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Plants

Persea americana

No

Country:

 India (IN)

Scientific Name:

  

Group:

 Nursery stock

End Use:

 Plants

NPPO Details:
Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage; Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare

Relevant Web Addresses:


​http://www.ppqs.gov.in/  http://www.agricoop.nic.in/

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Export Criteria

Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit Yes
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No

General Requirements

Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.

​Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Consignments will be subject to Post-Entry quarantine upon arrival in India.​​

Note:
  • Plants can be exported in soil/cocopeat sphagnum moss or other growing media of plant origin fore example pine bark (Pinus radiata).
  • Growing media should be treated prior to export.

Treatment

​Treatment of the growing media

  • Steam heat (autoclave) at 121°C for 30 minutes at 15 psi.  

The details of the treatment must be mentioned in the product description field of the RFP as stated below:

  • 'The growing media has been autoclaved at 121 degrees celsius for 30 minutes at 15 PSI'. 

The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the department at time of authorisation. 

Additional Declaration/Endorsements

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement No 5644)
1) The plants were inspected and found free from White Wax Scale (Ceroplastes destructor), Soybean Looper (Chrysodeixis includens), Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana), ​​Redshouldered Leaf Beetle ​(Monolepta australis), Fuller's Rose Beetle (Pantomorus cervinus), Phytophthora cryptogea, Bacterial Gall (Rhizobium rhizogenes) and Avocado sunblotch viroid​. ​​
2) The growing media has been treated and is free from insect pests, nematodes, microbes, quarantine weed and soil. 

Reference

​​Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order 2003​, ​amended 3 October 2018. Import permit dated 23 May 2022.

Latest updates

24/06/2022 - Amended text for endorsement 5644.
15/06/2022 - Updated general requirements and treatment section based on NPPO requirements.

Initial Uploaded: 22/11/2018
Reviewed Uploaded: 20/04/2023

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