Saccharum spp

Country
Mauritius (MU)
Group
Nursery stock
End use
Research
NPPO Details
National Plant Protection Office, Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security
Relevant Web Addresses
http://agriculture.govmu.org/English/Pages/default.aspx
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.


This ICR only applies to cuttings of the following sugarcane varieties: Q238, Q246, Q245, Q247 and Q252.

The sugar cane cuttings should originate from a national or international sugar cane nursery.

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


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


The plants shall not be packed or rooted in earth, leaf or garden mould, compost or farm manure of any description, or packed in straw or unsterilised sphagnum moss.

Consignment will be subject to post-entry quarantine upon arrival.
Cuttings must be treated with hot water at 52 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes followed by treatment with an approved fungicide and insecticide dip at recommended manufacturers requirements for one minute.

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 2489)
1) The parent plants were inspected during the growing season and found free from Sugar cane mosaic virus, Downy mildew (Peronoscleorospora spp), Ratoon stunting disease and Fiji disease virus. 
2) Cuttings have been treated prior to export. 
Import permit dated 5 August of 2021 
Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026