The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015

PART 2Pre-basic seed potatoes of Union grade PB produced in England

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
Specified diseases or pests, damage and defectsIndividual tolerancesGroup tolerancesCollective group tolerances
Group I
Wart Disease (Synchytrium endobioticum (Schlib) Perc)Nil
Potato Tuber Eelworm (Ditylenchus destructor Thorne)Nil
Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera species infest-ing 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)0.2%))
Blackleg (Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al spp) atroseptica (Hellmers & Dowson) Dye or Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder et al or both0.2%))
Soft Rots including: Watery Wound Rot (Pythium ultimumTrow)0.2%))
Pink Rot (Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethybridge) and Pit Rot0.2%) 0.2%)
Dry Rot (Fusarium species)0.2%))
Gangrene (Phoma species)0.2%))
Frost damaged tubers0.2%))
Group III
Skin spot (Polyscytalum pustulans (Owen & Wakefield)) M B Ellis0.2%)) 6.0%
Group IV

Black Scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn)

Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-tenth of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease

1.0%) 5.0%)

Common Scab (Streptomyces species)

Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-third of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease

5.0%))
Group V

Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea (Wallr) Legerh)

Provided that seed potatoes which have at least two eyes at the rose end that are wholly unaffected and less than one-tenth of whose surface area has been affected are deemed to be unaffected by the disease

1.0%))
Group VI
External blemishes including damaged tubers or tubers other than diseased tubers whose shape is atypical for the variety3.0%)
Superficial necrosis caused by potato virus YNil) 3.0%
Shrivelled tubers due to excessive dehydration or dehydration caused by silver scurf (Helminthosporium solani)0.5%)
Group VII
Dirt or other extraneous matter1.0%