PLANT

MATERIAL
CERTIFICATION
PROGRAM

Presented by:
DANILO T. DANNUG
Plant Material Certification Section
National Seed Quality Control Services
Bureau of Plant Industry
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Purpose of Certification
To maintain and make available high
quality seeds of superior crop
varieties of known genetic and
varietal purity including reasonable
standards of quality considered for
crop propagated and distributed.

Requirement for Certification

Varieties for certification must
be duly registered and released by
Philippine Seed Board/National Seed
Industry Council (PSB/NSIC)
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Registered Varieties
(NSIC – TWG)

Plant Nursery • RPT

(Production • F/S trees
Div.)
•(PMC-NSQCS)

Validation and
Evaluation Validation and
Inspection

Accredited Nursery Certified trees and

seedlings
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Sources of Seed/Plant Material Registered for Certification

Parent Tree (PT) – are trees that

have been surveyed, evaluated,
indexed, registered and
approved in accordance with the
parameters approved by the
National Seed Industry council
to serve as source of plant
propagules.
MMSU Gold

Foundation Grove – an area

where not more than four (4)
registered PT are planted in
government institutions as
source of planting materials for
scion groves or plant
propagules.
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Scion Grove – an orchard of different

registered cultivars from foundation
grove where accredited nursery
operator shall be required to obtain
their plant propagules for the
production of certifiable plant
materials

Seed/Clonal Garden – is an orchard

which will be the source of seeds for
the production of sexually propagative
plant material for plantation crops like
coffee, cacao and rubber

In-Vitro Laboratories – place

where mass production and
multiplication of diseases-free
propagules is undertaken.
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Evidence of eligibility for Certification

Documents
- Receipt of purchase of seed indicating the number of propagules
- Registration number of parent tree.

Plant Propagules (Asexually and Sexually propagated)

Plant propagules (asexually and/or sexually) for commercial
planting by nursery operator must carry official document or
information before they could be finally recognized for certification.
The official document includes the following information:
a. crop
b. variety
c. code and accession numbers
d. method of propagation of propagule, e.g. grafted, seed, etc.
e. source of propagule, e.g. seed garden, tissue culture
f. age of propagule at time of inspection
g. name and address of nursery operator
h. date of last inspection/evaluation of seed inspector
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Labelling

All planting materials which meet the

standards for plant material certification
shall be officially tagged, identifying the
variety, NSIC registered code, year
registered and NSQCS code number.

PARENT TREE
NSIC 95-Mn-001 (Acc.
Name)
NSQCS (Year) Code #
Tagging of Registered Parent Tree of Jackfruit in MES, Mandaue, Cebu with the
Center Chief, Mr. Ronnie Jamola
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For Nursery seedlings: White background with

black letters in a waxy paper measuring 15.3 x 2.8
waxed paper with the following information:

1.Nursery Owner 4. Crop/Variety

2.Address 5. PMC Number
3.PM Inspector 6. Date Certified

Nursery Owner: ____________ Crop/Variety: ___________

Address __________________ PMC Number: __________

PM Inspector ______________ Date Certified___________
Mango certified seedlings being inspected by the regional plant material
inspector in Region 1 from an accredited plant nursery before being
distributed to intended beneficiaries
 Approved
Guidelines/Standards
and S.O. for Plant
Material Certification
as of October 2013
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• AdministrativeOrder #44
Series of 2000: General
Guidelines for Certification of
Fruits and Plantation Crops

• Administrative
Order #06
Series of 2006 : Guidelines
on the Production,
Regulation, Promotion,
Procurement and Distribution
of Seeds and Planting
Materials
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• Admin. Order #06 Series of

2005 : Minimum Plant
Material Standards for
Cashew and Pili

• Admin. Order #07 Series of

2005: Minimum Plant
Material Standards for Citrus

• Admin. Order #08 Series

of 2005: Minimum Plant
Material Standards for
Mango and Durian
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• Admin. Order #16 Series of

2009: Minimum Plant Material
Certification Guidelines for
Cassava

• Admin. Order #18 Series of 2009:

Minimum Plant Material
Certification Guidelines for Rubber

• Admin. Order #19 Series of

2009: Minimum Plant Material
Certification Guidelines for
Cacao

• Admin. Order #20 Series of

2009: Minimum Plant Material
Certification Guidelines for
Coffee
 • Administrative Circular #04 Series
of 2013: Guidelines on the Plant
Material Certification for
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas
(L.) Lam)
• Special Order #387 Series of 2011:
Amending Special Order No. 298 series
of 2007 Deputizing BPI,DA-RFU, SUC
and LGU Technical Personnel as Plant
Material Inspectors

• Administrative order No. 07series of

2012: General Guidelines for the
Accreditation of Tissue Culture
Laboratories for the Production of
Quality Planting Materials
Draft Guidelines for Approval
• Minimum Plant Material Certification Guidelines for Starapple (Caimito)
• Minimum Plant Material Certification Guidelnes for Marang
• Minimum Plant material Certification Guidelines for Lanzones
• Minimum Plant Material Certification Guidelines for Avocado
• Minimum Plant Material Certification Guidelines for Mangosteen
• Minimum Plant material Certification Guidelines for Jackfruit
• Minimum Plant Material Certification Guidelines for Rambutan
• Minimum Plant Material Certification Guidelines for Guava
• Minimum Plant Material Certification Guidelines for Sweetsop (Atis)
• Minimum Plant Material Certification Guidelines for Soursop
(Guyabano)
• Minimum Plant Material Certification Guidelines for Santol
 PLANT
MATERIAL
CERTIFICATION
ACTIVITIES
Explaining to Sec. Proceso Alcala the importance of tagging scion groves/trees in
Dasoland Ecotourism Park in Dasol, Pangasinan last August, 2013.
Tagging of durian foundation tree in davao NCRDC as source of certified
scions
Tagging of Mango Foundation Trees in BES, Ubay, Bohol
Tagging of Cacao scion trees at Puentespina Farms in Malagos, Davao with Mrs.
Puentespina
Tagging of Registered Coffee Robusta Coffee Clonal Tree Lot in Nestle Farms,
Tagum, Davao del Norte with the Nestle group and BPI PM inspectors
Field Inspection of PMIs during their trainings to determine the quality of planting
materials in the accredited nurseries before tagging of seedlings.
Monitoring of Cassava growing areas to determine clean materials for propagation
by accredited cassava seed producers with experts from PhilRootcrops, VISCA,
Baybay, Leyte.
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Locator Map

LEGEND:

- 1 CENTRAL LABORATORY
- 15 REGIONAL LABORATORIES
- 9 SATELLITE LABORATORIES
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KUNG MAGANDA
ANG BUNGA
MAGANDA RIN ANG
KITA
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Thank You and

Good Day!!!