Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part V - Bureau of Plant Industry
Chapter 115 - STANDARDS FOR SEED CERTIFICATION
Subchapter J - POTATO
SEED STANDARDS
Section 115.291 - Winter test

(a) Seed to be certified shall have a representative sample of the lot submitted for a test in which the representative sample is grown and examined for diseases prior to the growing of the remainder of the seed lot. This test may be known as a Florida Test, if conducted through the New York Seed Improvement Coop., Inc., a winter test, a grow-out test or some other designation.

(b) Seed will be rejected if a test described in subsection (a) shows disease to be in excess of the foliage inspection described in § 115.282 (relating to diseases). Varietal mixture may not exceed the maximums in § 115.283 (relating to varietal mixtures).

(c) It is the responsibility of the grower to have the test described in subsection (a) made. The Florida Test is available through the New York Seed Improvement Coop. Inc., Ithaca, New York 14850. Payment is required when samples are submitted.

(d) Subsections (a)-(c) do not apply to Prenuclear seed potatoes. The Department may require a Florida Test, or similar test, for particular lots of Prenuclear seed potatoes if virus vectors are detected during the later stages of growth in the greenhouse or laboratory. If this testing is required by the Department as a condition of the Prenuclear certification, the cost of the testing shall be borne by the applicant.