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The Handbook of Plant Biosecurity

Principles and Practices for the Identification, Containment and Control of Organisms that Threaten Agriculture and the Environment Globally

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Editors:
  1. Gordon Gordh

    1. Plant Protection and Quarantine, USDA-APHIS, Raleigh, USA

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  2. Simon McKirdy

    1. School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

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  • The Handbook is unique in discussing the regulation and control of invasive alien species that impact production agriculture and natural plant resources
  • The Handbook has been written by a team of more than 85 subject matter experts from industry, academia and regulatory agencies of governments that are global leaders in agricultural production, protection, commodity treatment, movement and trade
  • The Handbook includes several case studies that discuss the identification, containment, control and eradication of major categories of pests, diseases and weeds

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. An Introduction to Plant Biosecurity: Past, Present and Future

    • Philip E. Hulme
    Pages 1-25

  3. The International Regulatory Framework

    • Lottie Erikson, Robert Griffin
    Pages 27-43

  4. Domestic Regulatory Framework and Invasive Alien Species in China

    • Zhi-Hong Li, Shui-Fang Zhu, Fang-Hao Wan
    Pages 45-72

  5. The Importance of Core Biological Disciplines in Plant Biosecurity

    • Susan P. Worner, Robert C. Venette, Mark Braithwaite, Erhard Dobesberger
    Pages 73-117

  6. The Biosecurity Continuum and Trade: Pre-border Operations

    • Ron Sequeira, Robert Griffin
    Pages 119-148

  7. The Biosecurity Continuum and Trade: Border Operations

    • Mark Whattam, Gerard Clover, Michael Firko, Tom Kalaris
    Pages 149-188

  8. The Biosecurity Continuum and Trade: Tools for Post-border Biosecurity

    • Shashi Sharma, Simon McKirdy, Fiona Macbeth
    Pages 189-206

  9. Agricultural Biosecurity Communications and Outreach

    • Michael Tadle, Paula Henstridge
    Pages 207-234

  10. The Role of Pest Risk Analysis in Plant Biosecurity

    • Mark Burgman, Bill Roberts, Claire Sansford, Robert Griffin, Kerrie Mengersen
    Pages 235-267

  11. Phytosanitary Treatments

    • M. K. Hennessey, L. Jeffers, D. Nendick, Ken Glassy, L. Floyd, J. D. Hansen et al.
    Pages 269-308

  12. The Role of Surveillance Methods and Technologies in Plant Biosecurity

    • Tom Kalaris, Daniel Fieselmann, Roger Magarey, Manuel Colunga-Garcia, Amy Roda, Darryl Hardie et al.
    Pages 309-337

  13. Digital Identification Tools in Regulatory Science and Practice

    • G. A. Norton, T. W. Walters, J. LaForest, K. Walker, M. Taylor, S. Winterton et al.
    Pages 339-373

  14. Molecular Diagnostic Techniques and Biotechnology in Plant Biosecurity

    • Laurene Levy, Patrick Shiel, Geoffrey Dennis, C. André Lévesque, Gerard Clover, Harvinder Bennypaul et al.
    Pages 375-416

  15. Insect Eradication and Containment of Invasive Alien Species

    • Ken Bloem, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Vic Mastro, Gregory S. Simmons, John Sivinski, David M. Suckling
    Pages 417-446

  16. Invasive Insects in Plant Biosecurity: Case Study – Mediterranean Fruit Fly

    • D. R. Lance, W. M. Woods, M. Stefan
    Pages 447-484

  17. Case Study. Invasive Insects in Plant Biosecurity: The Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication Program

    • Michael Stefan, Christine Markham, Robert Benjamin, Jeffrey Coath
    Pages 485-517

  18. Phytoparasitic Nematodes: Risks and Regulations

    • Eric L. Davis, David K. Nendick
    Pages 519-546

  19. Invasive Pathogens in Plant Biosecurity. Case Study: Citrus Biosecurity

    • P. (Broadbent) Barkley, T. Schubert, G. C. Schutte, K. Godfrey, V. Hattingh, G. Telford et al.
    Pages 547-592

  20. Invasive Pathogens in Plant Biosecurity. Case Study: Phytophthora ramorum Werres et al.: Cause of Sudden Oak Death, Ramorum Leaf Blight and Ramorum Dieback

    • Scott C. Redlin, Sabine Werres, Thomas Schröder
    Pages 593-611
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About this book

The Handbook identifies all aspects of Regulatory Plant Biosecurity and discusses them from the standpoint of preventing the international movement of plant pests, diseases and weeds that negatively impact production agriculture, natural plant-resources and agricultural commerce.

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“This book discusses the regulatory aspects of plant biosecurity. … This work is the quintessential tool in understanding biosecurity globally, presenting an invaluable and comprehensive summary of issues. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (R. Frederiksen, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), July, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Plant Protection and Quarantine, USDA-APHIS, Raleigh, USA

    Gordon Gordh

  • School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

    Simon McKirdy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Handbook of Plant Biosecurity

  • Book Subtitle: Principles and Practices for the Identification, Containment and Control of Organisms that Threaten Agriculture and the Environment Globally

  • Editors: Gordon Gordh, Simon McKirdy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7365-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht (outside of the USA) 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7364-6Published: 29 November 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0252-0Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7365-3Published: 19 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 723

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 134 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Entomology, Agriculture, Plant Pathology, Plant Sciences, Ecology, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management

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