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Part I SPECIFIED DISEASES OR PESTS, DAMAGE AND DEFECTS AND TOLERANCES – POTATOES (OTHER THAN VTSC CLASS) PRODUCED IN GREAT BRITAIN

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Specified diseases or pests, demage and defectsIndividual tolerancesGroup tolerancesCollective group tolerances
GROUP I
Wart disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Perc.)NIL——
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne)NIL——
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infesting potatoes)NIL——
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) David et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieck. & Kotth.) Davis et al.)NIL——
Brown Rot (Pseudomonas solanacearum (E. F. Smith) Jensen)NIL——
Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella (Zwll.)NIL——
Potato Spincle Tuber ViroidNIL——
Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say))NIL——
GROUP II
Blight (Phylophthora infestans (Mont.) de Barry)1.0%1.0%4.0%
Blackleg (Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al. ssp atroseptica Hellmers & Dowson) Dye)1.0%1.0%4.0%
Soft Rots including: Watery Wound rot (Pythium ultimum Trow)1.0%1.0%4.0%
Pink Rot (Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethybridge) and Pit Rot1.0%1.0%4.0%
Dry Rot (Fusarium species1.0%1.0%4.0%
Gangrene (Phoma species)1.0%1.0%4.0%
Frost damaged tubers1.0%1.0%4.0%
GROUP III
Skin Spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) M. B. Ellis)2.0%4.0%4.0%
Powdery Scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Lageth.)3.0%4.0%4.0%
GROUP IV
Black Scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn)3.0%4.0%4.0%
Common Scab (Streptomyces species4.0%4.0%4.0%
GROUP V
External blemishes or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety2.0%2.0%4.0%
GROUP VI
Dirt or other extraneous matter1.0%1.0%—