Principles of plant health and quarantine /

• Main Author: Ebbels, D. L., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
• Subjects: Plant quarantine.; Plant health.; Plant inspection.; Agencies and Organizations.; Laws and Regulations.; Agricultural Economics.; Horticultural Economics, (New March 2000); International Trade.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Other Control Measures.; Plants.; Agricultural entomology.; Certification.; Disease prevention.; Exports.; Import controls.; International trade.; Marketing.; Pathogen elimination.; Pest control.; Plant disease control.; Plant diseases.; Plant pathogens.; Plant pathology.; Plant pests.; Plant protection.; Quality controls.; Quarantine.; Risk assessment.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 302 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index.
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This book is an introductory text on the principles of plant health and quarantine and is aimed at plant health administrators and inspectors as well as students and scientists. Topics covered include the history of plant health controls, current international phytosanitary regimes, notes on import and export controls, eradication and containment, certification and marketing schemes, indexing and diagnosis in plant health, pest risk analysis and hygiene and precautionary measures. The book also includes a glossary and a list of related web sites. It will be of interest to those working in plant science, plant pathology and plant entomology.