Plant Protection and Quarantine Plants for Planting

Daniel Mosquin · Jan 26, 2006

Via the Alpine-L listserv:

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Regulation (namely Quarantine 37) on importing plants for planting and propagation is outdated and does not provide US agriculture and the environment with adequate protection against introducing plant pests, including noxious weeds. Formerly, plants came to the US from only a few foreign locations, were imported by nurseries in low numbers as germplasm starter material, and required treatment for pests. National plant distribution was slow. Today, plants from worldwide locations come to the US in unlimited consumer ready quantities, and are treated only when quarantine pests are found. The USDA proposes a comprehensive review and modernization of Quarantine 37.
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http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/Q37/

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Plant Protection and Quarantine Plants for Planting

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