Council Directive 93/85/EEC of 4 October 1993 on the control of potato ring rot (c. 85)

[F1 ANNEX I U.K. TEST SCHEME FOR DIAGNOSIS, DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE RING ROT BACTERIUM, CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. SEPEDONICUS (Spieckermann et Kotthoff) Davis et al. SCOPE OF THE TEST SCHEME

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2006/56/EC of 12 June 2006 amending the Annexes to Council Directive 93/85/EEC on the control of potato ring rot.

7. BIOASSAY TEST U.K.

7.3.

Slit inoculation U.K.

7.3.1. Holding the plant between two fingers, pipette a drop (approximately 5 to 10 µl) of the suspended pellet on the stem between the cotyledons and the first leaf. U.K.

7.3.2. Using a sterile scalpel, make a diagonal slit, about 1,0 cm long and approximately 2/3 of the stem thickness deep, starting the cut from the pellet drop. U.K.

7.3.3. Seal the cut with sterile vaseline from a syringe.] U.K.