2 N.C. Admin. Code 48A.1005

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 11, December 2, 2024

Section 48A .1005 - STANDARDS

(a) All vegetable plants shall meet the requirements of all applicable state and federal plant pest quarantines.

(b) With the exception of asparagus, onion sets and white seed potatoes, all vegetable plants shall be field inspected within three days of their being placed for sale or being shipped into North Carolina.

(c) With respect to the indicated plants, the following shall apply:

Plant Tolerances

Tomato

Bacterial canker 0

Bacterial spot 0

Wilt diseases 0

Other injurious diseases and viruses apparently free

Root knot and other injurious nematodes 0

Insects no apparent injury

or infestation

Pepper

Bacterial spot 0

Other injurious diseases and viruses apparently free

Root knot and other injurious nematodes 0

Insects no apparent injury

or infestation

Flowers and/or pods apparently free

Pepper Weevil 0

Sweet Potato

Scurf 0

Black rot 0

Soil rot or pox 0

Internal cork 0

Fusarium wilt 0

Other injurious diseases and viruses apparently free

Root knot and other injurious nematodes 0

Insects no apparent injury

or infestation

Cabbage and other cole crops

Black rot 0

Black leg 0

Clubroot 0

Yellows 0

Other injurious diseases and viruses apparently free

Root knot and other injurious nematodes 0

Insects no apparent injury

or infestation

Eggplant

Wilt diseases 0

Other injurious diseases and viruses apparently free

Root knot and other injurious nematodes 0

Insects no apparent injury

or infestation

Onion plants and sets

White rot 0

Other injurious diseases and viruses apparently free

Root knot and other injurious nematodes 0

Insects no apparent injury

or infestation

Asparagus Crowns

Fusarium wilt and crown rot 0

Other injurious diseases and viruses apparently free

Root knot and other injurious nematodes 0

Insects no apparent injury

or infestation

White seed potatoes

Field inspection:

Leafroll 2 Percent

Mosaic 2 Percent

Spindle tuber 2 Percent

PVYN . 75 Percent

Total viruses 3 Percent

Black leg and wilts 1 Percent

Bacterial ring rot 0 Percent

Varietal mixture .5 Percent

White seed potatoes must be grown in a certified seed program utilizing a flush through system for PVYN.

Tuber inspection:

Not more than a total of five percent by weight shall be allowed for excessive damage resulting in the following defects:

Flea beetle injury

Rhizoctonia

Pitted scab

Russet scab

Surface scab

Wireworm damage

Insects or worms inside potato dirt

Provided, that included in this five percent tolerance not more than the percentages by weight shall be allowed for the defects listed below:

Defect

Bacterial ring rot 0 Percent

Damage caused by dry or moist type

Fusarium tuber rot 2 Percent

Late blight tuber rot 1 Percent

Nematode or tuber moth injury 0 Percent

Varietal mixture .5 Percent

Frozen soft rot or web breakdown 1 Percent

02 N.C. Admin. Code 48A .1005

Authority G.S. 106-65.45; 106-65.46; 106-284.18; 106-420;
Eff. January 1, 1985;
Amended Eff. January 1, 1994; January 1, 1991;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 24, 2019.

Statutory Authority G.S. 106-65.45; 106-65.46; 106-284.18; 106-420;
Eff. January 1, 1985;
Amended Eff. January 1, 1994; January 1, 1991.