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