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Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act No. 53 of 1976)

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South African Seed Potato Certification Scheme

24. Conditions for certification

 

(1) Seed potatoes may be certified in terms of this Scheme if—
(a) the seed potatoes are cultivated on a unit that has been registered in terms of section 13;
(b) the seed potatoes are cultivated by or on behalf of the grower concerned;
(c) the unit  upon  which  the seed  potatoes  have  been  cultivated  has  been  separated  in accordance with the provisions of section 7;
(d) the seed potatoes were obtained from potato micro-propagative  material in accordance with the provisions of section 10;
(e) the seed potatoes are true to variety;
(f) the seed potatoes were established in accordance with the provisions of sections 11 and 12;
(g) each unit on which the seed potatoes were cultivated, has been identified in accordance with the provisions of section 13(8);
(h) the unit on which the seed potatoes were cultivated, was inspected in accordance with the provisions of section 18;
(i) the seed potatoes are contained in containers as referred to in section 25;
(j) the containers referred to in paragraph (i) are labelled in accordance with the provisions of section 26;
(k) the seed potatoes have been presented for certification in accordance with section 28;
(l) the seed potatoes do not exceed the maximum percentage permissible—
(i) for deviating tubers as specified per generation in Table 2 for second field inspection;
(ii) with regard to virus infected seed potatoes as specified per generation in Table 4 and 7;
(iii) with regard to potato tuber moth damage and pathogen infected seed potatoes as specified per generation and class in Table 5; and
(iv) with regard to non-pathogenic deviations  as specified  per generation and class  in Table 6;
(m) the seed potatoes for own planting material exceed the disease tolerance specified for Rhizoctonia, but comply with Certified Commercial seed potatoes requirements and are also treated, same can be certified within generation as Class 1 seed potatoes;
(n) the seed potatoes comply with the disease tolerance specified for Black / Silver Scurf for Certified  Commercial  seed  potatoes  and  are  treated,  same  can  be  certified  within generation as Class 1 seed potatoes;
(o) the seed potatoes exceed the disease tolerance specified for Black Dot / Silver Scurf for Certified Commercial seed potatoes but are treated, same can be certified as Certified Commercial seed potatoes;
(p) the seed potatoes have been classified in accordance to the class requirements specified in Tables 5 and 6: Provided that the classification as Class Elite be awarded only to seed potatoes of which the virus content, according to the laboratory result of a field or store sample, is less than or equal to 2.5%; and
(q) all other provisions of this Scheme with regard to seed potatoes have been complied with.