# The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 4: Pests in the crop

Extent: S

(1) The crop must be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.
(2) The crop must also comply with the requirements concerning GB quarantine pests, PFA quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to the EU Plant Health Regulation, as well as the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.
(3) The presence of RNQPs on the crop and the respective categories must comply with the requirements set out in the following table—
RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs
Plants for planting (genus or species)
Thresholds for the production of pre-basic seed
Thresholds for the production of basic seed
Thresholds for the production of certified seed
Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. insidiosus (McCulloch 1925) Davis et al. [CORBIN]
Lucerne
0%
0%
0%
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev [DITYDI]
Lucerne
0%
0%
0%

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/329/schedule/4/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-4
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