CDFA Pest Prevention Plant Regulation
Exam - Nursery
Who is a qualified nursery inspector?
Possesses state certificate of qualification in Nursery/Seed Regulation
and plant quarantine and pest detection
What conditions must be met for a nursery stock license exemption to be
given?
1)Amateurs (sales less than $1000)
2)All plants are of own production 3)Communicate intent to sell to the
commissioner.
4)Grown in same county as sale by the actual seller.
What commodities may be sold without a nursery stock license?
1) Cut flowers and plants for indoor decoration
2) seeds
3) cut christmas trees
Define Nursery Stock
Any plant sold for planting, propagation, or ornamentation
Define Commercially Clean
Pests are under effective control and are present only to a light degree,
and only a few plants in any lot or block show any infestation or infection.
Define "Standards of Cleanliness"
Nursery Stock shall be free of pests of limited distribution and pests
known not to exist in the state.
, While doing a nursery inspection, you find a pest that is not known to
occur in California. What do you do?
1) Isolate the infested lot and affix a noncompliance tag
2) issue a hold notice to keep commodities on the premises
3) Collect and submit specimens to CDFA laboratory
4) Determine Origin of infested lot
While doing a nursery inspection, you find a lot that is infested with a
pest of general distribution to the point you do not believe the lot to be
"commercially clean". What do you do?
Remove from sale and affix a noncompliance warning tag to the lot and
isolate from non-infested nursery stock. It is at the discretion of the
commissioner to allow for reinspection following a treatment for the pest.
What time frame is given for a nursery to control an infestation?
A "reasonable specified length of time" (30-60 days)
Where do you find the laws (statutory authority) and regulations
pertaining to the sale of nursery stock?
CA Food and Agricultural Code.
1) Define "pest"
a) Any infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any plant
b) Any form of animal life
c) Any form of vegetable life
d) All of the above
d) All of the above
1) An unidentified pest is found - what do you do?
a) Hold until pest is determined
b) Reject if it is an "A" or "Q" rated pest
c) Commissioner determines action if it is a "B" or "C" rated pest
Exam - Nursery
Who is a qualified nursery inspector?
Possesses state certificate of qualification in Nursery/Seed Regulation
and plant quarantine and pest detection
What conditions must be met for a nursery stock license exemption to be
given?
1)Amateurs (sales less than $1000)
2)All plants are of own production 3)Communicate intent to sell to the
commissioner.
4)Grown in same county as sale by the actual seller.
What commodities may be sold without a nursery stock license?
1) Cut flowers and plants for indoor decoration
2) seeds
3) cut christmas trees
Define Nursery Stock
Any plant sold for planting, propagation, or ornamentation
Define Commercially Clean
Pests are under effective control and are present only to a light degree,
and only a few plants in any lot or block show any infestation or infection.
Define "Standards of Cleanliness"
Nursery Stock shall be free of pests of limited distribution and pests
known not to exist in the state.
, While doing a nursery inspection, you find a pest that is not known to
occur in California. What do you do?
1) Isolate the infested lot and affix a noncompliance tag
2) issue a hold notice to keep commodities on the premises
3) Collect and submit specimens to CDFA laboratory
4) Determine Origin of infested lot
While doing a nursery inspection, you find a lot that is infested with a
pest of general distribution to the point you do not believe the lot to be
"commercially clean". What do you do?
Remove from sale and affix a noncompliance warning tag to the lot and
isolate from non-infested nursery stock. It is at the discretion of the
commissioner to allow for reinspection following a treatment for the pest.
What time frame is given for a nursery to control an infestation?
A "reasonable specified length of time" (30-60 days)
Where do you find the laws (statutory authority) and regulations
pertaining to the sale of nursery stock?
CA Food and Agricultural Code.
1) Define "pest"
a) Any infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any plant
b) Any form of animal life
c) Any form of vegetable life
d) All of the above
d) All of the above
1) An unidentified pest is found - what do you do?
a) Hold until pest is determined
b) Reject if it is an "A" or "Q" rated pest
c) Commissioner determines action if it is a "B" or "C" rated pest
