Principles of Plant Health and Quarantine

Principles of Plant Health and Quarantine

by D L Ebbels, Hon. Fellow, Central Science Laboratory, in collaboration with the Plant Health Group, Central Science Laboratory, York, UK

Pub Date: July 2003
Hardback
302 pages

Readership
Plant health and quarantine, plant pathology and entomology

Key Features
• Describes the need for plant quarantine to prevent the spread of pests and diseases
• Outlines the international controls on the use of plant pests as offensive agents
• Covers all main topics in the field of plant health

Main Description
There is a growing awareness that an understanding of international plant health agreements and protocol is essential in the increasingly free-trade environment of today, and that administrative methods of plant pest control are important in crop production. However, there has been no recent book, which introduces students and practitioners to the subject of plant health and quarantine. This book fills this gap.

Reviews
• "This book provides an excellent introductory text on the principles of plant health and quarantine, suitable for newly recruited plant health inspectors, but it will also benefit those attending other university courses in crop protection."
G A Mathews, Crop Protection, 23, 2004
• "The author should be congratulated on summarizing the major elements of statutory plant health systems and phytosanitary measures in a concise and readable book."
J Chard, Plant Pathology, 53, 2004

Main Contents
• Introduction to plant health and quarantine
• Early history of plant health control measures
• International phytosanitary controls
• The European Union plant health regime
• Operation of national plant protection organisations
• Imports and exports
• Eradication and containment
• Principles of certification and marketing schemes
• International certification and marketing schemes
• Indexing and diagnosis in plant health
• Pest risk analysis
• Hygiene and precautionary measures
Appendix I
• The regional plant protection organisations
Appendix II
• Convention concerning the measures to be taken against Phylloxera vastatrix, 1878
Appendix III
• International controls on the use of plant pests as offensive agents