Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
(1) Records of certified budwood purchases
must be maintained by a Georgia Citrus Nursery for a minimum of four (4) years
and made available for inspection by the Department upon request. These records
must include:
(a) Name of the budwood
producer/seller;
(b) Physical
address of the budwood producer/seller;
(c) Telephone number of the budwood
producer/seller;
(d) Date of each
purchase; and
(e) Variety name and
number of buds purchased, per source tree, including identification number of
each source tree.
(2)
Records of citrus nursery stock sales or distribution must be maintained by a
Georgia Citrus Nursery for a minimum of four (4) years and made available for
inspection by the Department upon request. These records must include:
(a) Date of sale or distribution;
(b) Name, address, and (if applicable) Live
Plant License number of the receiver; and
(c) Number of trees sold or distributed, per
variety name and budwood source tree identification number.
(3) Records of certified budwood
sales or distribution must be maintained by a Georgia Citrus Nursery for a
minimum of four (4) years and made available for inspection by the Department
upon request. These records must include:
(a)
Origin of budwood sold, by source tree lot number;
(b) Number of buds sold daily, summarized by
month; and
(c) Records of each
sale, including:
1. Name, address and Live
Plant License number of the buyer, if applicable;
2. Number of buds of each variety sold to
each buyer;
3. Source tree lot
number for each variety; and
4.
Date of sale.
(4) Records of scion block trees must be
maintained by a Georgia Citrus Nursery for a minimum of four (4) years and made
available for inspection by the Department upon request. These records must
include:
(a) A map of trees showing block and
row numbers as well as locations of each variety;
(b) Results of tests conducted by a certified
laboratory verifying that all scion or increase block trees are free of the
diseases listed in these Rules; and
(c) Records of budwood sources used to
establish scion trees along with certificates and/or test results obtained to
verify that the budwood was free of diseases listed in these Rules.
(5) Records of increase block
trees must be maintained by a Georgia Citrus Nursery for a minimum of four (4)
years and made available for inspection by the Department upon request. These
records must include:
(a) A map of increase
trees showing block and row numbers and locations of each variety;
(b) Results of tests conducted by a certified
laboratory on the increase trees for citrus greening and tristeza;
(c) Records identifying the budwood and
rootstock sources used to establish increase trees;
(d) The month and year of initial budding of
each increase tree by tree identification number and variety;
(e) The number of buds taken per month from
each lot of each variety of increase tree; and
(f) Records of disposition of increase
trees.
O.C.G.A. §
2-7-1 et.
seq.
