Plant Quarantine Methods and Techniques (Series of Agricultural Biotechnology)

Author: Hong Ni, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-02-27
Features: This book is divided into 10 chapters. The first two chapters introduce the basics of plant quarantine, focusing on the connotation, necessity, and legal basis of plant quarantine. Chapters 3 and 4 highlight the fundamental procedures and regulatory measures of plant quarantine, including how to implement quarantine when transporting plants, plant products, and other regulated items across borders or domestically, as well as how to strengthen supervision and management of these items at each stage of transport. Chapters 5 to 7 introduce the methods and key techniques of pest-free treatment, quarantine inspection of harmful organisms, and testing of genetically modified plants and their products, systematically summarizing the new technologies, advancements, and achievements in pest-free treatment and quarantine inspection research in recent years, along with their application prospects. Chapters 8 to 10 are the special topics section, listing the main characteristics of representative quarantine pathogens, pests, and weeds, as well as their quarantine inspection and pest-free treatment methods. This book is a reference for administrative and technical personnel working in plant quarantine at various levels of plant quarantine agencies; it can also serve as a teaching reference for undergraduate and graduate courses on "Plant Quarantine" in agricultural and forestry universities and colleges.
[Preface]
Plant quarantine is an important measure to prevent the spread of hazardous harmful organisms based on legal authority, combining administrative and technical means, thereby safeguarding the safety of agricultural and forestry production. Over more than a century of development, the regulations and technical measures of plant quarantine have been continuously improved. In particular, over the past decade, with increasing international exchanges, countries have strengthened research to make plant quarantine measures and systems more refined, and mandatory quarantine systems during trade have been widely accepted worldwide. Since China's entry into the WTO, foreign trade and exchanges have developed rapidly, and the quantity and scope of agricultural and sideline products and plant seedlings transported across borders have been expanding, increasing the risk of introducing hazardous harmful organisms. At the same time, countries worldwide have imposed stricter requirements on quarantine, posing greater challenges to inspection and quarantine. To fully leverage the role of quarantine in trade and reduce the impact of technical barriers on China's exports, China has recently intensified research on inspection and quarantine, adjusted relevant policies in a timely manner, and is currently revising related quarantine regulations to gradually align with international plant quarantine regulations, standards, and practices.
To promptly summarize the recent advancements in plant quarantine at home and abroad and meet the needs of workers in various levels of inspection and quarantine agencies, agricultural production, and foreign trade departments for knowledge and techniques in plant inspection and quarantine, we have been commissioned by Chemical Industry Press to organize the writing of this book, Methods and Techniques of Plant Quarantine. The book consists of 10 chapters, introducing the basic theoretical knowledge and regulations of plant quarantine while emphasizing specific procedures, regulatory measures, pest-free treatment technologies, relevant laws and operating procedures, quarantine inspection methods for various harmful organisms, and testing methods and key techniques for genetically modified plants and their products. This book was co-authored by some teachers from Huazhong Agricultural University who teach plant quarantine, as well as experts from the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, and the entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureaus of Ningbo, Hangzhou, Tianjin, and Hubei. Due to limited expertise, there may be omissions and errors in the book, and we sincerely welcome readers to provide valuable feedback. During the writing process, Professor Li Xiang from Huazhong Agricultural University offered many valuable suggestions and contributed to writing Chapters 1 and 2, as well as reviewing the entire manuscript. We express our deep gratitude to him for his support!