Lecture 15 LEGAL CONTROL METHODS - DEFINITION - PEST
INTRODUCTIONS - QUARANTINE - PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE
PEST LEGISLATION LEGAL CONTROL/LEGISLATIVE
CONTROL/REGULATORY CONTROL
Definition: Preventing the entry and establishment of foreign plant and animal pest in
a country or area and eradication or suppression of the pests established in a limited
area through compulsory legislation or enactment
Pests Accidentally Introduced Into India
1. Pink bollworm - Pectinophora gossypiella
2. Cotton cushion scale - Icerya purchasi
3. Wooly aphid of apple - Aphelinus mali
4. SanJose scale - Quadraspidiotus perniciosus
5. Potato tuber moth - Gnorimoschima operculella
6. Cyst (Golden) nematode of potato - Globodera sp.
7. Giant african snail - Acatina fullica
8. Subabul psyllid - Heteropsylla cubana
9. Bunchytop disease of banana
10. Spinalling whitefly - Aleyrodicus dispersus
Foreign Pests From Which India Is Free
Mediterranean fruitfly - Ceratitis capitata
Grapeavine phylloxera
Cotton boll weevil - Anthonomos grandis
Codling moth of apple - Lasperysia pomonella
Quarantine
Isolation to prevent spreading of infection
Plant Quarantine
Legal restriction of movement of plant materials between countries and between
states within the country to prevent or limit introduction and spread of pests and
diseases in areas where they do not exist.
PEST LEGISLATIONS
1905 - ‘Federal Insect Pest Act’ - first Quarantine act against SanJose scale
1912 - ‘US Plant Quarantine Act’
1914 - ‘Destructive Insects and Pests Act’ of India (DIPA)
1919 - ‘Madras Agricultural Pests and Diseases Act’
1968 - ‘The Insecticides Act’
INTRODUCTIONS - QUARANTINE - PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE
PEST LEGISLATION LEGAL CONTROL/LEGISLATIVE
CONTROL/REGULATORY CONTROL
Definition: Preventing the entry and establishment of foreign plant and animal pest in
a country or area and eradication or suppression of the pests established in a limited
area through compulsory legislation or enactment
Pests Accidentally Introduced Into India
1. Pink bollworm - Pectinophora gossypiella
2. Cotton cushion scale - Icerya purchasi
3. Wooly aphid of apple - Aphelinus mali
4. SanJose scale - Quadraspidiotus perniciosus
5. Potato tuber moth - Gnorimoschima operculella
6. Cyst (Golden) nematode of potato - Globodera sp.
7. Giant african snail - Acatina fullica
8. Subabul psyllid - Heteropsylla cubana
9. Bunchytop disease of banana
10. Spinalling whitefly - Aleyrodicus dispersus
Foreign Pests From Which India Is Free
Mediterranean fruitfly - Ceratitis capitata
Grapeavine phylloxera
Cotton boll weevil - Anthonomos grandis
Codling moth of apple - Lasperysia pomonella
Quarantine
Isolation to prevent spreading of infection
Plant Quarantine
Legal restriction of movement of plant materials between countries and between
states within the country to prevent or limit introduction and spread of pests and
diseases in areas where they do not exist.
PEST LEGISLATIONS
1905 - ‘Federal Insect Pest Act’ - first Quarantine act against SanJose scale
1912 - ‘US Plant Quarantine Act’
1914 - ‘Destructive Insects and Pests Act’ of India (DIPA)
1919 - ‘Madras Agricultural Pests and Diseases Act’
1968 - ‘The Insecticides Act’
