47.2 (1) Pre-Elite seed potatoes shall be
(a) produced from Nuclear Stock seed potatoes, from cuttings or plants that were produced in a protected environment or from tubers or selected clones, that were determined by laboratory tests to be free from any disease that could affect the quality of the seed;
(b) produced in a field where potatoes were not planted for the previous two years; and
(c) inspected by an inspector at least two times during the growing season.
(2) Pre-Elite seed potatoes shall be given the status of field generation 1 if the crop is produced in the field for the first time.
(3) The percentage of plants showing visible varietal mixture or visible symptoms of disease set out in column 1 of an item of the table to this section on the first inspection, any subsequent inspection and the final inspection shall not exceed the applicable percentages set out in columns 2 and 3 of that item.
TABLE
Pre-Elite
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Disease or Varietal Mixture Percentage on First or any Subsequent Inspection Percentage on Final Inspection 1 PSTV 0 0 2 Bacterial ring rot 0 0 3 Total of all viruses 0 0 4 Total of blackleg and wilts 0 0 5 Varietal mixtures 0.1 0
- SOR/91-526, s. 1
- SOR/95-179, s. 2
- SOR/97-118, s. 3
- SOR/2002-198, s. 3
- SOR/2017-94, s. 3(F)
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