Arkansas Administrative Code

2 CAR § 50-203. Special rules for the production of certified-seed sweet potatoes and sweet potato plants. (a) Filing application. (1)(A) Growers desiring to produce certified seed sweet potatoes must file application on forms furnished by the State Plant Board, along with the ne…

2 CAR § 50-301. Definitions. Nursery stock as defined in the Arkansas Nursery Fraud Act of 1919, Arkansas Code §§ 2-21-101 – 113 shall include all field-grown florist stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, buds, fruit pits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees an…

2 CAR § 50-302. Sale and transportation of nursery stock. (a)(1) All nursery stock sold or transported within or into the State of Arkansas shall have attached to the outer container thereof either a certificate of inspection or a dealer's certificate. (2) If transported within o…

2 CAR § 50-303. Inspection of nurseries, dealer’s stocks, and sales by agents and nursery landscape contractors. (a)(1) All nurseries shall be inspected at least once each year for insect pests, plant diseases, and noxious weeds, and a written notice of the findings of such inspe…

2 CAR § 50-304. Green-colored wax on nursery stock. The sale or offering for sale of rosebushes or their nursery stock covered with green colored wax is prohibited in Arkansas.

2 CAR § 50-305. Licensing. (a)(1) All licenses for nurserymen, nursery dealers, and nursery landscape contractors must be renewed annually. (2) The licenses are valid from November 1 of the current year until October 31 of the following year. (b)(1) License fees are ten dollars (…

2 CAR § 50-401. Fee amounts. (a) The following annual and/or item fees shall apply to plants and nursery stock as covered by this part: Limited Nurseryman License$75.00Includes: Container or field grown stock solely propagated by themselves of no more than 500 square feet per yea…

2 CAR § 50-501. Stop-sale notices. (a) State Plant Board inspectors will check for compliance with the rules contained in this part, as well as the laws under which they are promulgated. (b) Stop-sale notices shall be issued for the following reasons: (1) Selling, offering for sa…

2 CAR § 50-601. Rules governing movement. (a) Sweet potatoes, or plants or vines thereof, which have been grown or stored in counties or parishes now or hereafter known to be infested with the sweet potato weevil, must not be transported into or stored, used, or distributed withi…

2 CAR § 50-602. Exception for canning plants. (a) Sweet potatoes fumigated as described 2 CAR § 50-601(a)(2) and (a)(3) may be brought to canning plants for immediate canning at any time, provided culls and refuse are sterilized at the plant. (b) Unfumigated sweet potatoes may be…

2 CAR § 50-603. Movement from areas free or declared to be free of potato weevil. Sweet potatoes grown in counties or parishes which are free or which have been declared free of potato weevil will be admitted into Arkansas without fumigation, provided each load is accompanied by …

2 CAR § 50-701. Sale or transportation of seed Irish potatoes. Sale or transportation of seed Irish potatoes is prohibited within the state (Irish potatoes which are represented orally or in writing as being suitable for planting purposes) unless the potatoes have been inspected …

2 CAR § 50-702. Seed Irish potatoes — Use of misleading words prohibited. Seed Irish potatoes must not be accompanied by tags, labels, or other devices on which are used the words "Inspected or Certified" or on which are used any other word or words which might suggest a similar …

2 CAR § 50-703. Texas (Phymatotrichum) root rot. Nursery stock, strawberry plants, and vegetable plants grown or originating in the counties of Miller and Little River, and in any other counties in which the Phymatotrichum root disease is hereafter found to exist, which are affec…

2 CAR § 50-704. Fees and refusal of service. The Director of the State Plant Board may refuse further services of the board to anyone who owes the board for fees, until the fees are paid or until satisfactory arrangements are made for paying them.

2 CAR § 50-705. Phytosanitary certificates. For sampling, inspecting or analyzing, and issuing phytosanitary certificates for soybeans, rice, small grains, cottonseed, cottonseed meal, soybean meal, lumber, and other plant products or plants, the charge will be fifteen dollars ($…

2 CAR § 50-706. Plant-destroying snails. (a) The brown garden snail, Helix aspersa, has been reported in: (1) Arizona; (2) California; (3) Florida; (4) Louisiana; and (5) South Carolina. (b)(1) It is a plant feeder and very destructive to many host plants. (2) It is readily trans…

2 CAR § 50-707. Fusarium wilt of tomatoes. (a)(1) A new race of the tomato fusarium wilt organism (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp lycopersici race 2) has been found in the pink tomato section of southeast Arkansas. (2) This organism is a serious threat to commercial tomato production a…

2 CAR § 50-708. Blueberry nursery stock. (a)(1) The production of blueberries is a new and growing industry in Arkansas. (2) Diseases such as red ringspot, necrotic ringspot, stunt, and phytophthora root rot pose a serious threat to the blueberry industry, especially in its devel…

2 CAR § 50-709. Lythrum species (including, but not limited to, purple loosestrife). (a) All Lythrum species including any hybrid cross thereof is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and designated a noxious weed. (b) It is prohibited to transport, buy, sell, offer for sale, …

2 CAR § 50-801. Blackberry nursery stock certification rules. (a) The production of blackberry nursery stock is an important industry in Arkansas. (b) Diseases such as rust, anthracnose, crown gall, and viruses, as well as pests such as cane borers and nematodes pose a threat to …

2 CAR § 50-802. Definitions. As used in this subpart: (1) “Board” means the State Plant Board; (2) “Blackberry” means cultivated Rubus species and related plants that are considered blackberry botanically; (3) “Cane cutting” means a cane section of two (2) or more nodes or buds (…

2 CAR § 50-803. Certifying agency issuance of certificate. (a)(1) The issuance of a certified State of Arkansas plant tag or stamp under this subpart affirms solely that the tagged or stamped blackberry stock has been subjected to certification standards and procedures by the Dep…

2 CAR § 50-804. Blackberry certification standards. The following specific rules constitute the requirements and standards for classes and sources of blackberry certified stock: (1)(A) Nuclear stock shall be derived from plants that have been: (i) Micropropagated; (ii) Indexed; (…

2 CAR § 50-805. Requirements for the production of foundation, registered, and certified blackberry stock. (a) Facilities (greenhouse, screenhouse, water, equipment, etc.) for plant production must be approved by the State Plant Board before foundation stock is procured by the pr…

2 CAR § 50-806. Inspections — Greenhouse/screenhouse. (a)(1) Grower will regularly inspect plants. (2) All plants that are symptomatic of disease will be removed and destroyed. (3) The grower will keep a logbook recording cultivar and number of destroyed plants and make it availa…

2 CAR § 50-807. Inspections — Field. (a)(1) The grower should inspect fields regularly during the growing season and rogue all plants with symptoms of disease, etc. (2) The State Plant Board should be informed if any problems are found. (b)(1) The board inspector will perform thr…

2 CAR § 50-808. Inspection standards. (a) Greenhouse, general requirements. (1) Unit of certification shall be the entire greenhouse. (2) Isolation. (A) Noncertified Rubus species must not exist within the greenhouse. (B) Noncertified Rubus species must not exist within one hundr…

2 CAR § 50-809. General requirements for plants. (a) Growers may sell foundation, registered, or certified stock as certified plants. (b)(1) An official certificate will accompany each sale of certified blackberry plants or stock. (2) This certificate will list the viruses indexe…

2 CAR § 50-810. Blackberry certification fees. (a) Blackberry certification application fee. (1) Applicant will be required to obtain a valid nurseryman’s license and pay the required fees as prescribed for the nurseryman category. (2)(A) The blackberry certification application …

2 CAR § 50-811. Certified planting stock premarketing, identification, and grade. (a) All blackberry planting stock meeting the requirements of this part can be identified by the State Plant Board tag or stamp issued by the board. (b) All containers must be new and marked with th…

2 CAR § 50-812. Blackberry tagging or stamping and plant inspection. (a) "Certified" stock shall be identified with the State of Arkansas official certified blackberry plant tag or stamp under the supervision of the State Plant Board after plants have passed inspection. (b) Only …

2 CAR § 50-813. Application of rules. This certification program is strictly voluntary and this subpart shall apply in addition to and does not replace any rules covering nursery stock now in effect as covered by this part, nor do they replace or supersede any requirement of the …

2 CAR § 50-901. Gypsy moth quarantine. Revoked December 9, 1983, after two (2) successive years of negative annual surveys.

2 CAR § 50-902. Imported fire ant quarantine. (a) Whereas, it has been determined, and so declared, that a serious insect pest, the imported fire ant (Solenopsis saevissima richteri Forel), is known to exist in Arkansas and is known to be a serious pest of: (1) Humans; (2) Crops;…

2 CAR § 50-903. Peach mosaic quarantine. Revoked November 10, 1972, after eight (8) successive years of negative annual surveys.

2 CAR § 50-904. Phony peach disease quarantine. (a)(1) Standard State Quarantine Order No. 2, as revised June 13, 1951. (2) Effective on and after July 2, 1951. (3) Disease. Phony peach, a virus disease of peach and certain other stone fruits. (b) States and counties currently af…

2 CAR § 50-905. Pink bollworm quarantine. For information concerning Pink Bollworm quarantine, see 2 CAR pt. 55.

2 CAR § 50-906. Southern pine beetle quarantine. Revoked December 2, 1982.

2 CAR § 50-907. Soybean cyst nematode quarantine. Revoked December 4, 1981.

2 CAR § 50-908. Sweet potato weevil quarantine. (a) Adopted March 11, 1983, after proclamation of a state emergency by Governor Bill Clinton. (b) For information, request a copy of the quarantine.

2 CAR § 50-909. White-fringed beetle quarantine. Revoked June 30, 1975, at the same time the federal quarantine was revoked.

2 CAR § 50-910. Gibberella fujikuroi (bakanae strains) quarantine. (a) The State Plant Board has found and determined and does hereby declare the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi (bakanae strains), causal agent of the rice disease bakanae, commonly known as "foolish seedling disease",…

2 CAR § 50-911. Thousand canker disease of black walnut quarantine. (a)(1) Thousand cankers disease is a disease complex involving the walnut twig beetle (Pityophthorus juglandis) and a Geosmithia fungus. (2) These organisms attack and eventually kill walnut trees. (3)(A) The dis…

2 CAR § 50-912. Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) quarantine. (a)(1) The destructive pest known as emerald ash bore (Agrilus planipennis) is established in other states and has been found in Arkansas. (2) This pest can be extremely injurious to ash trees (genus Fraxinus) an…

2 CAR § 51-101. Purpose. Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 2-16-605, the purpose of these rules is to: (1) Develop and establish procedures for the eradication of boll weevil within and applying uniformly to the whole State of Arkansas; (2) Establish per-acre annual assessments that of…

2 CAR § 51-102. Declaration of boll weevil as a plant pest. Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 2-16-602(a), the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boheman) is declared to be a plant pest and a nuisance, as is any plant or other regulated article infested therewith or that has been exposed …