WAC 16-462-020. Requirements for participation in the grape planting stock program

(1) The applicant shall be responsible, subject to the approval of the department, for the selection of the location and the proper maintenance of registered blocks (G2/G3) and certified grape planting stock (G4). (2) The applicant must maintain records identifying the (G1) foundation source of registered vines (G2/G3) and certified grape planting stock (G4) and provide these records to the department upon request. (3) The applicant shall take suitable precautions in cultivation, irrigation, movement and use of equipment, and in other farming practices, to guard against spread of soil-borne pests to planting stock entered in this program. The applicant shall keep all registered blocks (G2/G3) and certified grape planting stock (G4) clean cultivated, except for approved cover crops. (4) Following notification by the department, the applicant shall remove and destroy immediately any registered grapevine or certified planting stock found to be off-type or affected by a virus or virus-like disease or a quarantine pest.