ATCP 21.13 NoteNote: Copies of the Fast Africanized Bee Identification Systems (FABIS) are on file with the department and the legislative reference bureau. Copies are available at cost from the department.

ATCP 21.13 NoteNote: The Morphometric Method for Identification of Africanized and European Honey Bees Using Large Reference Populations is described in Rinderer et al.,“Morphometric identification of Africanized and European honey bees using large reference populations,” Apidologie (1993) 24, 569-585. Copies of this article are on file with the department and the legislative reference bureau. Copies are available at cost from the department.

ATCP 21.13(4)(a)(a) No person may ship live honeybees into this state unless those honeybees originate from a colony which a pest control official has certified as being apparently free of American foulbrood.

ATCP 21.13(4)(b)(b) A pest control official may certify that colonies found at any location are apparently free of American foulbrood if the pest control official visually examines at least 20% of the colonies at that location, and finds evidence of American foulbrood in fewer than 3% of the colonies examined.

ATCP 21.13(4)(c)(c) No person may ship used beekeeping equipment into this state unless a pest control official first certifies that the beekeeping equipment is apparently free of American foulbrood.

ATCP 21.14(1)(a)(a) “Adjacent field” means any parcel of land contiguous to an infested field.

ATCP 21.14(1)(b)(b) “Certified seed potatoes” means seed potatoes which have been inspected and certified by the college as having been produced under, and meeting field and bin inspection standards and requirements under, ch. ATCP 156, and which have been graded and certified by the department as being of a grade specified under ch. ATCP 156.

ATCP 21.14(1)(c)(c) “College” means the college of agricultural and life sciences of the University of Wisconsin.

ATCP 21.14(1)(d)(d) “Department” means the state of Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

ATCP 21.14(1)(e)(e) “Exposed field” means any parcel of land which may have been exposed to infestation by the potato rot nematode because of the movement of potatoes, machinery, or equipment, or through any other means.

ATCP 21.14(1)(f)(f) “Infested field” means any parcel of land which is declared to be an infested field under sub. (3), or which is known to be currently infested in fact with potato rot nematode.

ATCP 21.14(1)(g)(g) “Potato rot nematode” means the nematode (Ditylenchus destructor) which attacks potatoes, causing rot.

ATCP 21.14(1)(h)(h) “Quarantine” means an order of the department requiring isolation of the material named and prohibiting its movement or disposition except as authorized by the department.

ATCP 21.14(1)(i)(i) “Table stock potatoes” means potatoes grown for use or processing as food for human consumption.

ATCP 21.14(2)(2) Living organism. No person shall move or transport any living specimen of the potato rot nematode or of any soil or plant materials containing such organism without a permit from the department. Permit may be granted only for experimental work or research by governmental agencies, educational institutions, or private laboratories engaged in plant pest research. The department shall grant or deny a permit application within 20 business days after the application is filed with the department, provided that the application is accompanied by all requisite information and documentation.

ATCP 21.14(3)(a)(a) The department shall, by notice in writing, declare as an infested field any field or parcel of land on which potatoes infected with potato rot nematode have been grown.

ATCP 21.14(3)(b)(b) No potatoes grown on an infested field may be sold or moved without department approval. Before granting approval, the department shall perform a harvest-time inspection of the infested field and randomly selected potatoes grown on the field. The department may issue a quarantine covering potatoes grown on other exposed or adjacent fields if, in the judgment of the department, potatoes grown on those fields may be infected.

ATCP 21.14(3)(c)(c) No person may plant potatoes on any infested field without giving prior written notice to the department. Notice shall indicate the type of potatoes to be grown on the infested field. The department shall, by March 1 of each year, mail a questionnaire to all persons known by the department to be owners of potato rot nematode infested fields or parcels of land. The questionnaire shall state what crops, if any, are to be grown on the infested field or parcel of land and any other information required by the department. After the questionnaire is completed and signed by the owner, it shall be returned to the department by April 15 of each year. Copies of each completed questionnaire shall be made available to the Wisconsin potato growers association and the college.