SCHEDULE- V
[See Clauses 3(3)(6)(7)
and 10(1)(2)(3) and 11(3) under Plant
Quarantine (Regulation of Import into
LIST OF PLANTS AND PLANT MATERIALS
IMPORT OF WHICH IS RESTRICTED AND PERMISSIBLE ONLY WITH RECOMMENDATION OF AUTHORIZED
INSTITUTIONS WITH ADDITIONAL DECLARATIONS AND SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS
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S. No. |
Plant species/ variety |
Category of plants & plant material |
Additional declarations required to be incorporated into PSC |
Special conditions of import |
Responsibility of authorized Institutions |
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1. |
Banana,
Plantain and Abaca (Musa
spp.). |
(i)
Rhizomes/ Suckers |
Freedom
from: (a) Moko wilt (Burkholderia solanacearum
Race-2) (b) Black leaf streak
(Mycosphaerella fijiensis
var. difformis) (c) (d) Rhizome rot (Erwinia chrysanthemi
pv. paradisiaca) (e) Banana weevil ( (f) Cane weevil ( (g) Banana weevil
(East African), (Temnoschoita nigroplagiata).
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(i) Growing of
imported consignment under post-entry quarantine for a period of 9-12 months. (ii) Import subject to
prior approval of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in the Ministry
of Agriculture |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director, |
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(ii)
Tissue cultured plants |
Certified
that the tissue culture plants tested and found free from viruses and phytoplasmas affecting banana. |
The
above conditions shall not apply. |
Commercial
imports subject to prior approval of DAC. |
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2. |
Cassava
or tapioca (Manihot
esculenta) |
(i) Stem Cuttings |
Freedom
from: (a) Super elongation (Sphaceloma manihoticola) (b) Bacterial
leaf spot (Xanthomonas campestris.pv.
cassavae) (c) Cassava bacterial
blight (Xanthomonas campestris pv. manihotis) - American strains. (d) Cassava viruses (viz. common mosaic, brown streak, leaf
vein mosaic, red mottle and yellow vein banding (e) Cassava witches’
broom (phytoplasma) (f) Shoot fly (Carpolonchaea chalybea) (g) Mite (Mononychellus spp.) (a) Thrip (Frankliniella willamsi) |
(i) Post-entry
quarantine for a period of one year. (ii) Hot water dipping
of cuttings at 50 o C for 30 min. before planting. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekaryam
(Kerala). |
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(ii)
Seeds |
As
stated above at (b) and (c) |
The
above conditions shall not apply. |
Same as
above. |
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(i) Tissue cultured
plants |
Certified
that the tissue cultured plants tested and found virus-free. |
Same as
above. |
Same as
above. |
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3. |
Citrus spp.
(lemon, lime, orange, grape fruit, mandarins etc.) and other Rutaceous hosts |
(i) Grafts/ Bud wood/ Plants |
Freedom
from: (a) Mal secco (Deuterophoma tracheiphila) (b) Stubborn or little
leaf (Spiroplasma citri) (c) Cancrosis B (Xanthomonas campestris pv.
aurantifolii) (d) Citrus tatter leaf
(Capillo virus) (e) Satsuma dwarf
virus (f) Sweet orange scab
(Elsinoe australis)
and Tryon’s scab (Sphaceloma fawcettii var. scabiosa) (g) Citrus burrowing
nematode (Radopholus citrophilus) (h) (i) Citrus bud mite (Eriophyes sheldoni) (j) Citrus rust mite (Phyllocoptruta oleivora) |
Post-entry quarantine for a period of one
year. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
National Research Centre on Citrus, |
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(ii)
Seeds for propagation |
As stated above at (c) |
The
above condition shall not apply. |
Same as
above. |
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(iii)
Tissue cultured plants |
Certified
that the tissue-cultured plants are obtained from mother-stock indexed or
tested and maintained virus-free. |
Same as
above. |
Import
subject to prior approval of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in the
Ministry of Agriculture |
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4. |
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Seeds
(beans)/pods/bud wood/rootstock |
Freedom
from (a)
Swollen shoot virus and related strains (b)
Witches’ broom (Crinipellis
( Marasmius)
perniciosa) (c)
Watery pod rot ( Monilia
(Moniliopthora) roreri) (d)
Mealy pod (Trachysphaera
fructigena) (e)
Mirids (Sahlbergia
singularis & Distantiella
theobroma) (f)
Cocoa moth (Acorocercops
cramerella) (g)
Cocoa capsid (Sahlbergiella theobroma) (h)
Cocoa beetle (Steirastoma
brevi) (i)
seedling damping-off (Phytophthora
cactorum) (j)
Chestnut downy mildew (Phytophthora
katsurae) (k)
Black pod of
cocoa (Phytophthora megakarya)
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Post-entry
quarantine for a period of one year |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by the Director,
CPCRI, Kasaragod, Kerala |
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(ii)
Tissue- cultured plants |
Certified that the tissue cultured
plants are produced in vitro are obtained from mother stock tested and
maintained free from cocoa viruses by appropriate authority at the country of
origin. |
The
above conditions shall not apply |
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5. |
Coconut
(Cocos nucifera)
& related species of Cocoidae |
Seed
nuts/ Seed lings/Pollen |
Freedom from: a)
Palm lethal yellowing (phytoplasma)
and related strains b)
Cadang cadang
& Tinangaja (viroid) c)
Lethal boll rot (Marasmiellus
coco philus) d)
Red ring (Rhadinaphelenchus
cocophilus (palmarum) e)
South American Palm weevil (Rhyncophorus
palmarum) f)
Leaf minor (Promecotheca
cumingi) g)
Palm kernel borer (Pachymerus
spp) |
(i) The Seed nuts shall be fumigated with methyl bromide @
16 gm/cu m for 12 hrs at 20 C under NAP at the port of entry or any other
fumigant/ substance in the manner approved by Plant Protection Adviser. (ii)
Post-entry quarantine in offshore island facility at Andaman & Nicobar Islands for one reproductive cycle or five years
period. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
CPCRI, Kasaragod, Kerala |
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(ii)
Embryo-cultures |
Certified
that the embryo cultures are obtained from seed nuts collected from mother
trees tested and found free from viroids. |
The
above conditions shall not apply. |
Same as
above. |
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6. |
Coffee
(Coffea spp.) and related species of Rubiaceae |
Seeds
(beans)& berries (freshly harvested)/ Grafts / Bud wood / Seedlings/
Rooted cuttings. |
Freedom
from: (a) American leaf spot
(Mycena citricolor,
syn. Omphalia flavida) (b) Coffee berry
disease (Colletotrichum coffeanum
var. virulens) (c) Tracheomycosis (Gibberella xylariodes, syn
Fusarium xylarioids) (d) Powdery rust (Hemeleia coffeicola) (e) Halo blight (Pseudomonas syringae
pv. garcae) (f) Leaf spot (Pseudomonas cichorii) (g) Phloem necrosis (Phytomonas leptovasorum) (h) Coffee viruses
(coffee ringspot, leaf rugosity,
leaf curl, leaf crinkle and mosaic viruses) (i) Coffee berry
borers (Hypothenemus hampei, Sophronica ventralis) (j) Coffee thrips (Diarthrothrips coffeae) |
Post
entry quarantine for oneyear period. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by the Director,
Central Coffee Research Institute, Balehonnur, Chikmagalur (Karnataka). |
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(ii) Tissue
cultured plants . |
Certified
that the tissue cultured plants tested virus –free |
The
above condition shall not apply. |
Same as
above. |
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7. |
Cotton
(Gossypium spp.) |
Seeds for sowing |
(i) Freedom from: (a) Witches’ broom (Collectotrichum gossypii
var. cephalosporioides) (b) Bacterial blight (Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum (African
strain) (c) (Anthonomus grandis & other Anthonomus
spp.) (d) Seed bruchids (Amblycerus spp.,Megacerus spp., Spermophagus spp.) |
(i) The seed shall be given acid delinting
treatment at the country of origin prior to shipment (ii)
The seed shall be fumigated with suitable fumigant at the country of origin
and treatment to be endorsed on phytosanitary
certificate. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
Central Cotton Research Institute, |
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8. |
(i) Chestnut (Castanea spp.) |
(i) Seeds/ Fruits/ Grafts and other planting material |
Freedom
from: Chestnut
blight or canker (Cryphonectria (Endothia) parasitica)-American strain |
Post-entry
quarantine for a period of one year. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun or any other
research institute under Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education. |
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(ii)
Elm (Ulmus spp.) |
(i) Seeds/Plants |
Freedom
from: (a) Dutch elm disease
(Ceratocystis ulmi) -
American and European strains (b) Elm mottle virus, (c) Elm bark beetles (Scolytidae) (d) White -banded elm
leaf hopper (Scaphoidous luteolus)
-Vector of Elm phloem necrosis (e) Seed Bruchid (Bruchidius spp.) |
(i) Post-entry quarantine for a period of one year. (ii)
Fumigation of planting material prior
to dispatch at the country of origin and the treatment shall be endorsed on
the phytosanitary certificate. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun or any other
research institute under Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education |
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(iii)
Oak (Quercus
spp.) |
(i) Seeds/ Plants |
Freedom
from: (a) Oak wilt (Ceratocystis fagacearum) (b) Oak bark beetles (Pseudopityophthorus
spp.) (c) Seed Bruchids (Bruchidius spp.) |
(i) Post-entry
quarantine for a period of one year (ii)
Fumigation of planting material prior
to dispatch at the country of origin and the treatment shall be endorsed on
the phytosanitary certificate |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun or any other
research institute under Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education |
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(iv)
Pine (Pinus
spp.) and other coniferous
species |
(i) Seeds/ Plants |
(i) Freedom from: (a) Pine rusts (Stalactiform blister rust(Cronartium coleosporioides), Comandra
blister rust (C. comandrae),
sweet fern blister rust (C. comptoniae); Southern fusiform
rust (C. fusiforme)) (b) Western gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii) (c) Brown spot needle blight (Mycosphaerella dearnesii, syn. Scirrhia acicola) (d) Seedling die-back
and pitch canker (Fusarium moniliforme
f.sp. subglutinans). (e) Needle cast (Lophodermium spp.) (f) Pine wood nematode
(Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) (g) Seed chalcid (Eurytoma sciromatis) (h) Seed Bruchids (Bruchidius spp.) |
(i) Post-entry
quarantine for a period of one year. (ii)
Fumigation of planting material prior
to dispatch at the country of origin and the treatment shall be endorsed on
the phytosanitary certificate. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun or any other
research institute under Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education |
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(v) Poplar Populus spp.) |
(i) Stem cuttings/ Plants |
Freedom
from: (a) Hypoxylon canker
(Hypoxylon mammatum) (b) Poplar rust (Melampsora medusae) (c) Septoria canker of poplar (Mycosphaerella populorum, syn. Septoria musiva) (d) Gummosis (Euitypa armeniacae) (e) Poplar mosaic
virus |
Post-entry
quarantine for a period of one year. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun or any other
research institute under Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education |
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(vi) Walnut (Juglans spp. |
(i) Seeds (nuts)/
Plants |
Freedom
from: (a) Bacterial blight (Xanthomonas juglandis) (b) Bark canker (Erwinia nigrifluens) (c) Gummosis (Euitypa armeniacae) (d) Codling moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) |
Post-entry
quarantine for a period of one year |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun or any other
research institute under Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education. |
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9. |
Groundnut
(Arachis spp.) |
Seeds/
Stem cuttings/Plants |
Free
from (a) Scab (Sphaceloma arachidis) (b) Bacterial wilt (Burkholderia solanacearum) (African strains) (c) Peanut stripe
virus (d) Peanut stunt virus (e) Tobacco streak
virus (f) Seed Bruchid (Stator pruininus) (g) Testa Nematode (Aphelenchoides arachidis) |
(i) Post-entry
quarantine for a period of 6 weeks (ii) Permitted to
import only as decorticated seeds. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by |
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10. |
Potato
(Solanum tuberosum)
and other tuber bearing species of Solanaceae |
(i) Tubers and other planting material |
(i) Freedom from: (a) Potato tuber
nematode (Ditylenchus destructor) (b) Stem and bulb
nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci ) (c) Potato cyst
nematodes [Globodera (Heterodera) rostochiensis & Globodera pallida] (d) Gangrene (Phoma exigua var.
foveata) (e) Potato wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) (f) Potato smut [Thecaphora (Angiosorus) solani] (g) Bacterial ring rot
(Clavibacter michiganensis
subsp. sepedonicus) (h) Potato purple-top
wilt & stolbur phytoplasmas (i) Potato viruses viz. Andean potato latent, Andean
potato mottle, Arracacha B virus, Potato deforming mosaic, Potato T (capillo virus),
Potato yellow dwarf, Potato yellow vein, Potato calico strain of Tobacco ring spot virus, Potato strain of
Tobacco streak virus (j) Colarado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) (k) Andean potato
weevil (Premnotrypes
spp.) |
Post-entry
quarantine for a period of two growth seasons. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
Central Potato Research Institute, Simla, Himachal Pradesh. |
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(ii) True
seed/micro tubers (in vitro) of potato/tissue-cultured plants |
The
true seed/micro-tubers (in vitro) of potato are obtained from plants tested
and certified free from viruses and viroids of
potato and other tuber bearing Solanaceous plant
species. |
The
above condition shall not apply. |
Import
subject to prior approval of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in the
Ministry of Agriculture |
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11. |
Rice (Oryza sativa) |
(i) Seeds for sowing |
(i) Freedom from: (a)
Granary weevil (Sitophilus granarius) (b) Sheath brown rot (Pseudomonas fuscovaginae) (c)
Seedling rot (Pseudomonas
glumae) (d) Bacterial halo
blight (Pseudomonas syringae
pv. Oryzae |
Seed
soaking overnight and hot water treatment at 52 deg C for 10 min. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
NBPGR, New Delhi/Director, Directorate of Rice Research Hyderabad |
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12. |
Rubber
(Hevea spp.) |
Seed/
Saplings/ Bud
wood. |
(i) Freedom from: (a) South American
leaf blight (SALB) (Microcyclus ulei syn. Dothidella ulei) (b) Shot hole borer (Xyleborus ferrugineus) |
(i) Post-entry quarantine for a period of one year. (ii)
The consignment of seed and other planting material shall be treated with
suitable systemic fungicide prior to dispatch of the consignment at the country
of origin and the treatment shall be endorsed on phytosanitary
certificate. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by the Director,
Rubber Institute, Kottayam, (Kerala). |
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13. |
Sugarcane
(Saccharum
spp.) |
(i) Cuttings of setts for
planting |
Freedom
from: (a) (b) Gummosis (Xanthomonas vasculorum) (c) Sugarcane white
leaf (phytoplasmas) (d) Sereh (e) Sugarcane downy
mildew (Peronosclerospora sacchari) (f) Mottled stripe (Pseudomonas rubrisubalbicans) (g) Sugarcane viruses viz. bacilliform, mild mosaic, mosaic
& streak (h) American sugarcane
borer (Diatraea saccharalis) |
(i) Growing of
consignment under post-entry quarantine for a period of one year. (ii) Hot water
treatment of dormant sets at 52 o C for 20 min. followed by
dipping in systemic fungicide solutions viz. Benlate
at 0.2% just prior to planting. (iii) All packages and
packing material shall be disposed off by burning. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
Sugarcane Breeding Institute, |
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(ii)
True seed or fuzz |
As stated above at (b) and (e) |
(iv) Hot water
treatment of fuzz at 58 o C for 5 min. in water with 50 ppm Tween-20 followed by a short dip in a 10 ppm solution of suitable fungicide just before sowing. |
As
above |
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(iii)
Tissue cultured plants |
Certified
that the tissue cultured plants tested and found virus-free |
The
above conditions (i) to (iv) shall not apply |
As
above. |
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14. |
Sweet potato
(Ipomoea spp.) |
(i) Stem (vine) cuttings rooted or un-rooted/ tubers |
Freedom
from: (a) Scab (Elsinoe batatas) (b) Scurf (Moniliochaetes infuscans) (c) Foot rot (Plenodomus destruens) (d) Soil rot (Streptomyces ipomoeae) (e) Bacteria wilt (Pseudomonas batatae) (f) Sweet potato
viruses viz. Russet crack; feathery
mottle; internal cork; chlorotic leaf spot; vein
mosaic; mild mottle and yellow dwarf, vein clearing; chlorotic
stunt; Sheffied’s virus A and B etc. (g)
Sweet potato witches’ broom (phytoplasmas) (h) Seed bruchid (Mimosestes mimosae) |
(i) Post-entry quarantine for one growth season. (ii)
Freedom from soil. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekaryam
(Kerala). |
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(ii)
True seed/ Tissue-cultured plants |
Certified
that the true seed / tissue-cultured plants are obtained from mother stock
indexed or tested and maintained free from viruses and viroids
of potato and other tuber bearing Solanaceous plant
species. |
The above
conditions shall not apply. |
Same as
above. |
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15. |
Tobacco
(Nicotiana
spp.) |
(i) Seed for sowing |
Freedom
from: (a) Blue mould (Peronospora tabacina) (b) Broomrape (Orobanche (c) Tobacco cyst
nematode (Heterodera tabacum) |
Post-entry
consignment for a period of one growth season. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Central
Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry (AP) |
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16. |
Wheat (Triticum spp.) |
(i) Seeds for sowing |
(i) Freedom from: (a) Dwarf bunt (Tilletia contraversa) (b) Ergot (Claviceps purpurea) (c) Spike rot (Pseudomonas atrofaciens) (d) Granary weevil (Sitophilus granarius) |
Post-entry quarantine for one growth season. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by the Director,
National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, |
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17. |
Yam (Dioscorea spp) |
(i) Tubers for planting or propagation |
(i)Freedom from: (a) Yam mosaic virus/
green banding virus (b) Crown gall ( Agrobacterium tumefaciens) (c) Weevil (Palaeopus spp.) |
(i) Growing of consignment under post-entry quarantine for
one growth season. (ii)
Hot water treatment of tubers at 52oC for 30 minutes followed by chemical dip
in fensulphathion at 0.125% for 10-15 min. before
planting. |
Subject
to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by Director,
Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekaryam
(Kerala). |
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(ii)
Tissue cultured plants |
(ii)
Certified that the tissue cultured plants produced from virus-free mother
stock. |
The
above conditions shall not apply. |
Same as
above. |