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Plant Quarantine Procedures For Exchange Of ICRISAT Seed

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Title Plant Quarantine Procedures For Exchange Of ICRISAT Seed
 
Creator Joshi, N C
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description As per the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India
(GOI) and the International Crops Research Institute of Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT), unrestricted movement of seeds of the five mandate crops into and out
of India is permitted after observing the National plant quarantine regulations
which are governed under the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914. Under this
Act, GO1 has authorized theNationa1 Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR),
an agency of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) as the quarantine
authority to clear ICRISAT seed. The Government has also recognized ICRISAT
Plant Quarantine Unit (PQU) as an Export Certification Laboratory to work under
the close supervision and in conjunction with NBPGR. The PQU also liaises with
NBPGR for release of imported germplasm addressed to ICREAT and carries out
surveillance for pests and diseases in cooperation with NBPGR, in Post Entry
Quarantine Isolation Area (PEQIA) for release of healthy first generation seeds.
 
Date 1990
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4626/1/CP_583.pdf
Joshi, N C (1990) Plant Quarantine Procedures For Exchange Of ICRISAT Seed. In: Proceedings of the Inter-Centre Meeting on Germplasm Health and Movement, 23 - 25 October, 1990, Rome, Italy.