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Plant Quarantine Act; Long title: An Act to regulate the importation of nursery stock and other plants and plant products; to enable' the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain quarantine districts for plant diseases and insect pests; to permit and regulate the movement of fruits, plants, and vegetables therefrom, and for other purposes.
Plant quarantine functions followed in 1912 when USDA's Federal Horticultural Board was created. Between the 1880s and 1930s, these evolved into the USDA Bureaus of Entomology, of Animal Industry, and of Plant Quarantine, respectively. [2] In 1953, those three bureaus were made into the new Agricultural Research Service. [1]
Harmful plant strategies – implementing existing methods and developing new technologies for the identification, exclusion, eradication, and management of invasive weeds and regulated plants. Biological control – developing technologies to allow natural enemies to effectively mitigate the impacts of invasive pests, arthropods, weeds, and ...
Plant quarantine is a technique for ensuring disease- and pest-free plants, ... Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF).
The Plant Protection Act (PPA) (part of Pub. L. 106–224 (text)) is a US statute relating to plant pests and noxious weeds introduced in 2000. It is currently codified at 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq . It consolidates related responsibilities that were previously spread over various legislative statutes, including the Plant Quarantine Act , the ...
U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in ...
Jose Melo, 52, is facing a murder charge after Naket Jadix Trinidad Maldonado, 31, was found dead on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024
Rebel Wilson and Ramona Agruma are legally married in Australia!. The pair — who initially tied the knot during a lavish wedding in Sardinia, Italy, on Sept. 28 — made it official in Wilson ...