Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part V - Bureau of Plant Industry
Chapter 115 - STANDARDS FOR SEED CERTIFICATION
Subchapter S - TREES
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 115.413 - Tree variety approval committee

(a) A tree variety approval committee shall evaluate evidence to determine if seed, seedlings or clones qualify for one of the certification categories.

(b) The committee shall include professional forest geneticists representing the Department of Environmental Resources, the United States Forest Service, and the Pennsylvania State University School of Forest Resources.

(c) The committee shall look principally to proof, or promise of genetic superiority in at least one trait compared to other available varieties in the same certification category, and to lack of defects that would seriously jeopardize its intended use.