Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part V - Bureau of Plant Industry
Chapter 115 - STANDARDS FOR SEED CERTIFICATION
Subchapter J - POTATO
SEED STANDARDS
Section 115.292 - Storage

Universal Citation: 7 PA Code ยง 115.292

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Seed potatoes may not be stored where it is known or suspected that potatoes infected with bacterial ring rot were previously stored, unless the storage areas are properly cleaned and disinfected by means and methods satisfactory to the inspector.

(b) When a variety of potatoes in storage are found infected with ring rot, all of this variety grown on a given farm from the particular seed source involved shall be rejected. Equipment used in handling diseased lots shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before it may be used for grading certified seed.

(c) No seed for recertification may be sold for 2 crop years from a farm where ring rot has been found.

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