NAC587.412. Eligibility: Standards for seed stock.

     1. For a planting to be eligible to produce certified seed potatoes:

     (a) A grower shall plant a variety of seed stock that has been approved by the Department; and

     (b) All seed stock that is planted must:

          (1) Be identified by a certification tag or other documentation showing the generation of the seed stock.

          (2) Be planted at least 20 feet from a planting not entered for certification.

          (3) If certified by another certification agency, satisfy the same or similar requirements as seed stock produced in this State.

     2. The Department will not certify seed stock that is produced from generation 5 seed stock.

     3. When two or more varieties or generations of seed stock are planted in the same field, each planting entered for certification must be marked at the boundaries of the planting by steel posts or large wooden stakes that are tall enough to be visible above the planting.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Agriculture by R036-01, eff. 10-17-2001)