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The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015

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PART 1Pre-basic seed potatoes of Union grade PBTC produced in England

Column 1Column 2
Specified diseases or pests, damage and defectsIndividual tolerances
Group 1
Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schlib) Perc)Nil
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne)Nil
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infesting potatoes)Nil
Ring Rot (Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al spp sepedonicus (Spieck & Kotth) Davis et al)Nil
Brown Rot (Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) Yabuuchi et al)Nil
Potato Spindle Tuber ViroidNil
Colorado Beetle (Lepinotarsa decemlineata (Say))Nil
Group II
Blight (Phytophthora infestans) (Mont) de Bary)Nil
Blackleg (Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al spp) atroseptica (Hellmers & Dowson) Dye or Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder et al or bothNil
Soft Rots including: Watery Wound Rot (Pythium ultimum Trow)Nil
Pink Rot (Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethybridge) and Pit RotNil
Dry Rot (Fusarium species)Nil
Gangrene (Phoma species)Nil
Frost damaged tubersNil
Group III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield) M B EllisNil
Group IV
Black Scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn)Nil
Common Scab (Streptomyces species)Nil
Group V
Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Legerh)Nil
Group VI
External blemishes, including damaged tubers or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the varietyNil
Superficial necrosis caused by potato virus YNil
Shrivelled tubers due to excessive dehydration or dehydration caused by silver scurf (Helminthosporium solani)Nil
Group VII
Dirt or other extraneous matter1.0%

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