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SAPO TRUST Information Day Presentations 2010
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Introduction

SAPO Trust (The South African Plant Improvement Organisation) registered as IT 278/99 is situated on Fleurbaix Farm, Van Reede Street, STELLENBOSCH.

SAPO Trust is:

	responsible for production of certifiable propagation plant material. All SAPO’s plant material is governed in accordance with the Plant Improvement Act [Act 53 of 1976] as specified in the SA Plant Certification Scheme. The blue and white labels serve as confirmation that the plant material conforms to the specified requirements of the Scheme.;
	responsible for phytosanitary and genetic upgrading (improvement) of deciduous fruit plant material. This includes virus elimination and testing, establishment, management and maintenance of nucleus, foundation and mother blocks, the selection of the best propagation plant material, confirmation of true-to-type and clone registrations;
	the main supplier of propagation plant material to deciduous fruit nurseries. In the order of 14 million propagation units are distributed to nurseries annually;
	the evaluation of deciduous fruit varieties including horticultural, storage and processing (drying and canning) ability;
	a major role player in supplying rootstocks to nurseries;
	a specialist in the importation of new varieties worldwide and management of these varieties from quarantine to the end producer;
	a leader in intellectual property management and commercialization techniques.

SAPO Trust’s vision:

Strive to be the top specialist plant improvement organisation in South Africa.

SAPO Trust’s mission:

To be service-driven and to develop a comprehensive range of plant material that can be supplied in a cost-effective manner to the different industries.

SAPO Trust also has premises at:

	Laastedrif – Ceres		Olyvenboom - Wellington
Tygerhoek - Riviersonderend		Nuweland - Montagu

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Certification of Plant material:

SAPO Trust is an accredited and ISO 9001:2000 certified plant improvement organisation of the deciduous fruit industry. All our plant material is governed in accordance with the Plant Improvement Act [Act 53 of 1976] as specified in the SA Plant Certification Scheme. The label serves as confirmation that the plant material conforms to the specified requirements of this Scheme.

All plant material above on the foundation premises were inspected and found to conform to the requirements of the South African Plant Certification Scheme for Deciduous Fruit.
No visual symptoms of diseases and/or pests were observed.

This serves to confirm that the plant material has been inspected by the pathologist and continually monitored for any diseases or pest as specified in the Plant Improvement Act.

Additionally the stone fruit material was indexed with an ELISA test procedure for the presence of Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV), Prune dwarf virus (PDV), Apple mosiac virus (ApMV) and Apple chlorotic ringspot virus (ACLSV). All results were negative for the presence of these organisms. The pears were indexed with an ELISA test procedure for the presence of Apple stem grooving virus(ASGV) and Apple chlorotic leafspot virus (ACLSV). All tests were negative for the presence of these pathogens.

This material does not contain any genetically modified organisms(GMO's).