Division 3 For the purposes of point 2, the plant material shall be indexed for harmful organisms (tested for and identified) according to the following procedures:
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- 3.1.
The testing shall use appropriate laboratory methods and, where appropriate, indicator plants, including Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck, C. aurantiifolia Christm. Swing, C. medica L., C. reticulata Blanco and Sesamum L., in order to detect at least the following harmful organisms:
- (a)
Citrus greening bacterium
- (b)
Citrus variegated chlorosis
- (c)
Citrus mosaic virus
- (d)
Citrus tristeza virus (all isolates)
- (e)
Citrus vein enation woody gall
- (f)
Leprosis
- (g)
Naturally spreading psorosis
- (h)
Phoma tracheiphila (Petri) Kanchaveli & Gikashvili
- (i)
Satsuma dwarf virus
- (j)
Spiroplasma citri Saglio et al.
- (k)
Tatter leaf virus
- (l)
Witches' broom (MLO)
- (m)
Xanthomonas campestris (all strains pathogenic to Citrus).
- (a)
- 3.2.
For diseases such as Blight and Blight-like for which there are no short-term indexing procedures the plant material must be subjected upon arrival to shoot-tip grafting onto seedling stock grown under sterile culture as set out in FAO/IPGRI Technical Guidelines, and the resulting plants subjected to therapy procedures according to point 1.