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The Potato Association of America mission statement: The PAA and
its allied associations must strongly support the private sector through
Extension, research and commercialization efforts aimed at enhancing
the role of the potato as the premier food source for the 21st century.
The North American Seed Potato Health
Certificate: One-stop shopping for seed
potato health info
North American Certified Seed Potato Health Certificate - Crop 2019
Grower
Importer
Name Quality Seed Potatoes
City, St: ANYTOWN, MT
Variety: RUSSET BURBANK
Lot Certification
Certification #:2019-107-RB-2-32
SeedClass / Generation 2
By Nina Zidack
Potato Association of America
T
he days when transactions were settled by a handshake
bring back sentimental memories, but they are long
gone in today's high-stakes businesses of seed and
commercial potato production.
Purchasing certified seed potatoes is the most important
first step in reducing risk to your crop and, at the same
time, ensuring that you get optimal yield and quality.
But realistically, not every certified seed lot is created
equal, however.
In the modern-day data-driven world, it is imperative
to attain the most information possible on the health
status of seed potatoes you are purchasing. Seed potato
certification programs across the U.S. and Canada
have responded to growers' needs for information on
seed quality by implementing disease tolerances and
sophisticated testing protocols to define the health
status of seed lots.
Certifying Montana
Acres: 14
Quantity Shipped:
Size:
Lot origination from tissue: Yes
Year micropropagated for planting: Grower to furnish
Micropropagation by: Montana State University
Production environment: Fill 1 column per production year; use different initials in Greenhouse and Field boxes for different
farms (e.g. JSF for John Smith Farms); indicate a tuber-united lot with a '+' after the farm initials; describe other footnotes in 'Notes' below.
2017 2018 2019
<----------Year of Production
<----------Greenhouse (insect excluding) & sterile
See statement
All seed certified in Montana originated in Montana
Summer Field Readings
Field Inspections
2nd
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
Less than
Other Diseases
Not known to
occur in grower's
area in history
Bacterial Ring Rot
Late Blight
Root-Knot Nematode
Golden Nematode
X
X
X
Notes: Typically, nuclear is the first generation in the field. Montana, however, certifies generations by meeting certain planting
and disease tolerance requirements, not by the number of years in the soil (Montana Rules, Section 10). Line selections
are treated the same as tissue culture/microtubers and are 100% tested for all diseases of concern. None of this seed potato
stock comes from genetically engineered potato stock.
No. of years since last found
on this grower's farm, or
NONE ON RECORD if free>5
years
None on Record
Not found this year
during normal
certification field
inspections
3rd (Final%)
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
<---------%Leaf Roll------------>
<----------%Mosaic------------->
<-----%Varietal Mixture------>
<---------%Blackleg
<---%Vert + %Fusarium +
%Early Blight
Lab Test Results for Latent Viruses (ELISA)
Summer Winter
%PVY 0.001
Summer Winter
0.000
%PVX N/A
0.00
<----------Field (note special measures
Number of years
produced in field soil: see notes below
<----------Certifying state
Post Harvest Test
Location: Waialua, Hawaii
Final %
0.00
0.00
0.00
Sample No. : 236
Plant count: 400
Nina Zidack, Director
Program Official/ Title
Montana State University Seed Potato Certification
Agency
01/18/2020
Date
(406) 994-3150
Telephone
The above information is accurate to the best of our knowledge.
This Certificate, when issued, does not constitute final approval for certification. Other factors are considered also.
(406) 994-6042
FAX
Approved for use by the Certification Section of the Potato Association of America.
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