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-.06 - TOLERANCES
Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 0080-06-03-.06
Current through September 24, 2024
Sweet potatoes certified must not exceed the following tolerances on any one inspection or on a combination of all inspections:
(1)
(a)
Fusarium Wilt (Stem Rot) - 1/10 of one per cent.
(b) Black Rot - 1/10 of one per
cent.
(c) Charcoal Rot and other
storage rots - 2% if properly culled.
(d) Internal Cork - none.
(e) Mosaic - none.
(f) Certification may be denied for seriously
damaging infestations by other diseases or pests, such as scurf, nematodes,
wireworms, flea beetles or other diseases or insect pests.
(g) Not limited by the above, any seriously
injurious plant pest or disease appreciably damaging to sweet potatoes or
capable of being spread or transmitted to new areas by the movement of sweet
potato roots or tubers, or vines, plants, slips or draws.
Authority: T.C.A. §43-518.
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