California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 4 - Plant Industry › Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine › Subchapter 2 - Nursery Stock › Article 5 - Registration and Certification of Grapevines › Section 3024.2 - Program Responsibilities

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Responsibilities of Foundation Plant Services (FPS).
(1) Select source grapevines from which
					 foundation block candidate grapevines are propagated.
(2) Conduct tests, in accordance with Section
					 3024.5 of this article, to qualify
					 foundation block candidate grapevines for planting in the foundation block, and
					 test established grapevines in the foundation block in accordance with the
					 provisions of this article.
(3)
					 Apical microshoot tip culture is reserved for FPS and will be used as
					 determined by FPS to be beneficial to the program.
(4) Select the planting location for
					 foundation block plantings and submit application for site approval to the
					 Department.
(5) Identify grapevine
					 variety experts who will inspect or test vines in the foundation block for
					 trueness-to-variety; document variety inspection results; and apply to the
					 Department to register grapevines growing in the foundation block after they
					 are reported to be true-to-variety.
(6) Perform all cultural practices required
					 to maintain health and vigor of foundation vineyard. Conduct visual disease
					 inspections of all grapevines in the foundation block, in accordance with the
					 provisions of this article.
(7)
					 Maintain an inventory of all registered vines in the foundation block and
					 provide to the Department upon request.
(8) Maintain records of all grapevines
					 removed from the foundation block or from registration including the specific
					 row and vine location and reason for the removal.
(9) Maintain records for all grapevines
					 planted in the foundation block including records showing that tests and
					 inspections, in accordance with the provisions of Section
					 3024.5 of this article, have been
					 completed.
(10) Upon request
					 provide a report to the Department showing all of the foundation stock that was
					 distributed by FPS and identified with foundation stock tags. The report shall
					 include the names and addresses of recipients, quantity received, date, tag
					 number, variety, selection number, and foundation vine source.
(11) Notify the Department, and all program
					 participants who are affected, of any grapevines in the foundation block that
					 are found to be diseased or off-type.
(12) At time of sale of provisional
					 foundation stock or foundation stock, provide participants with documentation
					 for all grape propagation materials and grapevines the participant received
					 from FPS. The documentation shall include: variety name, FPS selection number,
					 specific foundation block source, and registration status for all propagation
					 materials and grapevines distributed from FPS to the participant after
					 1986.
(13) Notify the Department
					 and recipients of provisional foundation stock when the trueness to variety
					 testing has been completed and if the provisional foundation stock qualifies as
					 foundation stock.