Flashcards: CPRT 22 module 2.1

involve any measure that prevents the occurrence of a pest or the prevention of the entry or establishment of a pest to a new area whether to a new country, island, municipality, or even to a new farm where it has not occurred.

who issued the Regulatory Pest Managment

also called “_____” or “_____”, i.e., avoidance of pest introduction to an uninvaded area through containment, or suppression of this pest before they are being introduced

how do they control pes through Regulatory pest management

to prevent the entry and spread of pests to a new area by applying various management techniques such as

Introduced pests coming from another country are termed exotic pests (for example:

(without human intervention) of pest by itself or using natural factors such as wind, rain, storm, or wildlife movement

(human intervention) movement of pests by people via aircraft, buses, ships, trains, trucks, and automobiles. In general, quarantines or regulatory laws are not effective at controlling the natural spread of pests.

Pests can be introduced by bringing in infested or infected planting materials such as

Because of the legal implication, it is sometimes called

Creation of legally enforced stoppages of plant or animal pests or the materials that harbor them at ports of entry by inspection, interception, and destruction

are designed to reduce the movement of infested materials to minimize the entry of exotic pests into a country.

was enacted on June 10,1978 to “Promulgate the Plant Quarantine Law

which is the primary government unit to monitor and control the movement of plant pests and diseases in the country

dispersing agents