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6. The first set of eradication measures are—
(a)the measures to be taken in the field or the unit fom the date of receipt of the notice and for at least four growing yearsfrom the start of the first growing year so as to eliminate any volunteer potato and tomato plants and other host plants, including solanaceous weeds, of Potato brown rot;
(b)a prohibition on the planting of any of the following in the field or the unit during that period—
(i)potato tubers, plants or true seeds;
(ii)tomato plants or seeds;
(iii)taking into account the biology of Potato brown rot, other host plants or plants of the species Brassica for which there is a risk of Potato brown rot surviving;
(iv)crops for which there is a risk of Potato brown rot spreading;
(c)a requirement that in the first cropping season following that period only potatoes for ware production be planted in the field or the unit, provided that the field or the unit has been found free from volunteer potato and tomato plants and other host plants, including solanaceous weeds, of Potato brown rot, for at least the two consecutive growing years prior to planting; and
(d)a requirement that an appropriate rotation cycle be applied in subsequent potato or tomato cropping seasons, which must be at least two years where potatoes are to be planted for seed production.
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