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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Use of Quarantine "Q" Tags › Section 2-1-3-01-113

Current through June 25, 2024
Under the provisions of
Miss. Code Ann
.
						§
											69-25-17
						and
§
69-25-19, the Bureau of Plant Industry,
						Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce does declare that a
						quarantine tag shall be attached to all shipments of plants passing an
						inspection in transit, and shall also be used to certify all in-state plant
						shipments from any person not regularly engaged in the nursery business after
						such plants have passed a satisfactory inspection. The form shall be as
						follows:
(Serial Number) Q
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
						COMMERCE
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MISSISSIPPI 39762
Quarantine "Q" Tag
This is to certify that the undersigned has this day
						inspected the contents of this package from ___________________ consigned to
						_____________________ and has found them apparently free from especially
						injurious insect pests and diseases. No plants or plant products were found
						therein, the importation of which is prohibited by the Rules of the Bureau of
						Plant Industry, under
Miss. Code Ann.
§§
											69-25-1 to
						69-25-47.
All persons are warned, under penalty of law, not to use
						this certificate tag upon any shipments, or upon any plant products other than
						those described and inspected as above.
________________________
						____________________________
Inspector State Entomologist
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Cottony Cushion Scale-Treatment Required › Section 2-1-3-01-114

Current through June 25, 2024
The movement of any and all host plants of
						cottony-cushion scale from a property on which cottony-cushion scale is known
						to have been present or from a property in a locality in which cottony-cushion
						scale is known to have been generally distributed, under provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-7,
						§
											69-25-15,
						§
											69-25-17,
						§
											69-25-19,
						§
											69-25-23,
						§
											69-25-25
						and §
											69-25-35,
						it is hereby prohibited, until after such plant or plants have been treated in
						accordance with recommendations of authorized personnel of the Bureau of Plant
						Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, and the scale
						infestation pronounced as having been eradicated.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › San Jose Scale-Treatment Required › Section 2-1-3-01-115

Current through June 25, 2024
All apple, pear, plum and peach nursery stock and all
						other host plants of San Jose scale, if originating from a nursery in which San
						Jose scale has been found, under provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-7
						and §
											69-25-15,
						must be thoroughly treated by spraying or dipping the above ground portions of
						the nursery stock with a 3 percent oil of emulsion or other insecticide
						approved by a representative of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi
						Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Requiring The Posting Of Properties Infested Or Infected With Insects Or Diseases Which Have Been Declared To Be A Public Nuisance › Section 2-1-3-01-116

Current through June 25, 2024
Every grove, field, nursery, or other property in which
						has been found any disease or insect pest which has been declared a public
						nuisance by the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture
						and Commerce under the provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
§§
											69-25-1 to
						§
											69-25-47,
						and more especially
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-7,
						§
											69-25-9
						and §
											69-25-25,
						shall be conspicuously posted and signs warning all parties against
						trespassing, said signs to read as follows: "NO TRESPASSING" to be in letters
						no less than four inches in height and the words "Bureau of Plant Industry,
						Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce" to be in letters not less
						than two and one-half inches in height, such letters to be of prominent
						bold-faced type, easily read. The mutilation, defacing, removing or destroying
						of such signs by any parties whomsoever is hereby prohibited. Provided, that
						the posting of such notices shall not be required in the case of any property
						which has been declared by the Bureau of Plant Industry to be no longer a
						danger center.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Providing For Inspection Of Plants In Transit And Treatment Or Disposition Of Same When Infested Or Infected Or Moved In Violation Of Bureau Of Plant Industry Rules › Section 2-1-3-01-117

Current through June 25, 2024
Any and all plants or plant products subject to the
						provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
§§
											69-25-1 to
						69-25-47,
						and more especially
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-17,
						§
											69-25-19,
						§
											69-25-21
						and §
											69-25-25,
						whether in transit or in the hands of the possessor, may be held for inspection
						regardless of whether they are certified or not, and if such plants or plant
						products are found to have been moved or transported in violation of the rules
						or regulations of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of
						Agriculture and Commerce, or if found infested or infected with any injurious
						insect pest or disease, such plants or plant products must be deported, sprayed
						or otherwise treated upon the order of the Director and/or State Entomologist,
						if in his opinion this is necessary for the protection of the agricultural or
						horticultural interests of the State.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Transportation Agents To Notify Bureau Of Plant Industry Regarding Prohibited Shipments › Section 2-1-3-01-118

Current through June 25, 2024
It shall be the duty of any common carrier, operating
						within the State of Mississippi, its agents or employees, to notify the State
						Entomologist, or his duly authorized agent, immediately upon receipt by such
						common carrier of any shipment of any article or thing coming under the
						provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-1 to
						69-25-47,
						and more especially
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-7,
						§
											69-25-9,
						and §
											69-25-17,
						and offered to such common carrier for transportation and delivery as to which
						the requirements of
Miss. Code Ann.
§§
											69-25-1 to
						69-25-47,
						or any of the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Plant Industry,
						Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, have not been complied
						with; and such common carrier shall not transport or deliver such illegal
						shipments but shall hold same safe pending instructions from the State
						Entomologist or his duly authorized representative as to the disposition to be
						made of such illegal shipment.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Providing For The Disposition Of Shipments Of Nursery Stock, Etc., Found Infested Or Infected With Injurious Insects Or Diseases › Section 2-1-3-01-119

Current through June 25, 2024
Whenever an authorized Inspector of the Bureau of Plant
						Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, under authority
						granted in
Miss. Code Ann.§
§
											69-25-17,
						69-25-19,
						69-25-21, and
						69-25-35, shall find in the
						possession of any common carrier in this State any shipment, article or product
						that is infested or infected with any insect pest or disease, the dissemination
						of which under the law or rules of this Bureau, now or hereafter further
						transportation or delivery of such shipment, article or product so infested or
						infected shall cease. Articles determined to be in violation shall be destroyed
						or otherwise returned to the shipper to be by him dealt with or treated as the
						law may provide. At the time of such inspection, such inspector shall deliver
						to such common carrier a certificate in substantially the following
						form:
REPORT OF PROHIBITED ARTICLES INTERCEPTED IN POSSESSION
						OF CARRIERS
To ______________________________________ and all Whom It
						May Concern:
______________________________________ (Name of
						Carrier)
This is to certify that on the ________________ day of
						_______________, 20____, the undersigned inspected while in your possession at
						___________________________, Mississippi, a shipment of
						____________________________________ (Kind and Nature) consisting of _____
						bundles or packages, shipped by ___________________________ of
						_________________________ State of ___________________ to ____________________
						at ___________________________, State of Mississippi, and found the same to be
						infested or infected with _____________________________ (Name of insect pest or
						disease) and you are hereby notified that the transportation and delivery of
						said shipment so infested or infected, within the State of Mississippi, is
						prohibited by law and the Rules of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi
						Department of Agriculture and Commerce, thereunder, except for the purpose of
						returning said shipment to the shipper, to be by him dealt with or treated as
						the law may require.
This _________ day of _______________, 20 _____.
_____________________________ Inspector (Amended April
						3, 1991; Amended July 1, 2023.)
Miss. Code
						Ann. §
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Each Article, Box, Bundle, Etc., Intercepted To Have Attached To It A "Hold Out Tag" Of The Bureau Of Plant Industry; Prohibiting The Movement Or Shipment Of Any Article When A "Hold Out Tag" Is Attached › Section 2-1-3-01-120.01

Current through June 25, 2024
Under provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-17, §
											69-25-19, §
											69-25-21 and §
											69-25-35, any article or any box,
						bundle, parcel or other container which has been intercepted while in transit,
						by an agent of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of
						Agriculture and Commerce, and is being held subject to examination or
						determination as to final disposition shall have attached to it a tag clearly
						indicating to employees of the transportation companies and the public, that
						the article or container to which the tag is attached is being held subject to
						the rules and regulations of the Bureau. This tag shall be known as the "Hold
						Tag", and shall be in substantially the following form:
HOLD OUT FOR INSPECTION
Do not remove this package from this station until this
						tag has been removed, and the contents of package inspected and certified by
						the Inspector of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of
						Agriculture and Commerce.
(Over) WARNING
This package and its contents are being held in
						quarantine.
All persons are hereby warned not to open, destroy, or
						remove the same under penalty of prosecution.
By order of
__________________________
State Entomologist
________________________
(Inspector)
(Over)
The use of this tag or the removal of same from any
						article or container, to which it is attached, by any person other than an
						authorized agent of the Bureau of Plant Industry, is
						forbidden.
Miss. Code
						Ann. §
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Each Article, Box, Bundle, Etc., Intercepted To Have Attached To It A "Hold Out Tag" Of The Bureau Of Plant Industry; Prohibiting The Movement Or Shipment Of Any Article When A "Hold Out Tag" Is Attached › Section 2-1-3-01-120.02

Current through June 25, 2024
Under authority of
Miss. Code Ann
.
						§§
											69-25-17,
						69-25-19,
						69-25-21
						and
						69-25-35,
						the movement of or tampering with any article, any box, bundle, parcel or other
						container having attached thereto a "Hold Out Tag", which has been attached by
						an agent of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture
						and Commerce, is prohibited until such article or the contents of such box,
						bundle, parcel or other container shall have been inspected, the "Hold Out Tag"
						removed therefrom and the article or container officially released by an agent
						of the Bureau.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Importation Of Plants And Plant Products Into Mississippi › Section 2-1-3-01-121

Current through June 25, 2024
The introduction into the State of Mississippi through
						the ports thereof of plants, fruits, vegetables or other material that is
						likely to introduce insect pests, or diseases especially injurious to the
						agricultural and horticultural interests of the State is hereby prohibited
						under the provisions of
Miss. Code Ann
. §
											69-25-17,
						§
											69-25-21
						and §
											69-25-23,
						provided, however, that plants, parts of plants, fruits or vegetables, the
						importation of which into the State has not been specifically prohibited, and
						which shall be found upon inspection by a properly appointed agent of the
						Bureau of Plant Industry to be apparently free from such especially injurious
						insect pests and diseases shall be permitted to enter the State and be
						transported, sold, or exchanged within the State.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Prohibited Plants May Enter Mississippi Under Special Permit › Section 2-1-3-01-122

Current through June 25, 2024
Under provisions of
Miss. Code Ann
.
						§§
											69-25-7,
						69-25-17,
						69-25-19
						and
						69-25-35,
						special permits may be issued by the Bureau of Plant Industry, for the entrance
						into Mississippi of any quarantined plants, seeds, or plant products that are
						needed for experimental purposes by the United States Department of Agriculture
						or by the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. These
						special permits will be issued only after careful investigation by the State
						Entomologist of the Bureau of Plant Industry, and only when the State
						Entomologist is assured that there is no danger in admitting the plants, seeds,
						or plant products in question.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Providing For A Review Before The Bureau Of Plant Industry Of Any Rule, Regulation, Etc., On Request Of The Party Affected › Section 2-1-3-01-123.01

Current through June 25, 2024
Any person affected by any rule or regulation made or
						notice given, pursuant to
Miss. Code Ann. §§
69-25-1
						through 69-25-47, and especially §
											69-25-37,
						may have a review thereof, for the purpose of having such rule, regulation or
						notice modified, suspended or withdrawn, by filing a written request with the
						Director and/or State Entomologist of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi
						Department of Agriculture, stating the particular rule, regulation or notice
						regarding which action is desired and setting forth the objections to the
						enforcement of said rule, regulation or notice.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Providing For A Review Before The Bureau Of Plant Industry Of Any Rule, Regulation, Etc., On Request Of The Party Affected › Section 2-1-3-01-123.02

Current through June 25, 2024
At the time of filing said written request, the person
						asking for such review shall deposit a certified check for one-hundred dollars
						($100) with the Director and/or State Entomologist of the Bureau of Plant
						Industry, or, in the case the destruction of property is involved, with the
						agent of the Bureau responsible for the carrying out of the provisions
Miss. Code Ann. §§
69-25-1 through 69-25-47, in the
						locality in which the property is located. Said sum of $100 is to be applied
						towards defraying the expenses of a special meeting of the Bureau providing the
						Commissioner or the Director considers the exigencies of the case require
						action before the next regular meeting.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Providing For A Review Before The Bureau Of Plant Industry Of Any Rule, Regulation, Etc., On Request Of The Party Affected › Section 2-1-3-01-123.03

Current through June 25, 2024
In case such special meeting is called, the Director
						and/or State Entomologist of the Bureau shall present an account of the
						expenses incurred for holding said meeting and if these expenses are less than
						$100, the balance shall be returned to the person requesting the
						review.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Providing For A Review Before The Bureau Of Plant Industry Of Any Rule, Regulation, Etc., On Request Of The Party Affected › Section 2-1-3-01-123.04

Current through June 25, 2024
On such review, all facts and representatives offered on
						behalf of the applicant or on behalf of the Bureau may be presented to the
						Director and/or State Entomologist of the Bureau in the form of
						affidavits.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Providing For A Review Before The Bureau Of Plant Industry Of Any Rule, Regulation, Etc., On Request Of The Party Affected › Section 2-1-3-01-123.05

Current through June 25, 2024
The operation or enforcement of any rule or regulation
						made or notice given by the Bureau is not to be held in abeyance pending a
						review thereof but is to remain in full force and effect until modified,
						suspended or withdrawn by action of the Bureau. Providing, that where the
						enforcement of a rule requires the destruction of the property of the party
						making the appeal to the Bureau in the manner aforesaid and the said sum of
						$100 to cover costs having been deposited with an agent of the Bureau, such
						destruction shall be suspended until the party shall have had the opportunity
						of being heard on his appeal; provided, that the party thus appealing complies
						with the instruction of the agent of the Bureau to the end that no especially
						injurious insect pests or diseases shall be disseminated.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Regulations Governing Certification Of Mississippi Seed Sweet Potatoes And Plants › Section 2-1-3-01-124.01

Current through June 25, 2024
In order to prevent the dissemination of soil rot, stem
						rot, sweet potato mosaic, black rot, scurf, nematodes, sweet potato weevil and
						other injurious diseases and insects of the sweet potato, the Bureau of Plant
						Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, under provisions
						of
Miss. Code Ann. §
§
											69-25-7,
						69-25-15,
						69-25-17,
						69-25-19,
						69-25-25,
						and
						69-25-37,
						does hereby promulgate, declare and give public notice hereof of the following
						regulations governing the movement or shipment within the state of Mississippi
						of sweet potatoes for planting purposes, sweet potato plants or vines;
						PROVIDED, that no sweet potatoes, sweet potato plants, or vines within the
						areas which have been designated by the Bureau of Plant Industry as infested
						with the sweet potato weevil shall be eligible for certification, except as
						provided for APPROVED GRADE in section 126(5)(a)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Regulations Governing Certification Of Mississippi Seed Sweet Potatoes And Plants › Section 2-1-3-01-124.02 - Application for inspection

Current through June 25, 2024
Each person or firm growing sweet potatoes in
						Mississippi and desiring to sell, exchange or give away seed sweet potatoes or
						sweet potato plants or vines is hereby required to make written application to
						the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi State, Mississippi, for the necessary
						inspections on or before June 1 of each year, giving complete instructions for
						locating premises. All fields must be in a clean state of cultivation and in
						such condition that all plants can be easily seen by the inspector. The
						inspector may refuse to make inspection if the crop is not in proper
						condition.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Regulations Governing Certification Of Mississippi Seed Sweet Potatoes And Plants › Section 2-1-3-01-124.03 - Use of and issuing certificate tags and tape

Current through June 25, 2024
The sale, movement or shipment of seed sweet potatoes,
						vines, or plants for propagation is prohibited except when a valid certificate
						tag is attached to each crate or container. Plants or vine cuttings must be
						tied with official certificate tape in bundles of 50 or 100 plants or vines;
						such certificate tags and tape to be issued by the Bureau of Plant Industry.
						The bundles of plants or vine cuttings must be labeled to show the number of
						plants or vine cuttings per bundle. Individual potted plants or rooted vine
						cuttings may be offered for sale provided a valid certificate tag is attached
						to each display crate or container in which individual plants or vine cuttings
						are displayed, or in lieu thereof, individual potted plants or rooted vine
						cuttings may be offered for sale provided each pot or growth container has tied
						around such container official certificate tape as is required for bundles of
						plants. Certificate tags or tape shall be issued only after the seed sweet
						potatoes or plants have passed the proper inspections in field, storage, or
						plant beds and the grower has complied with regulations hereinafter prescribed
						by the Bureau of Plant Industry to prevent the spread of injurious plant
						diseases and insects. The provision hereof shall not be construed to prohibit
						the possession or movement of certified seed, plants or vines for use within
						the limits of a farm where grown or of noncertified seed, sweet potatoes,
						plants or vines for use within the limits of a farm where grown. Certificate
						tags, tape and dealer tags may be recalled for cause by the Bureau of Plant
						Industry and are valid for use only by the person to whom issued. The Bureau of
						Plant Industry shall refuse to issue tags and tape to growers or dealers who
						fail to make refunds to customers for seed or plants confiscated by Bureau of
						Plant Industry inspectors on account of injurious diseases and
						insects.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Regulations Governing Certification Of Mississippi Seed Sweet Potatoes And Plants › Section 2-1-3-01-124.04

Current through June 25, 2024
Certified seed sweet potatoes, plants, and vines shall
						be divided into two grades as follows:
1. GRADE A shall be seed, plants or vines
					 which showed no stem rot, soil rot, or mosaic in field inspections and which
					 are visibly free in storage and plant bed inspection from black rot, scurf,
					 soil rot, nematodes, or other serious diseases and insects.
2. MISSISSIPPI CERTIFIED GRADE shall be seed,
					 plants, or vines which shall not exceed the disease and insect tolerances as
					 follows:
a. Stem rot. No more than one-tenth
					 (1/10) of one (1) percent of the hills found in the field inspections; the
					 vines and tubers of which shall be dug and destroyed by the grower at time of
					 inspection under supervision of the district entomologist of the Bureau of
					 Plant Industry.
b. Sweet Potato
					 Mosaic. No tolerance.
c. Black Rot.
					 No more than one (1) percent of sweet potatoes showing black rot in storage
					 inspection.
d. Scurf. No more than
					 five (5) percent of sweet potatoes showing the presence of scurf in storage
					 inspection.
e. Soil Rot. No more
					 than one-tenth (1/10) of one (1) percent found in field inspection, the vines
					 and tubers of which must be dug and destroyed by the grower at time of
					 inspection under supervision of the district entomologist and no more than one
					 (1) percent of sweet potatoes in storage inspection.
f. Nematodes. No more than one (1) percent
					 showing visible presence of nematodes in storage inspection.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Regulations Governing Certification Of Mississippi Seed Sweet Potatoes And Plants › Section 2-1-3-01-124.06

Current through June 25, 2024
The following regulations apply to dealers in seed sweet
						potatoes and sweet potato plants:
1.
					 Persons or firms in Mississippi engaged in the business of buying and reselling
					 seed sweet potatoes or sweet potato plants grown by others are defined as
					 dealers.
2. Dealers in seed sweet
					 potatoes or sweet potato plants are hereby required to file with the Bureau of
					 Plant Industry an agreement on a form furnished by the Bureau, pledging
					 compliance with rules and regulations applying to the sale of seed sweet
					 potatoes or plants.
3. A dealer's
					 tag shall accompany all seed or plants sold other dealers or shipped by mail
					 express or by other common carrier. The same regulations shall apply to the use
					 of these tags as those prescribed for growers of certified seed and
					 plants.
4. A dealer shall not be
					 required to attach dealer tags to packages of seed or plants sold locally or
					 over-the-counter, provided that the seed or plants remain until sold in the
					 original package as received from the grower and with the grower's certificate
					 attached.
5. Certificate tags from
					 the original growers must be preserved by dealers when seed or plants are sold
					 in lots other than the original package and these tags shall be delivered to
					 the Bureau of Plant Industry upon request.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Regulation Governing The Shipment Of Seed Sweet Potatoes And Sweet Potato Plants Into Mississippi › Section 2-1-3-01-125.01

Current through June 25, 2024
The movement or shipment into the State of Mississippi
						of seed sweet potatoes, sweet potato plants and vines, and all morning-glory
						plants or parts of plants from points outside of the State of Mississippi is
						prohibited under
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-7,
						§
											69-25-15,
						§
											69-25-17,
						§
											69-25-19,
						§
											69-25-23,
						and §
											69-25-35,
						except when such shipments have attached to each container a permit certificate
						tag of the Bureau of Plant Industry. All out-of-state sweet potato plants,
						vines and cuttings sold in Mississippi must be tied in bundles of 50 or 100
						plants or vine cuttings with valid certificate tape issued either by the Bureau
						of Plant Industry or the proper inspection official of the state of origin. The
						bundles must be labeled to show the number of plants or vine cuttings per
						bundle. Individual potted plants or rooted vine cuttings may be offered for
						sale provided a valid certificate tag is attached to each display crate or
						container in which individual plants or rooted vine cuttings may be offered for
						sale provided each pot or growth container has tied around such container
						official certificate tape as is required for bundles of
						plants.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Regulation Governing The Shipment Of Seed Sweet Potatoes And Sweet Potato Plants Into Mississippi › Section 2-1-3-01-125.02

Current through June 25, 2024
Permit certificate tags and official certificate tape
						may be obtained by filing with Bureau of Plant Industry a certificate of
						inspection from the proper inspection official of the state wherein the
						shipments originate showing that the sweet potatoes, plants, sweet potato
						fields, beds, and the premises of the person desiring to make shipments have
						met the same requirements specified by the Bureau of Plant Industry as
						necessary for the certification of seed sweet potatoes or plants in
						Mississippi; PROVIDED, that whenever sweet potato diseases become so widely
						distributed in any state that the Bureau of Plant Industry shall consider
						shipments from that state as unsafe or dangerous, the Bureau of Plant Industry
						shall decline to issue permit certificates for the movement of seed sweet
						potatoes or plants from that state into Mississippi. Permit certificate tags
						and certificate tape may be recalled for cause by the Bureau of Plant
						Industry.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Regulation on seed Irish potatoes › Section 2-1-3-01-127

Current through June 25, 2024
In order to prevent the further introduction into and
						dissemination within Mississippi of mosaic, scab, leaf roll, spindle tuber,
						late blight, wilt, wart, and other diseases of Irish potatoes, under provisions
						of
Miss. Code Ann. §
§
											69-25-7,
						69-25-15,
						69-25-17,
						69-25-19,
						69-25-25,
						and
						69-25-35,
						the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and
						Commerce, does declare and give public notice thereof that the sale of Irish
						potatoes for seed purposes in Mississippi is prohibited except when such
						potatoes bear certificates from the legally constituted inspection officials of
						the state in which they were grown, or from such other agencies as may be
						approved by the Bureau of Plant Industry, to the effect that they have been
						inspected and found to meet the required certification standards of the state
						of origin; PROVIDED, that potatoes which have not met the following minimum
						standards for certification shall not be sold for seed purposes in
						Mississippi:
1. Field Inspections. At
					 least two field inspections shall be made each year at such time as, in the
					 judgement of the certifying agency, is most appropriate. On each and every such
					 inspection pest tolerance shall not exceed the following percentages:
Pest
Tolerances
Rugose Mosaic
2%
Spindle Tuber
2%
Leaf Roll
2%
Total of above virus disease not to exceed
3%
Mild Mosaic
5%
Other diseases known or suspected to be
Of virus origin, such as yellow dwarf,
witches' broom, haywire, giant hill,
rosette, spinach leaf, curly dwarf
2%
Sclerotium rolfsii
blight
1%
Tuber Moth, Potato Wart, Ring Rot, Late Blight
0%
2. Tuber Inspection at the time of shipment
					 tolerances shall not exceed:
Pest
Tolerances
Stem End Discoloration
4%
Hair Sprout
5%
Spindle Tuber
1%
Scab and
Rhizoctonia solani
6% of the tubers by weight, that have more than 5%
								of the surface covered by scab or rhizoctonia
Net Necrosis
5%
Sclerotium rolfsii
blight
1%
Tuber Moth, Late Blight, Nematodes, Potato Wart,
								Ring Rot
0%
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Phony Peach Disease Quarantine › Section 2-1-3-01-128

Current through June 25, 2024
Under provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
§
											69-25-7,
						69-25-15,
						69-25-17,
						69-25-19,
						and
						69-25-35,
						in order to prevent the further introduction and spread within Mississippi of
						the virus disease known as the phony peach disease, the Bureau of Plant
						Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, does hereby
						declare and give public notice of the establishment of a quarantine on the
						following states in which the disease has been found:
ALABAMA
MISSISSIPPI
ARKANSAS
MISSOURI
FLORIDA
SOUTH CAROLINA
GEORGIA
TENNESSEE
LOUISIANA
TEXAS
The transportation by any means whatever of peach trees,
						peach roots, plum trees, plum roots, almond trees, apricots, nectarine trees,
						nectarine roots, or any tree or shrub budded on peach or nectarine roots from
						the infected areas heretofore listed into, within, or from the State of
						Mississippi is permitted only when accompanied by a valid nursery inspection
						certificate of the state of origin and when in addition, the authorized plant
						inspection official of the state of origin has certified in advance of each
						shipping season that all nurseries receiving inspection have met the following
						requirements:
1. That each nursery in
					 the phony peach infected areas producing the regulated products has applied to
					 the State quarantine official for approval of the proposed nursery-growing site
					 on or before August 15, of each year.
2. That selected nursery sites are a least
					 300 yards from species of wild or domesticated prunus, one-half mile from phony
					 infected commercial orchards, and one-half mile from urban areas.
3. That the one-half mile environs of the
					 nursery site have been inspected prior to October 1, and all phony infected
					 trees found within such environs removed prior to November 1.
4. That all budding has been restricted to
					 the slip-bud method.
5. That none
					 of the stock has been propagated by means of rooted cuttings.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Pecan "Bunch Disease" Regulation › Section 2-1-3-01-129.01

Current through June 25, 2024
In order to prevent further introduction and
						dissemination within Mississippi of Pecan Bunch Disease, the Bureau of Plant
						Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, under provisions
						of
Miss. Code Ann. §
§
											69-25-7,
						69-25-15,
						69-25-17,
						69-25-19,
						69-25-23,
						69-25-25
						and
						69-25-35,
						does declare and give public notice hereof that pecan nurseries shall be
						isolated from bunch disease pecan, hickory and black walnut trees, by a
						distance of one-half mile and there shall be no record of bunch disease having
						occurred in the nursery area for a period of at least three years. Owing to the
						fact that black walnut is known to be a symptomless carrier of bunch disease,
						no black walnut trees shall be propagated in pecan nurseries.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Pecan "Bunch Disease" Regulation › Section 2-1-3-01-129.02

Current through June 25, 2024
Infected trees found within the one-half mile isolation
						zone from pecan nurseries shall be properly pruned or destroyed, depending on
						degree of infection.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Argentine Ant Quarantine › Section 2-1-3-01-130

Current through June 25, 2024
Under
Miss. Code Ann. §
§
											69-25-7,
						69-25-15,
						69-25-17,
						69-25-19,
						69-25-25
						and
						69-25-35,
						in order to prevent the further introduction into and spread within Mississippi
						of the destructive insect known as the Argentine ant
Iridomyrmex
						humilis
(Mayr), the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department
						of Agriculture and Commerce does declare and give public notice thereof that
						the movement into or within Mississippi of potted plants or any other plants
						with soil around them, from areas which are known to be infested with the
						Argentine ant, is hereby prohibited, except when the Bureau of Plant Industry
						shall receive satisfactory information from the plant inspection officials of
						the state in which the shipment originates, or shall find by inspection, that
						the property on which the plants were grown is free from this insect, or the
						ants are being successfully controlled, and the plants shall in other respects
						conform to the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Plant
						Industry.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Lethal Yellowing Quarantine › Section 2-1-3-01-131

Current through June 25, 2024
In order to prevent the introduction and spread within
						the state of Mississippi of a mycoplasma-like organism (MLO), which apparently
						causes the Lethal Yellowing disease of palms in certain counties in Florida,
						and as Lethal Yellowing is not known to occur in the state of Mississippi, the
						Bureau of Plant Industry under the provisions of
Miss. Code Ann
						.
§
											69-25-7,
						§
											69-25-11,
						§
											69-25-15,
						§
											69-25-17,
						§
											69-25-19,
						§
											69-25-21,
						§
											69-25-23,
						§
											69-25-29,
						§
											69-25-35,
						§
											69-25-37
						does declare and give public notice thereof that the movement into or within
						the state of Mississippi of hosts of Lethal Yellowing is hereby prohibited. The
						following apply to this quarantine:
1.
Pest
- Lethal Yellowing mycoplasma-like
					 organism.
2.
Quarantined Areas
- The entire counties in Florida, as
					 designated, and any additional counties that are confirmed to be counties which
					 contain palms infected with Lethal Yellowing: Broward, Collier, Dade, Hendry,
					 Martin, Palm Beach, and portion of Monroe not considered mainland.
3.
Regulated
					 Articles
- Palm hosts of the Lethal Yellowing MLO, as designated,
					 but not limited to the following:
a.
Arikuryrob schizophylla
(Mart.) Bailey (Arikury
					 palm)
b.
Borassus
					 flabellifer L
. (Palmyra palm)
c.
Caryota mitis Lour.
(Cluster fish-tail palm)
d.
Chrysalidocarpus cabadae
H. E. Moore (Cabada palm)
e.
Cocos nucifera L
.
					 (Coconut palm) - all varieties, including Malayan dwarf
f.
Corypha spp
.
g.
Dictyosperma album
(Bory)
					 H. Wendl. & Drude (Hurricane or Princess palm)
h.
Latania sp.
i.
Mascarena verschaffeltii
(Wendl.) Bailey (Spindle palm)
j.
Phoenix canariensis Hort. Ex Chab
(Canary Island
					 date)
k.
Phoenix
					 dactylifera L
. (Date palm)
l.
Phoenix reclinata Jacq
.
					 (Senegal date palm)
m.
Pritchardia pacific
a Seem. & H. Wendl.
n.
Pritchardia thurstonii
F.
					 Muell. & Drude
o.
Trachycarpus fortunei
(Hook.) Wendl. (Windmill palm)
p.
Veitchia merrillii
(Becc.) H. E. Moore (Christmas palm, Manila, or Adonidia)
q. And any other palms or other plants that
					 may be confirmed to be host of the Lethal Yellowing MLO.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Formosan Subterranean Termite Quarantine › Section 2-1-3-01-135

Current through June 25, 2024
Whereas it has been determined the destructive insect
						known as the Formosan subterranean termite,
Coptotermes
						formosanus
Shiraki which occurs in limited areas in the State of
						Mississippi and other species of the genus
Coptotermes
which
						have the potential for being introduced in the State of Mississippi and under
						provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-9,
						have been declared to be public nuisance. Now, therefore, the Director, Bureau
						of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, by
						virtue of powers vested in him by the Commissioner, by authority granted under
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-7
						does establish a quarantine to prevent the spread of the Formosan subterranean
						termite and under provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											69-25-25
						does declare and give public notice of the establishment of a quarantine as set
						forth in the following subsections:
1.
					 Definitions: For the purpose of this quarantine and regulations, the following
					 shall be construed respectively to mean:
a.
					 Bureau. The Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and
					 Commerce.
b. Commissioner. The
					 Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or his duly authorized
					 designee.
c. Formosan termite.
Coptotermes formosanus
and all other termites in the genus
Coptotermes
.
d.
					 Infested. The presence of live Formosan termites or articles exposed to an
					 infestation with evidence of an infestation.
e. Inspector. Any authorized employee of the
					 Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce,
					 its cooperators or any other person authorized by the commissioner or the
					 Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry to enforce the provisions of the
					 quarantine and regulations.
f.
					 Scientific permit. A document issued by the Director and/or State Entomologist
					 to allow the movement to a specific destination of regulated articles for
					 scientific purposes.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Regulation of Noxious Weeds › Section 2-1-3-01-136.01

Current through June 25, 2024
The sale, distribution or movement of noxious weeds into
						or within the State of Mississippi is prohibited except under special permit by
						the Bureau for research purposes. The following weeds shall be considered
						noxious and subject to regulation as deemed necessary by the Bureau and
						approved by its Advisory Board:
MISSISSIPPI NOXIOUS WEED LIST
Benghal dayflower (Commelina benghalensis)*
Brazilian Satintail (
Imperata
						braziliensis
) *
Chinese Tallow Tree/Popcorn Tree (
Sapium
						sebiferum)
Cogongrass (
Imperata cylindrica
) *
Giant Salvinia (
Salvinia molesta
) *
Hydrilla (
Hydrilla verticillata
) *
Itchgrass (
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
)
						*
Kudzu (
Pueraria montana var. lobata) *
Torpedograss (
Panicum repens
)
Tropical soda apple (
Solanum viarum
) *
* Also listed on the Federal Noxious Weed List.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												69-25-7.