plants |
| TLGO | Taller, lighter green oats |
| TPF | Taller, purple flowered |
| TPLA | Taller and purple on leaf axis |
| TPS | Taller and purple on stem |
| TWP | Taller, white flowers |
| VINE | Vine type |
| WCT | White chaffed, taller plants |
| WFF | Flowers with white filament |
| WFL | White flowered, leafed |
| WFR | White flowered rapeseed |
| WM | Wild mustard |
| WNSS | Will not set seed |
| WO | Wild oats |
* This list has been approved by the CSGA for use in all parts of Canada except Quebec. This list differs from that to be used in Quebec in order to allow Quebec staff to use abbreviations that are meaningful to them and to respect the crop kinds grown in Quebec. Inspectors wishing additions to this list may consult with the contact person listed on page 4 of this document.
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