WAC 16-319-020
Forest reproductive material
certification standards. (1) Purpose. The purpose of
certification of forest reproductive material is to make
available reproductive material properly identified by species
or species and cultivar, and by source or source and origin.
(2) Definitions:
(a) Applicant means person or organization who submits
application for certification of forest reproductive material
to certifying agency and who assumes responsibility for
compliance with these standards.
(b) Audit means periodic examination and check by
certifying agency of any part or all of the records and
procedures specified in field standards and conditioning
standards, and of additional records pertinent to inventory
and distribution of reproductive material including
verification of corresponding physical inventory to assure
that no significant errors or omissions exist.
(c) Batch means all or part of a lot of reproductive
material of a single species collected during one crop season
from within stated breeding zone(s) or from within stated five
hundred foot elevation increment(s) in stated seed zone(s)
that is collected or processed at one time.
(d) Breeding zone means a specific designated unit of
land, the description of which is on file at the certifying
agency, for which an improved population of trees of a
specific species or species cross is being produced.
(e) Buyer means person who first receives reproductive
material from the collector.
(f) Certificate of genetic identity means a document
furnished by the producer on demand and verified by the
certifying agency describing the ancestry and breeding
behavior of a lot of reproductive material.
(g) Certification of reproductive material means
execution by certifying agency of field inspection,
plant/warehouse inspection and/or audit to accomplish the
purpose described in subsection (1) of this section.
(h) Certifying agency means the duly designated agent of
the state agency: In Oregon state, the Oregon Seed
Certification Service, 31 Crop Science Building, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331; in Washington state,
Washington State Crop Improvement Association, Inc., 513 North
Front Street, Yakima, Washington 98901.
(i) Certificate of provenance means a document issued by
certifying agency which verifies source and origin of
reproductive material by field inspection and audit. (Only
certificates of provenance are issued to satisfy O.E.C.D.)
(j) Character means a distinctive trait, but not
necessarily an invariable feature, exhibited by all
individuals of a group and capable of being described or
measured: E.g., growth; form; color; resistance to disease,
insects, weather, animals, etc.
(k) Code means a unique identification of a group of the
producer's pertinent records about a lot of forest
reproductive material.
(l) Collector means a person who collects forest
reproductive material at its source.
(m) Elevation means altitude above sea level and is
divided in five hundred foot increments as shown below, or may
mean appropriate elevational bands as provided for under code
and/or breeding zone.
| 0 |
- |
500 feet |
— |
Code 05 |
2501 |
- |
3000 feet |
— |
Code 30 |
| 501 |
- |
1000 feet |
— |
Code 10 |
3001 |
- |
3500 feet |
— |
Code 35 |
| 1001 |
- |
1500 feet |
— |
Code 15 |
3501 |
- |
4000 feet |
— |
Code 40 |
| 1501 |
- |
2000 feet |
— |
Code 20 |
4001 |
- |
4500 feet |
— |
Code 45 |
| 2001 |
- |
2500 feet |
— |
Code 25 |
4501 |
- |
5000 feet |
— |
Code 50 |
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(n) Field inspection means observation by certifying
agency of all activities and records involved in propagation,
collection, buying, production, and transportation of forest
reproductive material to assure compliance with field
standards.
(o) Forest reproductive material means plant material of
genera and species of trees which will be used for forestry.
(p) Genetic identity means the ancestry and breeding
background of selected and tested classes only of the forest
reproductive material.
(q) Genetic superiority means that forest reproductive
material originated from tree(s) whose superiority in one or
more characters important to forestry has been proven by tests
conducted in specified environments.
(r) Location means description by seed zone or portion
thereof and elevation and/or breeding zone or code.
(s) Legal description means legal cadastral survey
subdivision.
(t) Lot means a homogeneous quantity of forest
reproductive material.
(i) For tested and selected classes, it is of a single
species, cultivar, or cross collected during one crop season
from a distinctively described and recorded population of
trees.
(ii) For source identified class, it is a single species
collected during one crop season from within stated seed
zone(s) and from within five hundred foot elevation
increment(s) and/or breeding zones or appropriate codes.
(iii) For audit class, it is a single species collected
during one crop season from within stated seed zone(s) and
from within five hundred foot elevation increment(s).
(iv) Lots shall be identified by number and/or code or
breeding zone.
(u) Origin means the location of the indigenous parents;
for nonindigenous parents, it is the location from which the
seed or plants were originally introduced.
(v) Plant/warehouse inspection means observation by
certifying agency of all activities and records involved in
receiving, processing, storage and labeling of forest
reproductive material to assure compliance with conditioning
standards.
(w) Producer means person, company, bureau or agency with
overall responsibility for producing forest reproductive
material.
(x) Provenance means the original geographic source of
seed, pollen or propagules.
(y) Reproductive material means seed, pollen, trees,
cuttings, scions, etc., originating from forest trees.
(z) Seed zone means a geographic area delineated on
western forest tree seed council's tree seed zone map
published July 1973, or similarly authoritative maps of seed
zones as approved by certifying agency.
(aa) Source means the location of the immediate parents,
the origin of which may be indigenous, nonindigenous, or
unknown.
(bb) Test means evaluation of parents by comparing the
performance of their offspring under more controlled
conditions that exist for the parent(s) or other applicable
tests which evaluate specific character(s) of the parents or
the offspring.
(cc) Unit of measure means a consistent volume of
measure, i.e., bushels, pounds, grams, number, cubic
centimeters, etc.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.49 RCW. 87-12-006 (Order
1930), § 16-319-020, filed 5/22/87; 84-13-079 (Order 1834), §
16-319-020, filed 6/21/84; 80-10-001 (Order 1704), §
16-319-020, filed 7/24/80; 79-05-070 (Order 1625), §
16-319-020, filed 4/30/79; Order 1506, § 16-319-020, filed
4/11/77; Order 1369, § 16-319-020, filed 6/12/74; Order 1151,
§ 16-319-020, filed 4/16/70; Order 1089, § 16-319-020, filed
6/4/68; Order 1044, Regulation 1-5, filed 4/14/67, effective
5/5/67; Order 1030, filed 8/19/66, effective 9/19/66.]