BPI ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 22, May 18, 2012

[ BPI ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 22, May 18, 2012 ]

PRESCRIBING THE SELLING PRICES OF VEGETABLE SEEDS AND PLANT MATERIALS

For the guidance of all concerned, the selling prices of vegetable seeds and plant materials as contained in Administrative Order (AO) No. 04 series of 2008 issued by the Department of Agriculture are hereby revised:

Vegetable Seeds

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

Ampalaya 3,000.00

Bush Sitao 300.00

Cowpea 300.00

Cucumber (OP) 1,500.00

Eggplant 3,000.00

Garden Peas 500.00

Hot Pepper 3,300.00

Lima Beans 800.00

Mustard 350.00

Okra 350.00

Patola 925.00

Pechay 500.00

Pole Sitao 420.00

Radish 500.00

Snap Beans 500.00

Squash 1,200.00

Sweet Pepper 3,000.00

Tomato 3,000.00

Upland Kangkong 300.00

Upo 700.00

Winged Beans 800.00

White Potatoes

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

GO 3.00/pc.

Foundation 30

Certified 25

Rooted Cuttings 1.50/pc.

Sweet potato cuttings .50/pc 1 ft terminal cutting

Cassava (1m. Stick) 2.00/pc

Plant Materials Fruit Bearing Trees

1. Sexually propagated

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

Abiu 50

Achuete Anonas Atis Avocado 15 15 15 15

Balimbing Bignay Calamandarin Camachili Camias Caimito Cashew Catmon Chico Duhat Durian Guava Guayabano Jackfruit Lanzones Longan 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 15 25 15 20 15 15 15 25 20

Lychee Mabolo Macopa Mango Mangosteen Marang Papaya Passion Fruit Pili Rambutan Sampaloc Santol Starapple Tiesa Other crop 20 15 15 15 30 15 20 15 20 15 15 15 15 15 15

Asexually Propagated

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

Avocado Balimbing Citrus Grafted/Budded Cacao Blackpepper Breadfruit (marcotted) Calamansi Dragon fruit Lemon Lime Mandarin Oranges Pummelo Duhat Durian Jackfruit Lanzones Longan Lychee 30 30 50 25 15 50 50 30 50 50 50 50 50 40 60 50 60 100 100

Mabolo Macopa Mango Mangosteen Nectarine Peach Pears Pili Rambutan Santol Siniguelas Sampaloc Tambis (marcotted) Others 30 30 30 75 50 50 30 55 60 30 30 30 30 30

Plant Progagules or scion

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

Atis Avocado Cashew Chico 3 3 5 5

Citrus 1.50 /budeye

Duhat Durian Jackfruit Lanzones Macopa Mango Mangosteen Marang Rambutan Sampaloc Santol Pili Other fruit crops not in the list 3 5 5 5 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 5 3

Plantation crops and other trees Plant Materials

Sexually Propagated

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

Blackpepper Neem Tree Coffee Cacao Rubber 15 15 15 15 15

Seedlings in polyethylene bag (7” x 14” x.003) 15

Seed/can (1 gallon capacity) 300

Asexually Propagated

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

Banana suckers, corms 10

Pineapple slips, suckers 10

Coffee (clonal) 25

Rubber Budded (Two leaf storey)

In polyethylene bag 7”x 14” x. 003” 40

Budded stumps 20

Strawberry (runners) 3

Plant Propagules or Scion

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

Budstick from NSIC Registered

Coffee and cacao 2.5

Rubber

Budstick from NSIC Registered 10

Budwood/meter 25

Produced from Laboratory

Plantlets/pc 8

Banana Tissue Cultured (potted) 15

Ornamentals and Medicinal

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

Potted plants

4" soft pot 35

6" soft pot 40

8" soft pot 45

10" soft pot 50

Rooted cuttings (Polyethylene or plastic bag)

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

5 x 7 15

6 x 8 15

7 x 11 15

Dish Garden

Small glazed pot 130

Medium glazed pot 140

Large glazed pot 150

Ornamental (foliage and flowering)

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

Cuttings: santan, duranta, etc. (in plastic bag) 15

Foliage (in plastic bag)

#6 30

#8 35

#10 40

Anthuriums seedlings in Plastic bag 20

Heliconia (common) 10

Orchids in compots

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

Dendro and phalaenopsis 200

Vanda 350

Cattleya 350

Orchids in single pots

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

Dendro and phalaenopsis 200

Vanda 350

Cattleya 350

Dendro and phalaenopsis 50

Vanda 100

Cattleya 150

Crop Selling Price (PhP)

Medicinal plants herbs & spices 15

The Department of Agriculture Field Offices and the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) shall be guided by the following policies/guidelines:

1. All seeds produced by the DA Centers, Stations and Seed Farms should undergo seed quality tests by the Seed Testing Laboratory of the BPI National Seed Quality Control Services. Germination and physical purity should not be less than 80% and 95%, respectively, while moisture content should not be more than 12% prior to sale and distribution. 2. All seeds still on stock at any DA Field Units shall be retested three months after the first test and monthly test thereafter for germination and moisture content. Only seed within the quality standards are eligible for sale/distribution. 3. Seeds and plant materials shall be sold in cash and carry basis. 4. Seeds that fall below the minimum quality standard and overgrown plant materials shall be disposed or shall be condemned according to COA Regulations. 5. Budstick for asexual propagation shall be sourced from NSIC registered and regularly indexed parent trees. 6. Standard bagging size of plastic bag is 7 x 11 inches for fruits, 6 x 8 inches for beverages and plantation crops, 7 x 14 inches for rubber and 5 x 7 inches for medicinal plants and other crops.

This order supersedes all other Administrative Order inconsistent herewith and takes effect immediately.

(SGD.) PROCESO J. ALCALA Secretary

Recommending Approval:

(SGD.) CLARITO M. BARRON, PhD., CESO IV Executive Director National Seed Security Council