MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                       1737

(1)   TWO, THREE, OR FOUR INBRED LINES;

(2)   ONE INBRED OR A SINGLE CROSS WITH AN
OPEN-POLLINATED VARIETY; OR

(3) TWO VARIETIES OR SPECIES, EXCEPT
OPEN-POLLINATED VARIETIES OF CORN (ZEA MAYS). THE
SECOND GENERATION AND ANY SUBSEQUENT GENERATION FROM
ANY CROSS IS NOT A HYBRID. ANY HYBRID DESIGNATION
SHALL BE TREATED AS A VARIETY NAME.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Art. 48, §148(s) of the Code. New
language suggested by the Department is added
to clarify this definition. The only other
changes made are in style.

(J) "INBRED LINE" MEANS A RELATIVELY STABLE AND
PURE BREEDING STRAIN RESULTING FROM AT LEAST FOUR
SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF CONTROLLED SELF-POLLINATION
OR FOUR SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF BACKCROSSING IN THE
CASE OF MALE STERILE LINES.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
suggested by the Department to define a term
used in this subtitle without definition.
This definition is modeled after a similar
definition in the Recommended Uniform State
Seed Law.

(K) "INERT MATTER" MEANS ALL MATTER NOT SEEDS,
AND INCLUDES BROKEN SEEDS, STERILE FLORETS, CHAFF,
FUNGUS BODIES, AND STONES, DETERMINED BY METHODS
PRESCRIBED BY RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
suggested by the Department to define a term
used in this subtitle without definition.
This definition is modeled after a similar
definition in the Recommended Uniform State
Seed Law.

(L) "KIND" MEANS ONE OR MORE RELATED SPECIES OR
SUBSPECIES WHICH SINGLY OR COLLECTIVELY IS KNOWN BY
ONE COMMON NAME, FOR EXAMPLE, CORN, OATS, ALFALFA, OR
TIMOTHY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Art. 48, §148(p) of the Code. The only