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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Article Title
Keywords
Plant quarantine, Plant diseases, Disease control, Australia
First Page Number
452
Last Page Number
453
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
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No.
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https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol9/iss10/3
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