Import Health Standard: Importation of Nursery Stock(155.02.06)

NZ MPI invites comment from trading partners on measures for Broad bean wilt virus 2 and on the addition of the two countries (India and South Africa) for Alstroemeria tissue culture. Proposes phytosanitary measures for BBWV-2 on Alstroemeria tissue culture include:a)    Alstroemeria tissue culture can be imported from a ‘pest-free area’ (PFA) where Broad bean wilt virus 2 is not known to occur;b)    Alstroemeria tissue culture can be imported if it is derived from parent plants that have been tested by PCR OR ELISA and found free from Broad bean wilt virus 2