Annex
Pathogen screening
Effective 14 July 2015 to 18 March 2017Plants must be grown for a minimum of 2 years for the following pathogen screening:
Pathogen type |
Mandatory screening | ||
Visual screening |
Culturing |
PCR tests | |
Bacteria |
X |
|
1 |
Fungi |
X |
X |
1 |
Phytoplasma |
X |
|
|
Viruses |
X |
|
2 |
Additional testing of symptomatic plants may include culturing, microscopy and molecular testing.