Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
MARKETING
Chapter 80-10-7 - PHONY PEACH DISEASE QUARANTINE
Section 80-10-7-.06 - Requirements For Certification
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
Prunus nursery stock may be certified provided the following conditions have been met:
(1) Sites on which regulated articles are to be produced shall be at least 300 yards from wild or native plums, one-half mile from phony infected commercial orchards, and one-half mile from urban areas;
(2) The one-half mile environs of the production site shall be inspected prior to October 1, and all phony trees found within such environs removed prior to November 1;
(3) All budding shall be restricted to the slip-bud method;
(4) None of the stock has been propagated by means of rooted cuttings; and
(5) Recommendations by the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service with regard to insect, weed, and disease control have been followed.
Author: Charles H. Barnes
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 2-25-1, et seq.