Plant quarantine
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Plant quarantine is a technique for ensuring disease- and pest-free plants, whereby a plant is isolated while tests are performed to detect the presence of a problem.
Administration
[edit]United States
[edit]In the U.S., the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) retains the plant quarantine function, although the agency's border-inspection function was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by P.L. 107-296.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Border Security: Inspections Practices, Policies, and Issues". www.everycrsreport.com. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF). Congressional Research Service.