Description of the North American Certified Seed Potato Health Certificate (RDIMS 1506680)

Table 1:

This is where the grower and importer's name, city and state/province are entered.

Table 2:

This is where the variety, quantity shipped, acres and size of the lot are entered.

Table 3:

This is where the certification number, seed classe/generation, certifying Agency of the lot are entered. It is also the place where to note if the lot originates from tissue culture, the year micropropagated for planting and the name of the originating facility.

Below table 3, information is provided about the production environment and pedigree. The following sentence appears below: "Fill one column per production year; use different initials in Greenhouse and Field boxes for different farms (eg. JSF for John Smith Farms); indicate a tuber-united lot with a "+" after the initials; describe other footnotes in "Notes" below." A space is provided to enter the number of years produced in field soil.

Table 4:

This is where the following information is entered under the proper year of production: greenhouse (insect excluding) and sterile soil, field (note special measures below), certification number and certifying Agency.

Table 5:

The left side of this table is where the summer field reading for each field inspection (first, second, third and final) is entered in percent for the leafroll, mosaic and varietal mix. There is also a space to enter the final reading in percent for the blackleg and for the verticilium + fusarium + early blight.

The right side of this table is where the visual post harvest readings are entered in percent for the leafroll, mosaic and varietal mix, also with the sample number and plant count. The location and the post lab test results for viruses in percent for the PVY, PVX and PLRV, also needs to be entered.

Table 6:

This is where the the bacterial ring rot and the late blight information is entered for the grower's area. The options are:

• Not known to occur in the growers area;
• The number of years since last found on grower's farm, or if none on record if free under 10 years;
• Not found this year during normal certification field inspections.

Below table 6 there is a space to identify if the lot is eligible for recertification in the area of production, another space to enter notes and the statement "the above information is accurate to the best of our knowledge"

The final box is where the program officials name and title are entered, the signature, the Agency's name, date, telephone and fax numbers.

Under the final box, there is the following statement:"Approved for use by the Certification Section of the Potato Association of America."