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An Act respecting prevention of disease in potatoes (R.S.Q. c. P-23.1).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Québec
Document type
Legislation
Date
1984 (2009)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Vegetables/legumes Pests/diseases Plant variety Plant protection
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food may, in view of ensuring a sufficient production of healthy seed potatoes of superior quality, provide for the establishment and operation of: 1) A detection centre the object of which is to detect and discard, from potatoes or potato plants selected for research or propagation, those that are infected with certain diseases, and cultivate specimen plantlets intended for the research centre from those potatoes or potato plants that have been retained; 2) A research centre the object of which is to produce fully asepticized plantlets by using, in particular, plantlets received from the detection centre, experiment with and develop varieties of potatoes from these plantlets and cultivate specimens of them; 3) A production centre the object of which is to produce the varieties developed by the research centre by multiplying, through propagation by cuttings or otherwise, the asepticized plantlets received from the centre and to supply seed potato producers with them. The text consists of 3 sections.

Full text
English
Website
www.gouv.qc.ca

References - Legislation

Amended by

Crop Health Protection Act (R.S.Q. c. P-42.1).

Legislation | Canada | 2008 (2016)

Keyword: Plant production, Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Crops/grasses, Inspection, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX