Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act No. 53 of 1976)NoticesSouth African Seed Potato Certification Scheme7. Separation requirements |
| (1) | Sub-units must be separated from one another by a separation area in the case of different varieties and different generations of the same variety. |
| (2) | Sub-units planted as potato micro-propagative material must be separated from each other by a suitable separation to prevent any plant part getting into contact with the plants from the adjacent sub-unit. |
| (3) | Different generations of seed potatoes may be planted together on a unit: Provided that |
| (a) | such generations are separated from one another by a separation area; |
| (b) | the unit conforms to the requirements for the sub-unit intended for the earliest generation planting; |
| (c) | no potatoes nor any of the host plants specified in Table 1 of the Scheme are present in the separation area as stipulated in paragraph (a). |
| (4) | It is not allowed in terms of this Scheme that— |
| (a) | plants of Solanum tuberosum L., that are not registered in terms of the Scheme; or |
| (b) | crop plants specified in Table 1; |
may be grown—
| (c) | together with plants established on a registered unit; or |
| (d) | in the isolation area. |
| (5) | If seed potatoes differing by more than three generations are planted on the same unit, the earliest generation shall be downgraded to a generation which is within three generations of the latest generation. |