WAC 16-334-010   Definitions.  (1) "Certified block" means a planting of a single variety of garlic established from foundation stock, registered stock or certified stock, which complies with the requirements of this chapter.

     (2) "Certified stock" means garlic which is produced in a certified block and/or which complies with the requirements of this chapter.

     (3) "Department" means the Washington state department of agriculture.

     (4) "Director" means the director of the Washington state department of agriculture or the director's duly authorized representative.

     (5) "Foundation block" means a garlic planting established from stock subjected to a laboratory disease elimination procedure approved by the director, which complies with the requirements of this chapter.

     (6) "Foundation stock" means garlic which is produced in a foundation block and which complies with the requirements of this chapter.

     (7) "Garlic" means plants, plantlets, cloves, bulbs or any plant part of Allium sativum or related varieties.

     (8) "Garlic seed" means vegetatively propagated bulbs or cloves of garlic used for planting purposes.

     (9) "Off-type" means appearing different by visual examination from the variety listed on the application or exhibiting symptoms of a genetic or nontransmissible disorder.

     (10) "Planting stock" means certified stock, registered stock or foundation stock.

     (11) "Registered block" means a planting of a single variety of garlic which is established from foundation stock or registered stock and which complies with the requirements of this chapter.

     (12) "Registered stock" means garlic which is produced in a registered block and which complies with the requirements of this chapter.

     (13) "Stem and bulb nematode" means Ditylenchus dipsaci.

     (14) "White rot fungus" means Sclerotinium cepivorum.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.14 RCW. 98-11-048, § 16-334-010, filed 5/18/98, effective 6/18/98.]