Tree Introduction Services
E-mail at [email protected].
Cost for Services
Testing and Treatment: Complete disease testing panel and concurrent disease elimination therapy by microshoot-tip tissue culture or heat therapy (including pre- and post-therapy testing panels) to qualify foreign and domestic selections for release from federal quarantine and/or inclusion in the CDFA Registration and Certification Program. Timeline for this service is dependent upon the disease status of the selection. Completion of testing takes 1-2 years. If no virus or VLA (Virus Like Agent) are found, material will be made available. If virus elimination therapy is required, the timeline will be extended 3-5 years.
| Testing & Treatment: | $3,000.00 per public selection* $5,000.00 per proprietary selection |
| Planting in Foundation collection: | $650 per proprietary selection |
| Maintenance in Foundation collection: | $220 per year per proprietary selection |
Obtain permission to propagate source materials in the USA
According to the service agreement between the customer and FPS, the customer (not FPS) is responsible for obtaining permission to propagate all tree materials submitted for custom services. It is a good idea to have a written record of this permission. The FPS service agreement states that "The Customer hereby represents and warrants that it has legal title to, and has the right to propagate the Selection(s) submitted for custom services."
Submitting Plant Material
Please note that, if you are unable to send the requested number or size of cuttings, the treatment/testing period may be significantly extended to prepare the additional needed propagations for pathogen testing purposes.
When submitting budwood please collect 25-30 fresh, fully dormant hardwood cuttings from a single source tree for each variety/selection to be supplied. The optimum size for the cuttings is 12" (30cm) long and 1/4" (9 mm) in diameter. If you are unable to supply the optimum number and size of cuttings, please send all of the cuttings of all sizes that can be collected from a single source tree for each variety/selection. Each bundle of cuttings from a single source tree must be bundled together and labeled with variety name and source location (if known). The cuttings should be enclosed in a sealed plastic bag with a very small amount of moisture, packed in a rigid cardboard box or tube, and kept in cold storage until the day of shipment.