LIBRARY STATE PLANT BOARD UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Washington, D. C. June 3, 1935 P!LANT-QUARANTINS II.IP0RT RESTRICTIONS OF TEDS SULTANATE OF EGYPT The recently published leaflet No. 26 of the Plant Quarantine Subsection, Crop Protection Section, Ministry of Agriculture of Egypt, lists the insect pests, and fungous and other diseases prohibited entrance into that country. Pending the issuance of a comprehensive summary of the plant -quarantine import restrictions of the Sultanate, now in preparation for publication, the said list is presented here- with. The Director, Crop Protection Section, Giza, Egypt, in the introductory letter, states that it is necessary to destroy or re- export any shipments of plant products found infested or infected by any of the pests or diseases named in the list. He requests that all consignments be accompanied by official phytopathological certificates declaring their freedom from diseases. LEE A. STRONG, Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/egyptsulta35unit - 1 - SGYPT The entrance into Egypt is prohibited of the following named in- sect pests, and bacterial, fungous, and other diseases: Hosts Posts and diseases prohibited Citrus fruits Apples, pears, quinces, peaches, plums, apricots, cherries, loquats Argyroploce leucotreta Meyr. , false codling moth Ceratitis capitata 'Jied., Mediterranean fruit fly Scale insects Bacterium citri Hasse, citrus canker Bacterium syringae (van Hall) E. F. Sm. (phytomonas citriputeale) , citrus blast, citrus black pit Anthonomus spp. Rhynchites spp. Carpocapsa pomonella L. , codling moth Grapholitha funebrana Treit. Ceratitis capitata T/ied. , Mediterranean fruit fly (Laspeyresia) Grapholitha molesta Busck, Oriental fruit moth Anarsia lineatella Zell. , peach twig borer Heterodera (radicicola) marioni (Cornu) Goodey, root-laiot nematode Bacterium tumefaciens E. F. Sm. & Townsend Green almonds, green nuts, chestnuts Potatoes Grapes Eurytoma amygdali Endl. Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say, Colorado potato beetle Epitrix cucumeris Harr., potato flea beetle (Phthorimaea) Gnorimo schema operculella Zell. , potato tuber worm Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Perc, potato wart Sjpongospora subterranea (7alls) Lang, powdery scab Actinomyces scabies (Thax.) Guss. , common scab Phylloxera (vastatrix) vitifoliae Fitch, phylloxera Polychrosis botrana Schiff., grape fruit moth Clysia amb.iguelia Hbn. , vine moth Heterodera (radicicola) marioni (Cornu) Goodey, root-knot nematode Figs Ceratitis capitata 'Tied., Mediterranean fruit fly Trio a a buxtani Laing, a psylla Lonchaea aristella Beck, black fig fly UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 3 1262 09245 1482 - 2 - Watermelons, melons, cucumbers, and all other cucurbits Mangoes Banana plants and fruits Olives and olive trees Palms Sugarcane (only postal parcels are allowed) Bulbs and onions Plants in pots or with, soil on roots Plants and parts of plants Dacus spp. Myiopardalis pardalina Big., a fruit fly Lonchaea aurea Macq. ( Cryptorhynchus) Sternochetus mangiferae Fab . , mango weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germ. , banana weevil Aspidiotus spp. Pseudococcus spp. I eery a seyshellarum T7estw. Dacus oleae Rossi , olive fly Stem borers or any other injurious insects Bacterium tumefaciens E. F. Sm. & Town. , crown gall Oryctes elegans Prell. Phofciiicococcus marlatti Ckll. , red date scale Heterodera (radicicola) marioni (Cornu) Goodey, root -knot nematode Heterodera (radicicola) marioni (Cornu) Goodey, root -knot nematode Merodon equestris'Fab. , narcissus bulb fly Eumerus strigatus Fall., lesser bulb fly Urocystis cepulae Frost, onion smut Iridomyrmex humilis Mayr ., Argentine ant Popillia japonica Newm. , Japanese beetle Capnodis carbonari a Klug Clialcophora stigmatica Dolm. Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst., San Jose scale (Aspidiotus) Chrysomphalus personatus Comst . , a masked scale (Epidiaspis) Diaspis peri cola Del Guer . , Italian pear scale Aulacaspis pentagona Targ., white peach scale Orthe^ia insignis Dougl. , greenhouse orthezia Chionaspis euonymi Comst., euonymus scale Pomegranates Pseudococcus spp.