P-42.1, r. 1 - Regulation respecting prevention of disease in potatoes

Section 5 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

5. A producer, to plant in a protected territory seed potatoes produced by him in that territory and that are not of the grade required under the Seeds Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. S-8) shall meet the following conditions:

(1)  submit his application for authorization to an inspector before 1 July of the year preceding the planting, in accordance with the Form prescribed in Schedule 4;

(2)  use for planting potatoes that come from a planting made in the year of the application;

(3)  have used for such planting seed potatoes graded “Elite” or “Foundation” within the meaning of the Seeds Act;

(4)  prove to the inspector that the percentage of seed potato plants of different varieties in that planting does not exceed 1%;

(5)  provide for purposes of laboratory analysis or for verification by means of pre-seeding tests, a sample of 400 tuber potatoes intended for seeding for each 5 ha planted with the same variety, up to and including 1,000 tubers per field for the same variety;

(6)  prove to the inspector that the percentage of seed potato plants of that planting showing symptoms of disease does not exceed that set out in the following table for such diseases:

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         Diseases                  Maximum percentage
                                   of plants infected
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  1. Spindle tuber                        0%
  2. Bacterial ring rot                   0%
  3. Any one virus                      0.5%
  4. Total viruses                      1.0%
  5. Total wilts,                       2.0%
     viruses and
     blackleg
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O.C. 1304-88, s. 5.