Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 25 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY › Chapter 13 - PLANT PROTECTION AND PLANT PEST ACT REGULATIONS › Section 25-13-001 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
001.01 The definitions of terms contained in
				the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act shall apply to such terms when used in
				these regulations.
001.02 Act
"Act" shall mean the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act,
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										2-1072 to
				  2-10,117.
001.03 Balled and burlapped
Balled and burlapped shall mean nursery stock which has been
				  removed from the growing site with a ball of soil, containing a portion of the
				  undisturbed root system, left intact and encased in burlap or other similar
				  material to hold the soil in place. This shall also include nursery stock which
				  has been removed from the growing site by a mechanical digger, containing the
				  root system, left intact but not necessarily encased in burlap or other similar
				  material.
001.04 Balled and
				potted
Balled and potted shall mean nursery stock which has been
				  removed from the growing site with a ball of soil, containing the root system,
				  left intact and placed in a container other than listed in 25 NAC
				  13-001.03.
001.05 Bare root
Bare root shall mean nursery stock which has been removed
				  from the growing site with the root system substantially free of
				  soil.
001.06 Bench balled
Bench balled shall mean nursery stock which has been removed
				  from the growing site with the root system substantially free of soil, then
				  packaged in soil or growing medium to form a ball, and wrapped in burlap or
				  similar material to hold the contents in place.
001.07 Container grown
Container grown shall mean nursery stock which has been
				  planted in a container with the root system in soil or other growing medium
				  capable of sustaining normal plant growth. The nursery stock has become
				  established in the container and exhibits a well-rooted condition as evidenced
				  by the medium ball remaining intact when removed from said
				  container.
001.08 Etiolated
				growth
Etiolated growth shall mean plant growth which is bleached or
				  whitened and elongated usually as the result of the exclusion of
				  light.
001.09 Greenhouse
				plants
Greenhouse plants shall mean plants grown in an enclosed
				  environment and the growing medium has been processed to exclude indigenous
				  plant pests.
001.10 Noxious
				weeds
Noxious weeds shall mean those plants designated by the
				  Director as noxious weeds pursuant to the Nebraska Noxious Weed Control Act,
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										2-945.01 to
				  2-968.
001.11 Packaged
Packaged shall mean bare root nursery stock packed with the
				  roots in moisture retaining material which is wrapped and sealed in plastic or
				  other material to hold the contents in place.
001.12 Phytosanitary or export certificate
Phytosanitary or export certificate shall mean federal
				  Phytosanitary Certificate, State Phytosanitary Certificate, Export Certificate,
				  Processed Plant Products Certificate, Phytosanitary Certificate for Reexport,
				  or any other similar documents as they may apply.
001.13 Phytosanitary inspection work
Phytosanitary inspection shall mean inspecting, traveling to
				  do inspections, sampling, transporting samples, surveying, trapping, reviewing
				  labeling and records, and any other work performed in preparation for a
				  phytosanitary or export certificate, a compliance agreement, or maintaining a
				  compliance agreement, or any other similar document, whether or not a
				  phytosanitary or export certificate is actually issued or a compliance
				  agreement is actually entered into.
001.14 Potted
Potted shall mean nursery stock which has been planted in a
				  container with the roots in soil or other growing medium which has not become
				  established as described in 25 NAC 13-001.07.
001.15 Recognized authorizing agency
Recognized authorizing agency shall mean an agency whose
				  laws, regulations, and inspection, certification and licensing program and
				  standards are essentially equivalent to, and meet the requirements of the Plant
				  Protection and Plant Pest Act, the regulations adopted and promulgated under
				  it, and the Nebraska Department of Agriculture's inspection
				  program.
001.16 Soil
Soil shall mean that material occupying or originating from
				  the outermost part of the earth's crust.
001.17 Viability
Viability shall mean capable of germination or living and
				  developing under normal growing conditions into a plant which would be typical
				  in height, spread, caliper, dimension, condition, quality and age of plant of
				  that species.
001.18 Weed
Weed shall mean any plant species other than the plant
				  species as labeled.