DA Administrative Order No. 5 (1999)

(NAR) VOL. 10 NO. 1 / JANUARY - MARCH 1999

[ DA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 5, S. 1999, January 06, 1999 ]

AMENDMENT ON SELLING PRICE OF SELECTED PLANT MATERIALS CONTAINED IN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 6, SERIES OF 1997

For the guidance of all concerned, the selling prices of selected plant materials of fruit and beverage crop specie produced by the station, seed farm and centers of the Department of Agriculture as contained in Administrative Order No. 6, series of 1997 is hereby amended: Seed Materials: Crop Selling Price/ Kilograms (P) Ampalaya 1,800.00 Bush Sitao 285.00 Cowpea 285.00 Cucumber (OP) 800.00 Lima Beans 250.00 Mustard 350.00 Okra 300.00 Patola 600.00 Pechay 320.00 Pole Sitao 400.00 Radish 200.00 Snap Beans 150.00 Sweet Pepper 1,500.00 Hot Pepper 2,700.00 Squash 650.00 Upo 500.00 Upland Kangkong 300.00 Tomato 1,500.00 Eggplant 1,500.00 Papaya Seeds 6.00/1 gram White Potatoes (seed) Mini tubers 1.00 each CO tubers 70.00/kg Certified 18.00/kg Plant Materials (fruits, beverage, spices and plantation crops) Rooted cuttings 10.00 Cassava cuttings 1.00/stick of 1 meter long Sweet potato cuttings 0.25White potato cuttings 0.75 Seedlings of: Mangosteen, Durian 25.00 Lanzones, Rambutan 20.00 Tea 5.00 Coffee & Cacao 7.50 Caimito, Duhat, Guava, Jackfruit, and others 7.50 Asexually Propagated (grafted or budded) Durian 45.00 Lanzones 55.00 Rambutan 55.00 Citrus, Orange, pomelo, calamansi, etc. 50.00 (certified) Jackfruit 45.00 Mango 25.00 Lychee 100.00 Longan 100.00 Peach 50.00 Pears 25.00 Nectarine 50.00 Rubber 25.00 Others 25.00 Plant propagules or scion stick of Rubber, 2.00 mango and others Strawberry runners produced from laboratory 1.00 Banana (tissue cultured) 10.00 1st generation 0.75 Suckers, slips, corms 5.00 Budstick from CPT 1.50/budeye Coffee & Cacao registered ( clonaly 15.00 propagated) Medicinal Plants In plastic bag 7.50 Ornamental (foliage and flowering) Cuttings: 7.50 santan, duranta, etc. (plastic bags) Foliage (in plastic bags) #6 25.00 #8 30.00 #10 35.00 Pineapple Slips 5.00 Sucker 3.00 Crown 2.00 Anthuriums seedlings in plant bag 10.00 Heliconia (Common) 7.50 Orchids in compots Dendro & phalaenopsis 200.00 Vanda 350.00 Cattleya 350.00 Orchids in single pots Dendro & phalaenopsis 20.00 Vanda 80.00 Cattleya 80.00 Dish Garden In plastic pots 50.00In clay pots 60.00 Glazed pots 100.00 - 150.00 The Department of Agriculture field offices and the Bureau of Plant Industry shall be guided by the following policies/guidelines.

1. All seeds produced by DA Stations and Seed Farms should undergo quality tests by the Seed Testing Laboratory of the National Seed Quality Control Services as to the germination, moisture and physical purity tests standards and should not be less than 80%, 12% and 95%, respectively, prior to sale or distribution.

2. All seeds still on stock at any DA field units after two months shall be retested for seed quality, germination and moisture content and only seeds within the quality standard are eligible for sale/distribution.

3. Seed and plant materials shall be sold in cash and carry basis. Overgrown and or large plant materials can be disposed under the discretion of the head of office.

4. Seed germination that fall below the minimum standard quality shall be disposed or shall be condemned according to COA regulations.

5. Budstick for asexual propagation shall be sourced from the registered and or regularly indexed parent trees.

6. Standard size of plastic bag container is 7 x 11 inches for bagging of fruit beverage and plantation crop seedlings. This Order supersedes all other Administrative Order inconsistent herewith and takes effect immediately. Adopted: 06 Jan. 1999

(SGD.) WILLIAM D. DAR Acting Secretary Recommending Approval:

(SGD.) NERIUS I. ROPEROS Director