NAC587.432. Disqualification upon finding of bacterial ring rot or new disease detrimental to potatoes.

     1. When bacterial ring rot is detected in a planting or seed lot, the Department:

     (a) Will disqualify the planting or seed lot from certification; and

     (b) Will disqualify from certification all plantings and seed lots grown by the seed farm from the same seed source, even if infected and uninfected plantings and seed lots are grown in different fields on the same seed farm or on different seed farms.

     2. The Department may disqualify a planting or seed lot from certification if the Department detects any new disease in the planting or seed lot and determines that the disease is detrimental to potatoes in this State.

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