Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0080 - Department of Agriculture
Subtitle 0080-06 - Plant Certification
Chapter 0080-06-03 - Sweet Potato Certification
Section 0080-06-03-.02 - REQUIREMENTS
Plantings of sweet potatoes offered for certification must be maintained essentially free of insect pests and plant diseases. Applicants for certification of sweet potatoes may be re-required to spray and/or dust potato plantings with an insecticide and/or fungicide at such intervals and using such formulations and quantities of materials as shall be prescribed by the Director of Entomology and Plant Pathology, when in his opinion circumstances or conditions warrant such measures. It shall be the responsibility of the grower to keep records of such insecticidal and/or fungicidal applications and to furnish this information to the Director of Entomology and Plant Pathology or his representative on request.
Authority: T.C.A. §43-518.