Why Australia needs plant quarantine

Authors

A T. Gulvin

Keywords

Plant quarantine, Plant diseases, Disease control, Australia

Disciplines

Biosecurity | Entomology | Plant Pathology

First Page Number

452

Last Page Number

453

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

LATE blight of potatoes in 1830, powdery mildew of grapes in 1847, phylloxera in 1861, downy mildew in 1875, and black rot in 1838 . . . It was this grim list of plant disease epidemics in Europe that forced Governments to protect plants by quarantine.

Recommended Citation

Gulvin, A T. (1968) "Why Australia needs plant quarantine," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 9: No. 10, Article 3.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol9/iss10/3