E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly

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	0.25
White 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. (certified)	50.00
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, mango and others	2.00
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 propagated)	15.00
Medicinal Plants
In plastic bag	7.50
Ornamental (foliage and flowering) Cuttings: santan, duranta, etc. (plastic bags)	7.50
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	50.00
In 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.

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.
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.
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.
Seed germination that fall below the minimum standard quality shall be disposed or shall be condemned according to COA regulations.
Budstick for asexual propagation shall be sourced from the registered and or regularly indexed parent trees.
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

[ 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