LAC 7:XIII.751
LAC 7:XIII.751. Seed Irish Potato Certification Standards
Cite as La. Admin. Code tit. 7, pt. XIII, § 751
A. Inspections
1. At least two field inspections shall be made.
2. An inspection shall be made of the tubers at the time of shipment.
B. Field Standards
Factor | Foundation | Registered | Certified
Land Requirement | 1 yr.
Isolation | 10 ft.
Other Varieties and Off-type Plants | None | 0.10%
Diseases* | 0.20%
Mild Mosaic | 0.50% | 5.00%
Sclerotium Rolfsii Wilt | 0.50% | 1.00%
Potato Wart, Ring Rot, Late Blight | 1.00%
Total Diseases | 0.30%
Harmful Insects: Tuber Moth | None
*Rugose mosaic, leafroll, spindle tuber, yellow dwarf, witches' broom, haywire, giant hill, rosette, spinach leaf, curly dwarf.
C. Tuber Standards
Factor | Foundation | Registered | Certified
Stem End Discoloration | 2.50% | 5.00%
Hair Sprout | 0.50% | 5.00 %
Spindle Tuber | 0.20% | 1.00%
Scab and Rhizoctonia* | 6.00%
Net Necrosis | 0.50% | 5.00%
Late Blight, Golden and Potato Rot, Potato Wart and Ring Rot | 1.00%
Tuber Moth | None
Sclerotium Rolfsii Wilt | 0.50% | 1.00%
Nematodes (Root-Knot)** | 1.00%
*6 percent of tubers by weight have more than 5 percent of the surface covered by scab or rhizoctonia. **1 percent of tubers by weight showing nematode (root-knot) infection.