Division Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or areaF1

• Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman

• propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman; or

• no symptoms of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman are observed on the foliage of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any infected propagating material and fruit plants and plants in a surrounding zone of at least 5 m radius have been marked, excluded from lifting and marketing, and destroyed after uninfected propagating material and fruit plants have been lifted;

  • Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King

• propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King; or

• no symptoms of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out; or

• symptoms of Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy & King have been observed on no more than 5 % of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been rogued out and immediately destroyed.

Requirements for viruses:

In the case of a positive test result for propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category showing symptoms of Arabis mosaic virus, Raspberry ringspot virus, Strawberry crinkle virus, Strawberry latent ringspot virus, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein banding virus, and Tomato black ring virus, the propagating material and fruit plants concerned shall be rogued out and immediately destroyed.