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

Notices

South African Seed Potato Certification Scheme

7. Separation requirements

 

(1) Sub-units must be separated from one another by a separation area in the case of different varieties and different generations of the same variety.

 

(2) Sub-units planted as potato micro-propagative material must be separated from each other by a suitable separation to prevent any plant part getting into contact with the plants from the adjacent sub-unit.

 

(3) Different generations of seed potatoes may be planted together on a unit:  Provided that
(a) such generations are separated from one another by a separation area;
(b) the unit conforms to the requirements for the sub-unit intended for the earliest  generation planting;
(c) no potatoes nor any of the host plants specified in Table 1 of the Scheme are present in the separation area as stipulated in paragraph (a).

 

(4) It is not allowed in terms of this Scheme that—
(a) plants of Solanum tuberosum L., that are not registered in terms of the Scheme; or
(b) crop plants specified in Table 1;

may be grown—

(c) together with plants established on a registered unit; or
(d) in the isolation area.

 

(5) If seed potatoes differing by more than three generations are planted on the same unit, the earliest generation shall be downgraded to a generation which is within three generations of the latest generation.