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SCHEDULE- V
[See Clauses 3(3)(6)(7) and  10(1)(2)(3) and 11(3) under Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003]

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

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

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)     Cameroon marbling (Phytoplasmas)

(d)    Rhizome rot (Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. paradisiaca)

(e)     Banana weevil   (Hawaii) (Cosmopolites pruinosus),

(f)      Cane weevil (West Indies) (Metamasius hemipterus),

(g)    Banana weevil (East African), (Temnoschoita nigroplagiata).

 

(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, National Research Center on Banana, Tiruchi (Tamil Nadu).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(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.

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).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii) Seeds

 

 

 

As stated above at (b) and (c)

 

 

 

The above conditions shall not apply.

 

 

Same as above.

 

 

 

 

 

(i)      Tissue cultured plants

 

 

Certified that the tissue cultured plants tested and found virus-free.

 

 

Same as above.

 

Same as above.

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)    Florida red scale (Chrysomphalus aonidium)

(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, Nagpur, (Maharashtra).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii) Seeds for propagation

 

 

 As stated above at (c)

 

 

 

The above condition shall not apply.

 

 

Same as above.

 

 

 

 

 

(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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Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) and related species.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)

 

Post-entry quarantine for a period of one year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject to the recommendations, supervision, monitoring and testing by the Director, CPCRI, Kasaragod, Kerala

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(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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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii) Embryo-cultures

Certified that the embryo cultures are obtained from seed nuts collected from mother trees tested and found free from viroids.