(1)  "Certified" mint rootstock is rootstock which has been grown under an official certification program and been found free of mint wilt and pests.   The certification program must meet or exceed the certification standards set forth in ARM 4.12.1508.

(2)  "Committee" means the Montana mint committee established in 2-15-3006, MCA.

(3)  "Equipment" means any machinery, tools, utensils, and other items used in the planting, propagation, tillage, harvesting, processing, storage, and transportation of mint or mint rootstock, or in the extraction of mint oil.

(4)  "Mint" means all varieties and hybrids of plants of the genus "Mentha".

(5)  "Mint rootstock" means any propagative plant parts of all varieties and hybrids of plants of the genus "Mentha".

(6)  "Mint wilt" means the disease caused by all strains of the pathogen "Verticillium dahliae" that infects mint.

(7)  "Nuclear stock" is verticillium wilt free tip cuttings or meristem culture obtained from mother block plants and grown or cultured in isolated, sanitary conditions.

(8)  "Pests" includes but is not limited to:

(a)  northern root knot nematode (Meloidogyne hapla)  ;

(b)  root lesion nematode (Pratylenchus penetrans)  ;

(c)  strawberry root weevil (Otiorhynchus ovatus)  ;

(d)  wire worm (Coleoptera: Elateridae)  ;

(e)  mint root borer (Fumibotys fumalis)  ;

(f)  mint flea beetle (Longitarsus ferrugineus, formerly L. waterhousei)  ;

(g)  mint stem borer (Pseudobaris nigrina)  ; and

(h)  noxious weeds.

(9)  "Phytosanitary certificate" means a document issued by the department or the plant pest regulatory agency of another state or nation which declares that the mint, mint rootstock, or equipment named on the document complies with the conditions of these rules.