For the guidance of all concerned, the selling prices of vegetable seeds and plant materials produced by different DA stations/centers as contained in Administrative Order (AO) No. 22 series of 2012 issued by the Department of Agriculture are hereby revised:

Vegetable Seeds

Crop	Selling Price (PhP/Kilo)
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
Others
Adlai	20.00
White Potato
GO	3.00/pc
Foundation	30/kg
Certified	25/kg
Rooted cuttings	1.50/pc
Sweet potato cuttings	.50/pc 1 ft terminal cutting
Cassava (1 m. stick)	2.00/pc

Plant Materials Fruit Bearing Trees

1. Sexually Propagated

Crop	Selling Price (PhP/Plastic Bag)
Abiu	50
Achuete	15
Anonas	15
Atis	15
Avocado	15
Balimbing	15
Bignay	15
Calamandarin	15
Camachili	15
Camias	15
Caimito	15
Cashew	20
Catmon	15
Chico	25
Duhat	15
Durian	20
Guava	15
Guayabano	15
Jackfruit	15
Lanzones	25
Longan	20
Lychee	20
Mabolo	15
Macopa	15
Mango	15
Mangosteen	30
Marang	15
Papaya	20
Passion Fruit	15
Pili	20
Rambutan	15
Sampaloc	15
Santol	15
Starapple	15
Tiesa	15
Other Crop	15

Asexually Propagated

Crop	Selling Price (PhP/Plastic Bag)
Avocado Balimbing Citrus (Grafted/Budded) Cacao Blackpepper Breadfruit (marcotted) Calamansi Dragon Fruit Lemon Lime Mandarin Oranges Pummelo Duhat Durian Jackfruit Lanzones Longan Lychee Mabolo Macopa Mango Mangosteen Nectarine Peach Pears Pili Rambutan Santol Siniguelas Sampaloc Tambis (Marcotted) Others	30 30 50 25 15 50 50 30 50 50 50 50 50 30 60 50 60 100 100 30 30 30 75 50 50 30 55 60 30 30 30 30 30

Plant Propagules or scion

Crop	Selling Price (PhP)
Atis Avocado Cashew Chico Citrus Duhat Durian Jackfruit Lanzones Macopa Mango Mangosteen Marang Rambutan Sampaloc Santol Pili Other fruit crops not in the list	3/ scion 5/ scion 1.50/budeye 3/ scion 5/ scion 5/ scion 5/ scion 3/ scion 3/ scion 5/ scion 5/ scion 5/ scion 5/ scion 3/ scion 5/ scion 3/scion

Plantation Crops & Other Plant Materials Trees

Sexually Propagated

Crop	Selling Price (PhP/Plastic Bag)
Blackpepper 15 Neem Tree 15 Coffee 15 Cacao 15 Rubber 15 Seedlings in polyethylene bag (7 x14 x.003) Seed/can (4 gallon capacity)	15 15 15 15 15 15 700

Asexually Propagate

Crop		Selling Price (PhP/Plastic Bag)
Banana suckers, corms Pineapple slips, suckers Coffee (clonal) Cacao		10 10 25 25
Rubber
	Budded (Two leaf storey) in polyethylene bag (7 x14 x.003)	40
Strawberry (Runners)		3

Plant Propagules or Scion

Crop		Selling Price (PhP)
Budstick from NSIC Registered Coffee & Cacao varieties		2.5/piece
Rubber
Budstick from NSIC Registered varieties		10/piece
Budwood/meter (10-12 bud eyes)		25
Produced from Laboratory
Plantlets/pc Banana Tissue Cultured (Potted)		8 15

Ornamentals and Medicinal Plants Materials

Crop		Selling Price (PhP)
Potted Plants
4  soft pot 6  soft pot 8  soft pot 10  soft pot		35 40 45 50

Rooted Cuttings (Polyethylene or plastic bag)

Crop		Selling Price (PhP)
5 x 7 6 x 8 7 x 11		15 15 15
Dish Garden
Small glazed pot Medium glazed pot Large glazed pot		130 140 150

Ornamental (foliage & flowering)

Crop		Selling Price (PhP)
Cuttings: santan, duranta, etc. (in plastic bag)		15
Foliage (in plastic bag)
# 6 # 8 # 10		30 35 40
Anthurium seedlings in plastic bag Heliconia (common)		20 10
Orchids in compots
Dendro & phalaenopsis Vanda Cattleya		200 350 350
Orchids in single pots
Dendro & phalaenopsis Vanda Cattleya Medicial plants herbs & spices		50 100 150 15/plastic bag

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 seeds 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.

Approved/Disapproved:

(SGD.) PROCESO J. ALCALA
Secretary

Recommending Approval:

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