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Regulation 3 The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015

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(1)

The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In Part 1 of Schedule 2 (official labels), in paragraph 7—

(a)

omit “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (a);

(b)

after sub-paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa)

have a unique number;”.

(3)

In Schedule 3 (specified diseases or pests, damage and defects and tolerances), for Parts 2 and 3, substitute—

“PART 2

Pre-basic seed potatoes of Union grade PB produced in England

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
Specified diseases or pests, damage and defectsIndividual tolerancesGroup tolerancesCollective group tolerances
Group 1
Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schlib) Perc)Nil--
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne)Nil--

Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species

infesting potatoes)

Nil--
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al spp sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Davis et al)Nil--
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al)Nil--
Potato Spindle Tuber ViroidNil--
Colorado Beetle (Lepinotarsa decemlineata (Say))Nil--
Group II
Blight (Phytophthora infestans (Mont) de Bary)0.2%))
Blackleg (Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al spp) atroseptica (Hellmers & Dowson) Dye or Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder et al or both0.2%))
Soft Rots including: Watery Wound Rot (Pythium ultimum Trow)0.2%))
Pink Rot (Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethybridge) and Pit Rot0.2%) 0.2%)
Dry Rot (Fusarium species)0.2%))
Gangrene (Phoma species)0.2%))
Frost damaged tubers0.2%))
Group III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wake-field)) M B Ellis0.2%)) 6.0%
Group IV

Black Scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn)

Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-tenth of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease

1.0%) 5.0%)

Common Scab (Streptomyces species)

Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-third of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease

5.0%))
Group V

Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Legerh)

Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-tenth of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease

1.0%))
Group VI
External blemishes including damaged tubers or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety3.0%))
Superficial necrosis caused by potato virus YNil) 3.0%)
Shrivelled tubers due to excessive dehydration or dehydration caused by silver scurf (Helminthosporium solani)0.5%))
Group VII
Dirt or other extraneous matter1.0%--

PART 3

Basic seed potatoes and certified seed potatoes produced in England

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
Specified diseases or pests, damage and defectsIndividual tolerancesGroup tolerancesCollective group tolerances
Group I
Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schlib) Perc)Nil--
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne)Nil--
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infesting potatoes)Nil--
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al spp sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Davis et al)Nil--
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al)Nil--
Potato Spindle Tuber ViroidNil--
Colorado Beetle (Lepinotarsa decemlineata (Say))Nil--
Group II
Blight (Phytophthora infestans (Mont) de Bary)0.5%))
Blackleg (Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al spp) atroseptica (Hellmers & Dowson) Dye or Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder et al or both0.5%))
Soft Rots including Watery Wound Rot (Pythium ultimum Trow)0.5%))
Pink Rot (Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethy-bridge) and Pit Rot0.5%) 0.5%)
Dry Rot (Fusarium species)0.5%))
Gangrene (Phoma species)0.5%))
Frost damaged tubers0.5%))
Any of these Group II defects that present as a wet rot symptom0.2%)) 6.0% for basic seed potatoes and 8.0% for certified seed potatoes
Group III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) M B Ellis)

0.5% except Union grade E, Union grade A and Union grade B grades;

2.0% for Union grade E, Union grade A and Union grade B grades only

))

Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Legerh)

Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-tenth of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease (except where powdery scab takes its cankerous form)

3.0%) 5.0%)
Group IV

Black Scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn)

Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-tenth of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease

5.0%))

Common Scab (Streptomyces species)

Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-third of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease

5.0%))
Group V
External blemishes including damaged tubers or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety3.0%))
Shrivelled tubers due to excessive dehydration or dehydration caused by silver scurf (Helminthosporium solani)1.0%) 3.0%)
Superficial necrosis caused by strains of potato virus Y0.1%))
Group VI
Dirt or other extraneous matter1.0%--

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2015/1953.