Section 3020.3 - Inspection and Testing Procedures for Pome Fruit Trees(a) Generally. Inspection and testing procedures prescribed in this article may be made by the University of California, the United States Department of Agriculture, other state agencies with comparable indexing programs, or the Department, and shall be conducted in an approved manner at times determined as suitable by the Department. In the indexing procedures required in this section, the Department may approve the substitution of other indicator plants, if equally suitable, or may approve indexing on a fewer number of indicator plants if the plant being tested is itself a good indicator for a particular disease, or may approve other procedures for testing for virus infection if determined equally suitable. Additional inspections or tests other than provided in this section may be required by the Department if seasonal conditions or other factors tend to obscure virus symptoms or make adequate inspection impossible or when virus infection is suspected, or when virus symptoms may be masked in a particular variety.(b) Qualification of Stock. (1) Registered Trees in a Mother Block. Each registered tree may be given a visual inspection annually. Index testing may be required for registered trees in a mother block ten years from the planting date of the trees or sooner if virus infection is suspected.(2) Nursery Increase Block, Certified Block, Registered Rootstock Stool Block. At least one visual inspection shall be made each year of plants in a nursery increase block, a certified block, and a registered rootstock stool block. A registered rootstock stool block is required to be root sampled for the detection of harmful nematodes each year after the second growing season of the block.(3) Other Qualified Stock. Pome fruit propagative stock from other state agencies, USDA, and other countries, which were produced under a program with the same requirements as provided in this regulation, will be accepted into this program.(c) Refusal, Suspension, or Cancellation of Registration or Certification. Registration or certification may be refused, suspended, or cancelled for any plants in part or all of a planting for any of the following reasons:(1) The requirements of this article have not been met;(2) The plant is found to be virus-infected or off-type;(3) A registered tree is found virus-infected and it is determined that plants propagated from it also are liable to be infected;(4) The pest cleanliness requirements for nursery stock in Section 3060.2 of the nursery inspection regulations have not been met;(5) For any reason the identity of a plant becomes uncertain or has not been properly maintained; or(6) A registration number is misused or misrepresented.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 3020.3
1. Renumbering and amendment of former Section 3022 to Section 3020.3 filed 12-30-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 1). Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 5823, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 5821 and 5822, Food and Agricultural Code.
1. Renumbering and amendment of former Section 3022 to Section 3020.3 filed 12-30-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 1).