Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 02 - Agriculture, Department of › Rule 02.06.04 - RULES GOVERNING PLANT EXPORTS › Subchapter B - VIRUS-FREE NURSERY STOCK CERTIFICATION › Section 02.06.04.220 - REQUIREMENTS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Participation
. Participation
				is open only to those nurseries registered under Title 22, Chapter 23, Idaho
				Code, and is voluntary. (3-15-22)
02.
Application
. Application
				forms for the establishment of new blocks will be provided by the Idaho
				Department of Agriculture. The applicant nurseryman shall furnish to the
				Department all information pertinent to the operation of this program,
				including a diagram of each block and give consent to the Department to take
				plant parts (buds, leaves, roots, etc.) from any tree for testing purposes.
				(3-15-22)
03.
Registration
. Trees may be registered as rootstock, top-stock, or
				seedstock sources for the propagation of certified nursery stock when
				inspected, tested, and found to be true-to-name and discernibly free from known
				harmful virus and virus-like diseases by procedures outlined in this program.
				(3-15-22)
04.
Responsibility
. The applicant nurseryman is responsible, subject
				to the approval of the Director, for the selection of the location and the
				proper maintenance of registered plantings grown under the provisions of
				Subchapter B. The applicant nurseryman is responsible for maintaining the
				identity of all nursery stock entered into this program in a manner approved by
				the Department. Any planting entered into this program shall be kept in a
				healthy growing condition and free of plant pests. (3-15-22)
05.
Filing Date
. Application for
				inspection and testing of new or existing blocks of registered scion, seed, and
				stool-bed trees and for inspection of nursery stock for certification shall be
				filed by June 1 of each year with the Idaho Department of Agriculture.
				(3-15-22)
06.
Nematode
				Sampling
. The ground being submitted for planting with virus-free stock
				as outlined in Subchapter B shall be officially sampled, using established
				procedures acceptable to the Director, tested, and found free of virus
				transmitting nematodes prior to planting of any stock. Subsequent sampling for
				the presence of nematodes after planting may be carried out at the discretion
				of the Director, to ensure that a nematode-free status is maintained.
				(3-15-22)
07.
Grafting
. There shall be no budding, grafting, or top-working of
				registered trees in any scionblock, seed-block, or stool-block.
				(3-15-22)
08.
Inspection
. Maintenance of virus-free integrity of all plants
				entered into this program will be by inspection and spot-testing at a minimum
				of every three (3) years or as stated elsewhere in this rule.
				(3-15-22)
09.
Diseased
				Plants
. Immediately following notice from the Director or his agent, any
				plant found to be infected by a virus or virus-like disease or if off-type, the
				plant(s) shall be removed and destroyed. Any ground found to be infested with
				virus transmitting nematodes must be fumigated with a fumigant registered and
				approved by the Idaho Department of Agriculture prior to planting, at the
				grower's expense. (3-15-22)