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Annex

Other forms of nursery stock grown for 15 months for pathogen screening

Effective 14 July 2015 to 20 October 2015

One plant is selected as the mother plant for each introduction and all material for propagation and testing is to be taken from these plants.

Plants must be grown for a minimum of 15 months for the following pathogen screening:

Pathogen type

Mandatory screening1

Visual screening

Electron microscopy

Herbaceous indexing

PCR tests

ELISA

Bacteria

x



1


Fungi

x



1


Phytoplasma

x



1


Viruses

x

x

2 tests 22

6

5

1Additional testing of symptomatic plants may include culturing, microscopy and molecular testing.
2Herbaceous indexing is performed using Chenopodium quinoa and Nicotiana tabacum