Ipomoea setosa seed

Country
Fiji (FJ)
Group
Grains / Seeds
End use
Research
NPPO Details
Ministry of Agriculture Biosecurity Authority of Fiji Islands
Relevant Web Addresses
http://www.baf.com.fj/
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit Yes
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No

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

A copy of the import permit must be presented to an Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.


Consignments are to be accompanied by a manufacturers seed declaration certificate from Agri-Science Queensland, Gatton Research Station, Australia that certifies that the seeds were produced from healthy mother plants under greenhouse conditions at the Department of Primary Industries Post Entry Quarantine Facility, Brisbane, Australia.

The plants must be tested negative by ELISA to Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV), Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV), Sweet potato virus G (SPVG), Sweet potato latent virus (SPLV), Cowpea mild mottle virus (CPMMV), Sweet potato chlorotic fleck virus (SPCFV), Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), Sweet potato caulimo-like virus (SPCaLV), and PCR for Begamo virus (SPLV and Phytoplasmas).

Consignments are to be dusted/treated with:
  • Tetramethylthiurm Disulphide (TMTD) 80% according to manufacturer's label requirement;
OR
  • 35% Metalxyl according to manufacturer's label requirement.
The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Details of treatment to be endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section.

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 7529)
1) A representative sample has been tested using ELISA and found free from Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV), Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV), Sweet potato virus G (SPVG), Sweet potato latent virus (SPLV), Cowpea mild mottle virus (CPMMV), Sweet potato chlorotic fleck virus (SPCFV), Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), Sweet potato caulimo-like virus (SPCaLV),
2) A representative sample has been tested using PCR and found free from Begamo virus (SPLV and Phytoplasmas).

Import permit dated 18 April 2023.

08/06/2023 - Amended text for endorsement 7529.
07/06/2023 - Created case based on NPPO requirements.
Initial Uploaded: 06/06/2023
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026