SCHEDULE 3CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS TO BE HARVESTED

10.—(1) In the case of the production of seed of a hybrid variety of maize—

(a)sufficient pollen shall be shed by the plants of the male component while the plants of the female component are in flower;

(b)where appropriate, emasculation shall be carried out; and

(c)where 5 per cent or more of the female component plants have receptive stigmas, the percentage of female component plants which have shed pollen or are shedding pollen shall not exceed—

(i)1 per cent at any official UK field inspection or a UK field inspection carried out under official supervision, and

(ii)2 per cent at the total of the official UK field inspections or UK field inspections carried out under official supervision.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (c) plants shall be considered as having shed pollen or to be shedding pollen where, on 50mm or more of the central axis or laterals of a panicle, the anthers have emerged from their glumes and have shed or are shedding pollen.