ROLE OF PLANT QUARANTINE IN DISEASE CONTROL

1. Role of Quarantine in Control of Plant
Diseases
Mrs. Shubhangi Pradeep Patil
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
Miraj Mahavidyalaya,Miraj (Maharashtra),India
Affiliated to Shivaji University,Kolhapur (Maharashtra),India
E.mail: shubhangip89@gmail.com

2. • The term ‘Quarantine’ means simply forty i.e., 40 days
period.
• ‘Plant Quarantine’ refers to the holding of plants in
isolation until they are believed to be healthy.
• It is a legal Restriction imposed by duly constituted
authorities on the production, movement and existence of
plants or plant materials, or animals or animal products or
any other article or material or normal activity of persons
and is brought under regulation in order that the introduction
or spread of a pest may be prevented.

3. 1946- Ministry of Food & Agriculture
Central Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage

4. Destructive Insects & Pests Act, 1914 (Act 2 of 1914)
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC),
1951.
Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India)
Order, 2003-Total 60 entry points(34 seaports, 12
airports and 14 land custom stations).
60 Inland Container Depot/Container Freight
Station, 11 Foreign Post Offices-for the entry of
plants/plant material under the PQ Order, 2003.

5. PLANT QUARANTINE STATIONS IN INDIA ARE DIVIDED
INTO THREE CATAGORIES AS-----
1. AIR PORTS:
AMRITSAR,DELHI,MUMBAI,KOLKATA,CHENNAI,THIRUVANAN
TPURAM
2. SEA PORTS:
BHAVNAGAR,KANDLA,MUMBAI,KOLKATA,CHENNAI,VISHAKH
APATANUM,TUTIKORIN
3. LAND FRONTIERS: HUSSAINWALA ,ATTARI WAGHA ,
SUKHIA POKRI , KALINGPONG ,BANGAON

6. Bunchy Top of Banana
Kerala
Mosaic of Banana
Kerala
Apple Scab
Himachal Pradesh
Wart of Potato
West Bengal

7. Sr.No. Name of Disease Year of
Introduction
Country
1 Late blight of potato 1883 Europe
2 Leaf rust of coffee 1879 Srilanka
3 Downy mildew of grape 1910 Europe
4 Downy mildew of
cucurbits
1910 Srilanka
5 Flag smut of wheat 1906 Australia