SCHEDULE-V

[See clause 3 (3)(6) and 10 and 11 (3)]

S.No

Plant species/ variety

Category of plants & plant material

Additional declarations required to be incorporated into PSC

Special conditions of import

Authorized to import

Banana, Plantain and Abaca (Musa spp.)

(i) Rhizomes/ Suckers

Freedom from: (a) Moko wilt (Burkholderia solanacearum Race-2)

(b) Black leaf streak(Mycosphaerella fijiensis var. difformis)

I Cameroon marbling

(Phytoplasmas)

(d) Rhizome rot (Erwinia

chrysanthemi pv. ranariesal)

(e) Banana weevil (Hawaii)

(Cosmopolites pruinosus),

(f) Cane weevil (West Indies) (Metamasius hemipterus),

(g) Banana weevil (East African), (Temnoschoita nigroplagiata)

(i) Growing of imported

consignment under post-entry quarantine

for a period of 9-12 months.

(ii) Hot water treatment of

rhizomes at 54 o C for

10 min before planting.

Shall only be imported by Director, National Research Center on Bananna, Tiruchi ( Tamil Nadu)

(ii) Tissue

cultured plants

Certified that the tissue culture

plants tested and found free from

viruses and phytoplasmas

affecting banana.

The above conditions

shall not apply.

Commercial

imports subject to

prior approval of

DAC.

Cassava or

tapioca (Manihot

esculenta)

(i). Stem Cuttings

.(ii) Seeds

(iii) Tissue

cultured

plants

Freedom from:

(i) Super elongation

(Sphaceloma manihoticola)

b) Bacterial leaf spot (Xanthomonas

campestris.pv. cassavae)

(d) Cassava viruses (viz. common mosaic, brown

streak, leaf vein mosaic, red mottle and yellow vein

banding

(e) Cassava witches� broom (phytoplasma)

(f) Shoot fly (Carpolonchaea

chalybea)

(g) Mite (Mononychellus spp.)

(h) Thrip (Frankliniella

willamsi)

As stated above at (b) and (c)

Certified that the tissue cultured

plants tested and found virus free.

(i) Post-entry quarantine

for a period of one year.

(ii) Hot water dipping of

cuttings at 50 o C for 30 min. before planting

The above conditions

shall not apply.

Shall only be

imported by

Director, Central

Tuber Crops

Research Institute,

Sreekaryam

(Kerala).

Same as above

Citrus spp.

(lemon, lime,

orange, grape

fruit, mandarins

etc.) and other

Rutaceous hosts

(i) Grafts/ Bud

wood/

Plants

(ii) Seeds for

propagation

(iii) Tissue

cultured plants

Freedom from:

(a) Mal secco (Deuterophoma

tracheiphila)

(b) Stubborn or little leaf (Spiroplasma citri)

campestris pv. Aurantifolii)

(d) Citrus tatter leaf (Capillo virus)

(e) Citrus witche�s broom

(Phytoplasmas)

(f) Satsuma dwarf virus

(g) Sweet orange scab (Elsinoe

australis) and Tryon�s scab

(Sphaceloma fawcettii var.

scabiosa)

(h) Citrus burrowing nematode

(Radopholus citrophilus)

(i)Florida red scale

(Chrysomphalus aonidium)

(j) Citrus bud mite (Eriophyes

sheldoni)

(k) Citrus rust mite

(Phyllocoptruta oleivora)

As stated above at �

Certified that the tissue-cultured plants are obtained from mother stock indexed or tested and maintained virus- free.

Post-entry quarantine for a period of one year.

The above condition shall not apply

Same as above

Shall only be

imported by

Director, National

Research Centre on

Citrus, Nagpur,

(Maharashtra).

Same as above

Commercial

imports permitted

subject to prior

approval of DAC

Cocoa

(Theobroma

cacao) and

related species.

Seeds

(beans)/pods/bud

wood/rootstock

(ii) Tissue culture plants

Freedom from

(a) Swollen shoot virus and

related strains

(b) Witches� broom (Crinipellis (Marasmius

perniciosa)

(Moniliopthora) roreri)

(d) Mealy pod

(Trachysphaera (ii) Tissuecultured

plants

fructigena)

(e) Mirids (Sahlbergia

singularis & Distantiella

theobroma)

(f) Cocoa moth

(Acorocercops

cramerella)

(g) Cocoa capsid

(Sahlbergiella

theobroma)

(h) Cocoa beetle

(Steirastoma brevi)

(i) seedling damping-off

(Phytophthora cactorum)

(j) Chestnut downy mildew

(Phytophthora katsurae)

(k) Black pod of cocoa (Phytophthora megakarya)

Certified that the tissue cultured plants are produced in vitro are obtained from

mother stock tested and maintained free from cocoa viruses by appropriate

authority at the country of origin.

Post-entry quarantine for a period of one year

The conditions shall not apply

Shall only be

imported by the

Director, CPCRI,

Kasaragod, Kerala

Coconut (Cocos

nucifera) &

related species of

Cocoidae

Seed nuts/ Seed

lings/Pollen

(ii) Embryocultures

(Marasmiellus coco

philus)

Freedom from:

(a) Palm lethal yellowing

(phytoplasma) and related strains

b) Cadang cadang &

Tinangaja (viroid)

c) Lethal boll rot

d) Red ring

(Rhadinaphelenchus cocophilus (palmarum)

e) South American Palm

weevil (Rhyncophorus

palmarum)

f) Leaf minor

(Promecotheca cumingi)

g) Palm kernel borer (Pachymerus spp)

Certified that the embryo cultures are obtained from seed nuts collected from mother trees tested and found free from viroids.

The Seed nuts shall be

fumigated with methyl bromide @ 16 gm/cu m

for 12 hrs at 20 C under NAP or equivalent at the port of entry or any other fumigant/

substance in the manner approved by Plant Protection Adviser.

(ii) Post-entry quarantine

in offshore island facility

at Andaman & Nicobar

Islands for one

reproductive cycle or five

years period.

The above conditions shall not apply

Shall only be

imported by

Director, CPCRI,

Kasaragod, Kerala

Same as above

Coffee (Coffea

spp.) and related

species of

Rubiaceae

Seeds (beans)&

berries (freshly

harvested)/ Grafts

/ Bud wood /

Seedlings/ Rooted

cuttings.

(ii) Tissue cultured plants

Freedom from:

(a) American leaf spot ( Mycena

citricolor, syn. Omphalia flavida)

(b) Coffee berry disease (Colletotrichum coffeanum var. virulens)

(c).Tracheomycosis (Gibberella

xylariodes, syn Fusarium xylarioids)

(d) Powdery rust (Hemeleia

coffeicola)

(e) Halo blight (Pseudomonas

syringae pv. Garcae)

(f) Leaf spot (Pseudomonas

cichorii)

(g) Phloem necrosis

(Phytomonas leptovasorum)

(h) Coffee viruses (coffee ringspot, leaf rugosity, leaf curl, leaf crinkle and mosaic viruses) Coffee berry borers

(Hypothenemus hampei, Sophronica ventralis)

(j) Coffee thrips (Diarthrothrips

coffeae)

Certified that the tissue cultured plants tested virus �free

Post entry quarantine for one year period.

The above shall be not apply

Shall only be

imported by the

Director, Central

Coffee Research

Institute,

Balehonnur,

Chikmagalur

(Karnataka).

Same as above

Cotton (Gossypium spp.)

Seed for sowing

Freedom from:

(a) Witches� broom

(Collectotrichum gossypii var. cephalosporioides)

(b) Bacterial blight

(Xanthomonas campestris

pv. Malvacearum (African strain)

(c). (Anthonomus grandis & other

Anthonomus spp.)

(d) .Seed ruchids (Amblycerus

spp.,Megacerus spp., Spermophagus spp.)

The seed shall be given acid delinting treatment at

the country of origin prior

to shipment

(ii) The seed shall be

fumigated with suitable

fumigant at the country of origin and treatment to be endorsed on phytosanitary

certificate.

Shallbe imported by Dirextor, Central Cotton Research Institute, Nagapur, (Maharashtra

Forest plant

species

(i) Chestnut

(Castanea spp.)

(i) Seeds/ Fruits/

Grafts and other

planting material

Freedom from:

Chestnut blight or canker Cryphonectria (Endothia) parasitica)-American strain

Post-entry quarantine for a period of one year.

Shall be imported

by Director, Forest

Research Institute,

Dehradun or any

other research

institute under

Indian Council of

Forestry Research

and Education.

(ii) Elm (Ulmus spp.)

(i) Seeds/Plants

Freedom from:

(iii).Dutch elm disease

(Ceratocystis ulmi) �

American and European strains

(b). Elm mottle virus,

(c). Elm bark beetles

(Scolytidae)

(d). White �banded elm leaf hopper (Scaphoidous luteolus) �Vector of Elm

phloem necrosis

(e). Seed Bruchid (Bruchidius spp.)

Post-entry quarantine

for a period of one year.

(ii) Fumigation of

planting material prior to dispatch at the country of origin and the treatment

shall be endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate.

Shall be imported

by Director, Forest

Research Institute,

Dehradun or any

other research

institute under

Indian Council of

Forestry Research

and Education

(iii) Oak

(Quercus spp.)

(iii)Seeds/ Plants

Freedom from:

(iii) Oak wilt (Ceratocystis

fagacearum)

(b) Oak bark beetles

(Pseudopityophthorus spp.)

I Seed Bruchids (Bruchidius

spp.)

(i) Post-entry quarantine

for a period of one year

(ii) Fumigation of planting material prior to dispatch at the country of origin and the treatment

shall be endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate

Shall be imported

by Director, Forest

Research Institute,

Dehradun or any

other research

institute under

Indian Council of

Forestry Research

and Education

(iv) Pine (Pinus spp.)

and other

coniferous

species

(i) Seeds/ Plants

(i) Freedom from:

(a) Pine rusts (Stalactiform

blister rust (Cronartium

coleosporioides), Comandra

blister rust (C. comandrae),

sweet fern blister rust (C.comptoniae); Southern fusiform rust (C. fusiforme))

(b) Western gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii)

I Brown spot needle blight (Mycosphaerella dearnesii, syn. Scirrhia acicola)

(d) Seedling die-back and pitch canker (Fusarium moniliforme f.sp. subglutinans).

(e) Needle cast (Lophodermium

spp.)

(f) Pine wood nematode

(Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)

(g) Seed chalcid (Eurytoma

sciromatis)

(h) Seed Bruchids (Bruchidius spp)

(h) Post-entry quarantine

for a period of one year.

(ii) Fumigation of planting material prior to dispatch at the country of origin and the treatment

shall be endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate.

Shall be imported

by Director, Forest

Research Institute,

Dehradun or any

other research

institute under

Indian Council of

Forestry Research

And Education

(v) Poplar populus spp.)

(i) Stem cuttings plants

Freedom from:

Hypoxylon canker

(Hypoxylon mammatum)

(b) Poplar rust (Melampsora

medusae)

I Septoria canker of poplar (Mycosphaerella populorum,

syn. Septoria musiva)

(d) Gummosis (Euitypa

armeniacae)

(e) Poplar mosaic virus

Post-entry quarantine for a period of one year.

Shall be imported

by Director, Forest

Research Institute,

Dehradun or any

other research

institute under

Indian Council of

Forestry Research

and Education

vi) Walnut

(Juglans spp.)

(i) Seeds (nuts/Plants

Freedom from:

(a) Bacterial blight

(Xanthomonas juglandis)

(b) Bark canker (Erwinia nigrifluens)

I Gummosis (Euitypa

armeniacae)

(d) Codling moth (Carpocapsa pomonella)

Post-entry quarantine for a period of one year

Shall be imported

by Director, Forest

Research Institute,

Dehradun or any

other research

institute under

Indian Council of

Forestry Research

and Education

Groundnut

(Arachis spp.)

Seeds/ Stem

cuttings/Plants

Free from

(a)Scab (Sphaceloma arachidis)

(b) Bacterial wilt (Burkholderia

solanacearum) (African strains)

(d) Peanut stunt virus

(e) Tobacco streak virus

(f) Seed Bruchid (Stator pruininus)

(g) Testa Nematode

(Aphelenchoides arachidis)

(i) Post-entry quarantine

for a period of 6 weeks

(ii) Permitted to import

only as decorticated

seeds

Shall only be

imported by

Director National

Research Center on

Groundnut,

Junagadh, Gujarat

State and Director

General,

International Crops

Research Institute

for Semi-Aried

Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh State.

10.

Potato (Solanum

tuberosum) and other tuber bearing species of

Solanaceae

(i) Tubers and

other planting

material

(i) Freedom from:

(a)Potato tuber nematode (Ditylenchus destructor)

(b) Stem and bulb nematode

(Ditylenchus dipsaci )

rostochiensis & Globodera

pallida]

(d) Gangrene (Phoma exigua var. foveata) (e) Potato wart (Synchytrium

endobioticum)

(f) Potato smut [Thecaphora

(Angiosorus) solani]

(g) Bacterial ring rot

(Clavibacter michiganensis

subsp. Sepedonicus)

(h) Potato purple-top wilt & stolbur phytoplasmas

(i) Potato viruses viz. Andean potato latent, Andean potato mottle, Arracacha B virus, Potato deforming mosaic, Potato T (capillo virus),

Potato yellow dwarf, Potato yellow vein, Potato calico strain of Tobacco ring spot virus, Potato strain of Tobacco streak virus

(j) Colarado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)

(k) Andean potato weevil

(Premnotrypes spp.)

Post-entry quarantine for a period of two growth

seasons.

Shall only be

imported by

Director, Central

Potato Research

Institute, Simla,

Himachal Pradesh.

(ii) true seed/micro tubers (in vitro) of potato/tissecultured plants

The true seed /micro-tubers (in

vitro) of potato are obtained from plants tested and certified

free from viruses and viroids of

potato and other tuber bearing

Solanaceous plant species.

The above condition shall not apply

Same above > The commercial import subjet to the approval of DAC and subject to the conditions specified there of

11.

Rice ( Oryza

sativa)

(i) Seed for sowing

(i) Freedom from:

(a)Granary weevil

(Sitophilus ranaries)

(b) White tip nematode

(Aphelenchoides besseyi)

(Pseudomonas avenae)

(d) Sheath brown rot

(Pseudomonas

fuscovaginae)

(e) Seedling rot

(Pseudomonas glumae)

(f) Bacterial halo blight (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Oryzae

Seed soaking overnight

and hot water treatment at

52 deg C for 10 min.

Sall only be impoted by the Director, NBGPR, New Delhi/ Director of Rice Reaserch Hyderabad.

12.

Rubber (Hevea spp.)

Seed/saplings/Bud wood

(I) Freedom from:

(a) South American leaf blight (SALB) (Microcyclus ulei syn. Dothidella ulei)

(b) Shot hole borer (Xyleborus

ferrugineus)

(i) Post-entry quarantine

for a period of one year.

(ii) The consignment of seed and other planting

material shall be treated

with suitable systemic

fungicide prior to dispatch of the consignment at the country of origin and the treatment shall be endorsed on phytosanitary

certificate.

Shall only be

permitted import by

the Director,

Rubber Institute,

Kottayam, (Kerala).

13.

Sugarcane

(Saccharum spp.)

Cuttings of setts for planting

Freedom from:

(a) Fiji virus of sugarcane

(b) Gummosis (Xanthomonas

vasculorum)

I Sugarcane white leaf

(phytoplasmas)

(d) Sereh

(e) Sugarcane downy mildew

(Peronosclerospora sacchari)

(f) Mottled stripe (Pseudomonas

rubrisubalbicans)

(g) Sugarcane viruses viz.

bacilliform, mild mosaic, mosaic & streak

(h) American sugarcane borer

(Diatraea saccharalis)

(a) Growing of consignment under post-entry quarantine

for a period of one year.

(ii) Hot water treatment of

dormant sets at 52 o C for 20 min.followed

by dipping in systemic fungicide solutions viz. Benlate at 0.2% just prior to planting.

(iii) All packages and

packing material shall be disposed off by burning.

Shall only be

imported by

Director, Sugarcane

Breeding Institute,

Coimbatore (Tamil

Nadu).

(ii) True seed or fuzz

As stated above at (a) abd (c)

(iv) Hot water treatment of fuzz at 58 0 C for 5 min in water with 50 ppm Tween 20 folowed by a short dip in a10 ppm solution of suitable fungicide just before sowing.

As above

(iii) Tissue cultured plants

Certifiied that the tissue cultured plants tested and found virus free

The above conditions (i) to (iv) shall not apply

As above

Sweet potato

(Ipomoea spp)

(i) Stem (vine)

cuttings rooted or

un-rooted/ tubers

Freedom from:

(a) Scab Elsinoe batatas)

(b) Scurf (Moniliochaetes

infuscans)

destruens)

(d) Soil rot (Streptomyces

ipomoeae)

(e) Bacteria wilt (Pseudomonas

batatae)

(f) Sweet potato viruses viz.

Russet crack; feathery mottle; internal cork; chlorotic leaf spot; vein mosaic; mild mottle and yellow dwarf, vein clearing;

chlorotic stunt; Sheffied�s virus A and B etc.

(g) Sweet potato witches� broom

(phytoplasmas)

(h) Seed bruchid (Mimosestes

mimosae)

(i) Post-entry quarantine

for one growth season.

(ii) Freedom from soil.

Shall only be imported by Director, Central Tuber Crops Reaserach Institute, Sreekaryam (keral).

(ii) True seed/

Tissue-cultured

plants

Certified that the true seed / tissue-cultured plants are obtained from mother stock indexed or tested and maintained

free from viruses and viroids of potato and other tuber bearing Solanaceous plant species

The above conditions shall not be apply.

Same as above .

15.

Tobacco

(Nicotiana spp.)

(i) Seed for sowing

Freedom from:

(a) Blue mould (Peronospora

tabacina)

(b) Broomrape (Orobanche

cumana)

(Heterodera tabacum)

Post-entry consignment

for a period of one growth

season.

Shall be imported

by Central Tobacco

Research Institute,

Rajahmundry (AP)

16.

Wheat

(Triticum spp.)

(i) Seeds for

sowing

(i) Freedom from:

(a) Dwarf bunt (Tilletia

contraversa)

(b) Ergot (Claviceps purpurea)

atrofaciens)

(d) Granary weevil (Sitophilus

granarius)

Post-entry quarantine for one growth season.

Shall only be

imported by the

Director, National

Bureau of Plant

Genetic Resources,

New Delhi.

17.

Yam ( Disoscorea spp)

(i) Tubber for planting or propagation

(i)Freedom from:

(a) Yam mosaic virus/ green

banding virus

(b) Crown gall ( Agrobacterium

tumefaciens)

(i) Growing of consignment under post-

entry quarantine for one growth season.

(ii) Hot water treatment of

tubers at 52oC for 30 minutes followed by

chemical dip in

fensulphathion at 0.125%

for 10-15 min. before planting

Shall only imported Director, Central

Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekaryam

(Kerala).

(ii) Tissue

cultured plants

(ii) Certified that the tissue cultured plants produced from virus- free mother stock.

The above conditions

shall not apply

Same as above.