California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 4 - Plant Industry
Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Subchapter 2 - Nursery Stock
Article 9 - Regulations for California Certified Strawberry Plants
Section 3049.1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 3 CA Code of Regs 3049.1

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024

(a) "Virus infected" means infected by a virus or having symptoms or behavior characteristic of a virus disease listed in Section 3049.3(a)(1)(B).

(b) "Index" means to test for virus infection by making a graft with tissue from the plant to be tested to an indicator plant or by other methods approved by the director. Information regarding such other methods may be obtained from the Department's Pest Exclusion Unit.

(c) "Off-type" means any strawberry plant different from the variety stated on the application for approval or certification.

(d) "Nuclear stock" means strawberry plants which were originally indexed and their progeny, which have been regularly reindexed and protected continuously from virus infection by Federal or State agencies.

(e) "Foundation stock" means strawberry plants that are first year propagation from plants that have been approved on the basis of annual indexing.

(f) "Registered stock" means strawberry plants that are first year propagation from foundation stock.

(g) "Certified stock" means strawberry plants that are first year propagation from registered stock.

(h) "Foundation block" means a planting of strawberry plants for the production of foundation stock.

(i) "Increase block" means a planting of strawberry plants for the production of registered stock.

(j) "Certified block" means a planting of strawberry plants for the production of certified stock.

(k) "Nuclear meristem stock" means strawberry plants which were propagated with meristematic tissue from a plant which had heat therapy and were originally index-tested and found free of known viruses by Federal or State agencies.

(l) "Clone" means a progeny of an individual strawberry plant which was produced asexually.

1. Amendment of Article 9 (Sections 3049-3053) filed 6-6-63 (Register 63, No. 10). For prior history see Register 62, No. 8.
2. Editorial correction (Register 76, No. 38).
3. Amendment filed 3-10-78 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 78, No. 10).
4. Certificate of Compliance filed 5-22-78 (Register 78, No. 21).
5. Renumbering and amendment of former Section 3049 to Section 3049.1 filed 12-30-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 1).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 5823, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 5821 and 5822, Food and Agricultural Code.

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