Plant quarantine is a technique for insuring diseases- and pest-free plants by isolating them during a period while performing tests for the presence of problems . In the United States , the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) retains this function although the agency’s closely allied border inspection function was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by P.L. 107-296.
Plant quarantine is a technique for ensuring disease- and pest-free plants , whereby a plant is isolated while tests are performed to detect the presence of a problem . Administration United States In the U.S. , the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) retains the plant quarantine function, although the agency’s border-inspection function was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by P.L. 107-296.
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insuring diseases-
ensuring disease-
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by isolating them during a period while performing tests for
, whereby a plant is isolated while tests are performed to detect
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problems
a problem
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In the United States
Administration United States In the U.S.
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this function
the plant quarantine function,
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closely allied border inspection
border-inspection