FAO/IPGRI Technical Guidelines for the Safe Movement of Small Fruit Germplasm

Download or read book FAO/IPGRI Technical Guidelines for the Safe Movement of Small Fruit Germplasm written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Bioversity International. This book was released on 1994 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The technical guidelines are written in a short, direct, sometimes telegraphic style, in order to keep the volume of the document to a minimum and to facilitate updating. The guidelines are divided into two parts. The first part makes general recommendations on how best to move germplasm of the crop concerned and mentions available intermediate quarentine facilities when relevant. The second part covers the important pests and diseases of quarentine concern. The information given on a particular pest or disease does not pretend to be exhaustive but concentrates on those aspects that are most relevante to quarentine. Where possible, acronyms for viruses are according to Hull et. al (1991).