Florida Administrative Code
5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
5B - Division of Plant Industry
Chapter 5B-62 - CITRUS NURSERY STOCK CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Section 5B-62.023 - Stop-Sale Notice and Hold Order

(1) Compromise or breach of structure.

(2) Failure to submit A Source Tree Bud Cutting Report, FDACS-08172, Revised 03/14, as incorporated in Rule 5B-62.005, F.A.C., to the Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration.

(3) Misrepresenting citrus nursery stock as being progeny of registered source trees.

(4) Misrepresenting the type of source tree from which citrus nursery stock was produced as certified trees.

(5) Mishandling of budwood or scions, citrus nursery stock or misuse of records thereof which do not verify or substantiate the correct parentage of citrus nursery stock or source trees.

(6) Knowingly propagating budwood not meeting the requirements of this rule.

(7) Any citrus nursery stock found infected with plant pests listed in Rule 5B-62.003, F.A.C., or exposed to plant pests listed in Rule 5B-62.003, F.A.C., to such a degree that infestation is likely even if no visible symptoms are present. The presence of citrus canker or citrus greening in close proximity to a citrus nursery will not result in an automatic quarantine of the nursery provided the citrus nursery stock is in compliance with the other requirements of this rule chapter.

(8) Any budwood source tree found infected with plant pests listed in Rule 5B-62.003, F.A.C., or exposed to plant pests listed in Rule 5B-62.003, F.A.C., to such a degree that infestation is likely even if no visible symptoms are present. Budwood source trees found infested with Asian citrus psyllids will be immediately quarantined and suspended from budwood cutting.