/O LIBRARY V/j^? -/^^^'OTATE PLANT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Washington, D.C. . Q. 479 August 18, 1938. PLANT- QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OP THE COLONY AND PROTECTORATE OF KENYA Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/prantineiOOunit UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Washington, D.C. ?. Q. 479 August 18, 1938. PLANT- QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OP THE COLONY AND PROTECTORATE OP KENYA This digest of the pi ant- quarantine import restrictions of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, which is also applicable to Uganda, has "been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant- quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products to those colonies. It was prepared by Harry 5. Shaw, Plant Quarantine Inspector in Charge, Poreign Service Information, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from Ordinance No. XXIV, August 28, 1937, and Govern- ment Notices 687, and 688 of September 2, 1937. The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be interpreted as legally authori tative. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Washington, D.C. B. E« P. Q. PLANT- QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OP THE BRITISH COLONY AND PROTECTORATE OF KENYA Basic Legislation The Plant Protection Ordinance, Ho. XXIV, August 28, 1937. Definitions Section 2 of the Ordinance makes the following definitions: "Animal organism" means any animal organism in any stage of its existence, "Disease" means any abnormal condition of plants communicable or believed to be communicable by the transfer of a causative agent or by the propagation of the affected plant which the Governor may, by order, declare to be a disease for the purposes of this ordinance. (See the Order of Septem- ber 2, 1937, p. 4). "Pest" means any of the following, which the Governor, by order, may declare to be a pest for the purposes of this Ordinance: (a) Any animal or vegetable organism inimical to the growth or existence of living plants or injurious to plant products. (b) Any other agent capable of producing a communicable disease of plants. "Plant" means any member of the vegetable kingdom and includes any part of a plant, whether severed therefrom or not. Vegetable organism" means any vegetable organism at any stage of its existence. - 2 - Section 8 of the Ordinance empowers the Governor, by order, to prohibit, restrict, or regulate the importation into and the exportation from the Colony of any plants, and the soil, packages, coverings or wrappings thereof, and of any article or class of articles, whether of a nature similar to plants or not, and of any animals or insects likely to infest any plant with any pest or disease. GENERAL REGULATIONS (The Plant Protection Ordinance, September 2, 1937) Import Permit Required for Plants Article 1. Efo plant or part of a plant shall be imported into the Colony except under the authority of a permit obtained from, and signed by, the Director of Agriculture, and subject to the conditions stated in such permit. This restriction shall not apply to seeds except those of the following plants: Cacao ( Thcobrona cacao ) . Cloves ( Eugenia aromatica ). Coconut ( Cocos nucif era ) . Coffee (Coffea spp.) except roasted coffee beans. Cotton ( Gossypium spp.). Groundnut or peanut ( Arachi s hypogaea ) . Lucerne or alfalfa ( liedicago sativa ; and clover ( Trif olium spp.). I.Iaize or corn ( Zea mays ) . Peach ( Amygdalus persica ) . Rubber ( Hevea spp.). Tea ( Thea sinensis ) . Tobacco ( Mcotianu m tabacum ). Wheat ( Triticum spp.). Applications for Import Permits Art. 2. All applications for permits shall furnish: (a) Full' name and address of apjolicant; (b) Name and address of person or firm from whom the plants or seeds are to be obtained; (_c) Eames and quantities of plants or seeds to be obtained; (d) llamc of the farm or estate on which the plants or seeds are to be planted and the district in which it is situated. - 3 - Authorized Ports of Entry Art. 3. l\ T o plant shall be imported into the Colony ex- cept through one of the following ports or places of entry: Mombasa, Kisunu, ifc.irobi. Insxjection on Arrival Art. 4. All plants, seed, and fruit, other than dried, canned, or "bottled fruits imported into the Colony shall "be examined by an inspector. Disposal of Imported Plants Art. 5. The inspector may require the disinfection or treatment of any plant and any article believed "D2 r him to be in- fected with a pest or disease, or likely to infect any plant with a pest or disease, or require the immediate destruction of any such imported plant or article if, in his opinion, disinfection or treatment is impracticable or will not be a complete safeguard or if the delay caused by disinfection or treatment would involve risk of the introduction or spread of any pest or disease, or re- quire the disinfection of any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft which, in the opinion of the inspector, is harboring any pest or disease, or an article likely to infect any plant with a pest or disease. Art. 6. Any package or parcel containing any plant or seed imported otherwise than by mail shall be delivered to an in- spector by the Commissioner of Customs. Any package or parcel containing any plant or seed imported by mail shall be delivered to an inspector by the Postmaster General. After inspection the package shall be disposed of as indicated in Article 5 or turned over for delivery to the addressee. ¥.o Compensation for Destruction of Plants Art. 7. F.o compensation shall be payable in respect of any package, parcel, article, plant, or seed destroyed or damaged in any required treatment. - 4 - Imported Plants May Bo Quarantined Art. 8. The Director of Agriculture may. require im- ported plants to be detained in quarantine or in special nurseries or places approved by him for such period as he may think fit. Importation Prohibited Art. 9. The importation of all species of fruit trees and fruit grown in or consigned from Japan, China, Chosen (Korea), or Manchuria is prohibited. Art. 10. Ho plant or part of any plant of the order Gramineae, except seeds, intended for use as fodder shall be im- ported into the Colony. Art. 11. ]\ T o living insects or invertebrate animals in any stage may be imported except by virtue of a permit previously obtained from and signed by the Director -of Agriculture and under the conditions stated in such -permit* DECLARED DISEASES AND PESTS (Government Notice Eo« 687, Order of September 2, 1937) Diseases Bacteriu m malvacearum E.F.S., Angular leaf spot or black arm disease of cotton. Bacterium rubr ilineans (Lee, Purdy, Barnum, Martin) Elliott Red stripe of sugarcane. Bacterium translucens var. undulosum E.F.S., L. R. Jones, C. S. Reddy Black chaff of wheat. Ba cteriu m tumefaciens E.F.S. and Townsend Crown gall. Colletotrichum cof f eanum Uoack Coffee berry disease. Corticium saimonicolor B. and Br. Pink disease. Hemileia vastatrix B. and Br. Coffee leaf disease or rust. Mosaic disease of lily. Mosaic crinkle or streak disease of potato. Mosaic disease of sugarcane. Eematospora coryli Pegl. Coffee bean disease. ITematospora gossypi i Internal boll disease of cotton. Rosette disease of peanuts. Sorosporium reilianum (Kuhn) McAlp. Head smut of sorghum and maize. S pongospora s ubtcrranca (Walls) Lang Powdery scab of potato. Streak disease of sugarcane. Inscc ts Orthoptera: Locus ta migratoria migratorioides (Eoh. and Frm. ) Uomaflacris s eptenf asc iata ( S c rv . ) Schistoccr ca gregaria (Forsk.) Thysanoptcra: Diarthrothrips cof f cac Williams Heniptcra: Autnstia l incaticol li s (Stal) Antes tia f aceta (G-e r m . ) ( C hr y s om ph al us ) Aonidi^lla au rantii (Mask.) Asterolecanium cof f ea e Newst. Dysdcrcu s spp. Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausm.) Lygus c off oao and other species of Capsidae Orthezia ins ignis Dougl. Fseu doco coirs kenya e LePelley Pseu dococ cus vi rgatus ( C kl 1 . ) and other mealybugs Lepidoptcra: Busseola fusca Hampson Epicampoptcra a ndersoni (Tans) Laphygna exigu a (Hbn.) La phygna oxempta (Wlk. ) Lcucoptcra cof f cello. Busck Parasa vivida (Wlk. ) Phytonetra orichalcea ( F . ) ( Platyedra ) Pectino phora g oss yp_i ell a ( Saun d . ) S esania calami stis Hanpson Cacoecia oc ciden tal i s Flsn. Coleoptera: Anthores leuconotus Pasc. Apate nonachus F. Bixadus sierricola (White) ( Pirphy a) Hitocr is x)-Ti r -c ops Jord. Phloehi us pustulatus G-crst. Saphronica ventrali s Auriv. Stephanoderes hanpei (Fcrr. ) Orycte s no nocoros (Oliv. ) Kairy-ches ted locust. Red locust. Desert locust. The coffee thrips^ A coffee "bug. A coffee hug. Ked scale. The fringed scale. Cotton stainers. Woolly apple aphid. Coffee capsid hug. Common coffee mealyhug. Maize stalk horer. Coffee loaf-eating caterpilla Army worm. Army worn. Coffee leaf nincr. Stinging caterpillar. Flax caterpillar. Pink bollworm. I.iaize stalk horer. Tip stem horer. White horer. Black horer. West African horer. Yellow-headed horer. Coffee herry borer beetle. Coconut beetle. - 6 - Biptcra: Coratitis capitat a Wied, Mediterranean fruit fly. Daeus spp. Frail tf lies. Hymenoptera: Pheidole megacephala subsp. punct ulata Mayr . Antattendingmeal ,y"bug . Acanthoi ep si s capensis Mayr and other species of ants at- tending mealybugs. Flant Pests Strig a hcr monthica Striga weed. Tagetes minuta Stink weed, Mexican marigold. Opunti a inermis and 0_. stricta Pricklypear. Alectra vogelii Leguminous crops.