South African Seed Potato Certification Scheme; Amendment (No. R. 313 of 2013)

PLANT IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1976 (ACT No. 53 OF 1976) SOUTH AFRICAN SEED POTATO CERTIFICATION SCHEME: AMENDMENT The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, acting under Section 23 of the Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act No. 53 of 1976), hereby amend the South African Seed Potato Certification Scheme to the extent set out in the Schedule hereto. SCHEDULE Definition 1. In this Schedule "the Scheme" means the South African Seed Potato Certification Scheme published by Government Notice No. R. 664 of 15 May 1998, as amended by Government Notice No. R. 1206 of 1 December 2000, as corrected by Government Notice No. R. 40 of 19 January 2001 and as amended by Government Notice Nos. R. 1382 of 8 November 2002, R. 1185 of 1 December 2006, R. 812 of 7 September 2007 and R. 927 of 22 October 2010. Amendment of Definitions of the Scheme 2. The Definitions of the Scheme is hereby amended by: (a) replacing the expression "Globodera spp. (cyst nematode)" in the definition of "prohibited organism" with "Globodera rostochiensis (golden cyst nematode) "; (b) adding the expression "micro tubers or mini tubers" at the end of (b) in the definition of "unit"; Amendment of Section 6 of the Scheme 3. Section 6(5) of the Scheme is hereby substituted with the following: "6(5) Unregistered seed potato plantings shall not be cultivated or irrigated together with registered seed potato plantings." Amendment of section 9 of the Scheme 4. Section 9(4) of the Scheme is amended by adding the expression "and tested negative" at the end of the sentence after "recognised methods". Amendment of section 10 of the Scheme 5. Section 10 of the Scheme is hereby amended by (a) substitution of paragraph (1)(b) with the following: "10(1)(b) be tested free from Ralstonia solanacearum in a laboratory approved by the authority in accordance with recognised methods for the presence of Ralstonia solanacearum. STAATSKOERANT, 26 APRIL 2013 No. 36393 29 No. R. 313 26 April 2013 (b) amending paragraph (1)(c) by adding the following expression after subparagraph (iii): "and be found free from the abovementioned organisms." Amendment of section 18 of the Scheme 6. Section 18(2)(d) of the Scheme is hereby amended by (a) deleting the expression "and" at the end of subparagraph (ii). (b) inserting the expression "and" at the end of subparagraph (iii). (c) adding a new subparagraph (iv) after subparagraph (iii): "(iv) G2 to G8 seed potatoes on units of 1 hectare or smaller, be 1 tuber every ten metres in each row to a maximum of 4 605 tubers over the whole planting." Amendment of section 20 of the Scheme 7. Section 20 of the Scheme is hereby amended by substituting paragraph (5) with the following expression: "20(5) Post-control samples shall be taken from at least 25 x 25 kg containers per 5 000 x 25 kg containers or a portion thereof for each presentation." Amendment of section 35 of the Scheme 8. Section 35(2) of the Scheme is hereby amended by deleting the e-mail address and replacing the internet address with the following: "Web address: www.potatocertification.co.za" Amendment of Table 1 of the Scheme 9. The Table in Annexure A is hereby substituted for Table 1 of the Scheme. Amendment of Table 5 of the Scheme 10. Table 5 of the Scheme is hereby amended by the following: (a) in 5A replacing the common name for Globodera rostochiensis with "Golden Cyst nematode"; (b) in 5B replacing "Streptomyces scabies" with "Streptomyces spp." Addition of Table 7 of the Scheme 11. The table in Annexure B is hereby added to the Scheme. 30 No. 36393 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26 APRIL 2013 Annexure A "TABLE1 Common host plants of bacterial wilt disease other than Solanum tuberosum L. Scientific name Common name Crops Arachis hypogaea L. Brassica oleracea L* ...... ...... ...... Capsicum L. ... Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. et Nakai .... Cucurbita L. ...... ...... Gossypium hirsutum L. Helianthus annuus L. Lycopersicon lycopersicum L (= L. esculentum, Solarium Lycopersicon) Nicotiana tabacum L ............ ...... Solanum melongena L. var. esculentum Nees .. Groundnut Cabbage crops* Pepper Watermelon Pumpkins Cotton Sunflower Tomato Tobacco Eggfruit Weeds Amaranthus deflexus L. ... . ... Bidens bipannata L. . ... ..... ......... ......... Datura ferox L. ... Datura stramonium L. Nicandra physalodes (L.) Gaertn. Nicotania glauca R. C. Grah. Physalis angu/ata L. .... ..... ... ... ...... ......... Ricinus communis L. ...... Solanum nigrum L. ........ ........ ... Pigweed Spanish blackjack Large thorn apple Common thorn apple Apple of Peru Wild tobacco Wild gooseberry Castor-oil plant Black nightshade *Samples originating from units where crops indicated with an * has been planted in rotation with potatoes must be warmed up before testing for bacterial wilt disease" Annexure B "TABLE 7 Maximum percentage potato tuber necrotic ring spot disease permissible in seed potatoes GENERATION MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE PERMISSIBLE Potato tuber necrotic ring spot disease GO 0 G1 G2 0 G3 G4 0.5 G5 0.5 G6 0.5 G7 0.5 G8 0.5 STAATSKOERANT, 26 APRIL 2013 No. 36393 31