Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
Participation in this program is voluntary and may be
withdrawn at the option of the applicant.
Registration, certification, approvals and supervision
shall be conducted by the Department.
(a) Except as otherwise provided,
certification is based solely on visual inspections of sample plants from each
planting.
(b) Responsibility of
Applicant. The applicant shall be responsible for:
(1) The selection of the location and the
proper maintenance of a planting being grown under the provisions of this
article.
(2) Maintaining the
identity of all nursery stock entered in the program.
(3) Notifying the Department at least one
week in advance of planting and harvesting as to when they will commence and
notifying the Department of the location where the plants will be trimmed and
stored.
(4) Maintaining the
identity of each lot of plants in the participant's possession and placing the
required information on each certification tag furnished by the
Department.
(c) Location
of Plantings.
(1) General. Each planting
location shall be in an area which is isolated from plantings for strawberry
fruit production to prevent spread of infectious pests or virus diseases. Any
land planted shall have been free of strawberry plants for the previous year,
except when treated for soil-borne pests in an approved manner under the
supervision of the Department. Any planting may be enclosed by an approved
insect-proof screenhouse, and when this is done the distance from other
plantings or plants as specified in this article to minimize spread of virus
diseases shall not be required providing varieties, plant blocks and plants to
be indexed are kept separate in an approved manner to maintain plant identity.
Native strawberry plants presenting no evidence of virus infection are excluded
from required isolation distances for planting.
(2) Foundation blocks shall be located at
least one mile from any other strawberry plants except those in foundation
blocks determined to be of equal pest status. Foundation blocks shall be clone
planted. Each plant in a foundation block selected for testing by indexing
together with its runners shall be kept separate from all other plants in the
block by an open space of 12 inches or by an artificial barrier to maintain
plant identity.
(3) Increase blocks
shall be located at least one mile from any other strawberry plants to prevent
spread of virus disease. When danger of possible spread of virus diseases from
one block to another does not appear to exist the one mile distance may be
waived and increase blocks and certified blocks may be planted adjacent to each
other.
(4) Certified blocks shall
be located at least one mile from any strawberry plants maintained for the
purpose of commercial fruit production and not less than 500 feet from any
other strawberry plants not entered in the program to maintain plant identity
and prevent spread of virus diseases.
(d) Maintenance of Plantings.
(1) Any planting entered in this program
shall be kept in a thrifty growing condition and pests shall be kept under
intensive control. To maintain plant identity, each variety shall be planted at
least 12 feet from any other variety and runners shall not be permitted to
cross over an open space of 12 inches maintained between such varieties. If a
screenhouse is used for any planting, it shall be maintained in such condition
that insect vectors cannot enter. Plants of each variety shall be harvested
separately from all other varieties and continuously kept separate. In a
foundation block each plant that has been tested by indexing, together with its
runner plants, shall be harvested separately. Plants must be harvested after
one growing season in order to be eligible for approval or
certification.
(2) Any plant found
to be off-type shall together with its runner plants be removed immediately
from any planting.
(e)
Eligibility for Planting.
(1) In a foundation
block: To be acceptable for planting in a foundation block, a plant shall be
(A) nuclear meristem stock; (B) nuclear stock; (C) foundation stock; or (D)
registered stock, certified stock, or plants determined to have an equivalent
known history providing each plant in the foundation block is to be tested by
indexing or by other approved methods for the detection of virus infection.
More than one variety may be planted in a foundation block providing they are
of equal pest status.
(2) In an
increase block: To be acceptable for planting in an increase block a plant
shall be first year propagation from foundation stock produced in a foundation
block.
(3) In a certified block: To
be acceptable for planting in a certified block a plant shall be first year
propagation from registered stock produced in an increase block or first year
propagation from foundation stock produced in a foundation
block.
1.
Amendment filed 7-28-77 as organizational and procedural; effective upon filing
(Register 77, No. 31).
2. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 3-10-78
as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 78, No. 10).
3.
Certificate of Compliance filed 5-22-78 (Register 78, No. 21).
4.
Renumbering and amendment of former Section
3050 to Section
3049.2 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.
