(1) "Virus infected (affected) " means the presence of a harmful virus(es) in a plant or plant part.
(2) "Virus-like" means a
disorder of genetic or nontransmissible origin and also includes mycoplasma-like
organisms and rickettsia-like organisms.
(3) "Off-type" means not true-to-name.
(4) "Indicator plant" means any herbaceous or woody plant used to
index or determine virus infection.
(5) "Index" means to determine virus infection by means of
inoculation from the plant to be tested to an indicator plant or by any other
method.
(6) "Registered tree" means that a registration number has been
assigned by the department to a tree or clonal planting that has been inspected
and tested in accordance with the provisions of this program.
(7) "Scion-block" means a
planting of registered trees which serves as a sources of scionwood from the
propagation of "Montana certified fruit tree nursery stock".
(8) "Seed-block" means a planting of registered trees which
serves as a source of seed for producing root-stock used in the
propagation of "Montana certified fruit tree nursery stock".
(9) "Stool-bed" means a clonal planting of self-rooted
registered trees for the specific purpose of producing vegetatively propagated
rootstock used in the propagation of "Montana certified fruit tree nursery
stock".
(10) "Montana certified fruit tree nursery stock" means nursery
grown seedlings, clonal rootstocks originating from registered trees and
nursery grown trees propagated by using top-stock from registered trees
and rootstock originating from registered trees except as herein provided for
certain rootstocks.
(11) "Montana certified fruit tree seed" means seed produced on
registered seed trees or commercial seed having been tested and found to have a
transmissible virus content that does not exceed five percent.