California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 4 - Plant Industry
Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Subchapter 2 - Nursery Stock
Article 6.1 - Registration of Avocado Trees
Section 3033.2 - Definitions
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) "Viroid-infected" means infected by the sunblotch viroid.
(b) "Index" means testing a plant for viroid infection by grafting with tissue from it to avocado seedling indicator plants.
(c) "Off-type" means different from the variety or selection listed on the application for registration.
(d) "Candidate tree" means a selected tree for which registration as foundation stock is intended when inspection and testing for freedom from sunblotch viroid are completed.
(e) "Foundation stock" refers to candidate trees after testing by the Department and/or University of California and are registered to serve as primary sources of scion budwood or seed propagating material.
(f) "Increase block" means an orchard planting of trees propagated from registered budwood and foundation rootstock trees or from previously established increase blocks to provide sunblotch-tested propagative material.
(g) "Registered" means that a registration number has been assigned by the Department to:
(h) "Registered stock" means seed, seedlings, cuttings, or scionwood produced from either registered foundation or registered increase block trees.
(i) "Registered nursery tree" means trees propagated using seed and scionwood from registered foundation stock or registered increase block trees.
(j) "Test" means any testing procedure using plant material or its extracts to determine the presence or absence of a disease agent in or on the tested plant material.
1. New
Sections 3033.1,
3033.2,
3033.3 and
3033.4 filed 2-18-71; effective
thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No. 8).
2. Amendment filed
10-24-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No.
43).
3. Renumbering and amendment of former Section
3033.2 to Section
3033.3 and renumbering and
amendment of former Section
3033.1 to Section
3033.2 filed 12-30-83; effective
thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 1). For prior history, see Register
77, No. 31.
4. Amendment of subsection (b) and new subsection (j)
filed 4-4-2002; operative 5-4-2002 (Register 2002, No. 14).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 5823, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 5821, Food and Agricultural Code.