312 IAC 18-3-11 - Control of crown gall
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-24-3
Affected: IC 14-24-5-4
Sec. 11.
(a) Crown
gall (Agrobacterium tumefaciens) is a pest or pathogen. This section governs
standards for the control of crown gall in Indiana.
(b) Nursery stock which is shipped into
Indiana or shipped, sold, or grown in Indiana must be free from crown
gall.
(c) The certificate required
under IC
14-24-5-4
for nursery stock shipped into Indiana from another state must verify the
following:
(1) A visual inspection was made of
the nursery stock before the shipment was made, and the inspection revealed
freedom from crown gall.
(2) The
nursery stock came from a site that was inspected by an authorized state or
federal official, and the official certified:
(A) the site was free from crown gall for two
(2) growing seasons before the shipment; or
(B) the nursery stock came from
tissue-cultured stock that was certified free from crown gall and grown in
sterile soil with no exposure to soil which was or could have been contaminated
with crown gall.
(d) A plant, container, or soil contaminated
with crown gall must not be moved into or within Indiana unless a permit is
issued under section 3 of this rule.
(e) Nursery stock which is contaminated with
crown gall must be returned to its site of origin or destroyed.
(f) A nurseryman may, upon notice by the
division, be required to remove from sale, and to destroy or return to the site
of origin, any nursery stock which is contaminated or may reasonably be
anticipated to be contaminated with crown gall.
(g) A dealer may, upon notice by the
division, be required to remove from sale, and to destroy or return to the site
of origin, any nursery stock which is possessed by the dealer. These
requirements apply to soils, containers, and nursery stock from any shipment
which contained contaminated nursery stock.
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