Plant Pests and Diseases (Pests and Alternate Hosts) Order (Cap. 233)
Made 1958 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- English
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- Regulation
- Organisation
- Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)
- Country
- Zambia
- Subjects
- Cultivated plants
- Keywords
- plant protection, plant production, pests/diseases
- Categories
- agriculture, softs
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PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES SECTION 2 (2)-THE PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES (PESTS AND ALTERNATE HOSTS) ORDER Order by the Minister Federal Government Notices 325 of 1958 87 of 1962 198 of 1963 1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Pests and Diseases (Pests and Alternate Hosts) Order. Title 2. The following injurious organisms are declared to be pests with a view to their control and the prevention of their spread: Anthraenose of tobacco Colletotrichum tabacum Bšning Bacterial blight of grapes Erwinia vitivora (Baccarini) Du Plessis Bacterial blight of peas Pseudomonas syringae pr pisi Bacterial canker of tomato Corynebacterium michiganense (E.F.S.) Jensen sub sp. michinganensis Bacterial ring-rot of potato Corynebacterium michinganensis sp. sepedonicum (Spieck & Kotth.) Slaptason & Burkholder Bacterial streak of sugar cane Xanthomonas albilineans (Ashby) Downson Blister blight of tea Exobasidium vexans Massee Blue mould of tobacco Peronospora hyoscyamia Adam Cercospora leaf spot of banana Mycosphaerella figiansis Leach Cereal foot rots Helminthosporium spp. Chestnut canker Cryphonectria parasitica (Murr.) Anderson & Anderson Chlorotic streak virus of sugar cane Citrus black fly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby Citrus black spot Guignardia citricarpa Kiely Citrus canker Xanthomonas campestris pr citri (Hasse) Dowson Declaration of pests Crown gall Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith & Townsend) Conn. Crown wart of lucerne Urophlyctics alfalfae (Lagerh.) Magnus Dodder Cusucuta spp. Dutch elm disease Ceratocystis ulmi (Buism.) C. Moreau Ergot of rye Claviceps purpurea Fr. (Tul.) Fiji disease virus of sugar cane Sugar cane fiji disease-fiji virus 2. Smith Fireblight Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. Internal cork virus disease of sweet potato Lucerne wilt Clavibacter muchiga nensis sp. insidirsum (McCulloch) Jensen Onion smut Urocystis cepulae Frost Banana panama disease Fusarium oxysporum f. cubense (E.F.S.) Synder & Hansen Pierce's disease of the grape Xylella fastidiosa virus 3. Smith (lucerne dwarf virus) Rose mosaic virus Rosa virus 1. Smith Rose streak virus Rosa virus 4. Smith Rose wilt Rose wilt disease 3. Smith Stewart's disease of maize Erwinia stewartii (E.F.S.) Dowson Strawberry red core Phytophthora vas fragariae Hickman Tomato spotted wilt virus (kromnek) Lycopersicum virus 3. Smith Wart disease of potato Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Percival Potato root eelworm (golden nematode) Globodera rostochiensis Wollenw. Root knot eelworm Meloidogyne spp. Stem and bulb eelworm Ditylenchus dipsaci (K�hn) American bollworm Helico verpa armigera HŸbn. Apple codling moth Cydia pomonella (L.) Cereal midges Contarinia spp. and Sitodiplosis spp. Cherry fruit-fly Rhagoletis cerasi (L.) Chrysanthemum midge Diarthronomyia chrysanthemi Ahlb. Coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei Ferr. Colorado beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) Dry wood termite Cryptotermes brevis (Wlk.) European house-borer Hylotrupes bajulus (L.) Japanese beetle Popillia japonica Newm. Oriental fruit-fly Bactrocera dorsalis Oriental fruit-moth Cydia molesta Busck. Pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Saund.) Red scale Aonidiella aurantii Mask. San José Scale Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (Comst.) Tobacco moth Ephestia elutella Walk. Tobacco vein-browning virus Marmor upsilon Holmes var. costaenecans Klink. and Schmelz Woolly aphis (American blight) Eriosoma lanigerum (Hsm.) African migratory locust Locusta migratoria migratorioides Rch. & Frm. Red locust Nomadacris septemfasciata (Serv.) (As amended by F.G.N. No. 87 of 1962 and F.G.N. No. 198 of 1963) 3. The following injurious organisms are declared to be pests in respect of living tobacco with a view to their control and the prevention of their spread: Tobacco leaf curl Tobacco strear ilar virus Tobacco rosette Tobacco white fly Bemisia tabaci Gennadius Declaration of pests of living tobacco 4. The following injurious organisms are declared to be pests in respect of cured tobacco with a view to their control and the prevention of their spread: Cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne (F.) Tobacco moth Ephestia elutella Walk. Declaration of pests of cured tobacco 5. The following injurious organisms are declared to be pests in respect of cotton with a view to their control and the prevention of their spread: Cotton jassid Jacobiasea lybica (de Besgerin) Cotton stainers Dysdercus facilioctus Red bollworm Diparopsis castanea Hmps. Declaration of pests of cotton 6. The following injurious organisms are declared to be pests of nursery stock with a view to their control and the prevention of their spread: Circular purple scale Chrysomphalus ficus Ashm. Egyptian black scale Chrysomphalus aonidum (L.) False circular purple scale Chrysomphalus pinnulifera diversicolor Green False red scale (Spanish red scale) Chrysomphalus dictyospermi Morg. Large red scale Selenaspidus silvaticus Lind. Long scale Lepidosaphes gloverii (Pack.) Kirk. Oleander scale Aspidiotus hederae (Nal.) Sign. Purple scale (mussel scale) Lepidosaphes beckii (Pack.) Kirk. Ross's black scale Chrysomphalus rossi Mask. White peach scale Aulacaspis pentagona (Targ.) Woolly aphis (American blight) Erisoma pemphigidae (Hsm.) Declaration of pests of nursery stock 7. The following injurious organisms are declared to be pests of coffee with a view to their control and the prevention of their spread: Coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampi Ferr. Coffee bug Antestiopsis orbitalis Stal Kenya mealy bug Planococcus kenyae le Pelley Declaration of pests of coffee 8. The following injurious organisms are declared to be pests of unmanufactured plant products with a view to their control and the prevention of their spread: Firebrat Thermobia domestica (Packard) Silverfish Lepisma saccharina L. American cockroach Periplaneta americana (L.) Common cockroach Blatta orientalis L. German cockroach Blatella germanica (L.) Angoumois grain moth Sitotroga cerealella (01.) Brown house moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Stnt.) Carpet moth Trichophaga tapetzella (L.) Case-making clothes moth Tinea pellionella (L.) Tinea columbariella Wocke Clothes moth Tineola bisselliella (Humm.) Declaration of pests of unmanufactured plant products Corn moth Tinea granella (L.) Dried-current moth Cadra cautella (Wlk.) Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella (Hb.) Lesser wax moth Achroia grisella (F.) Mediterranean flour moth Anagasta kuehniella (Zell.) Raisin moth Cadra figulilella (Gregson) Rice moth Corcyra cephalonica (Stnt.) Tapestry moth Trichophaga tapetzella (L.) Wax moth Galleria mellonella (L.) African spider beetle Stethomezium squamosum Hinton Mesium affine Boield. American seed beetle Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) Australian carpet beetle Anthrenocerus australis (Hope) Australian spider beetle Ptinus tectus Boield.Ptinus sexpunctatus Panz. Bacon beetle Dermestes lardarius (L.) Biscuit beetle Stegobium paniceum (L.) Dorcatoma bibliophagum Magalh. Black carpet beetle Attagenus megatoma (F.) Black fungus beetle Alphitobius laevigatus (F.) Broad-horned flour beetle Gnathocerus cornutus (F.) Gnathocerus maxillosus (F.) Cadelle Tenebroides mauritanicus (L.) Confused flour beetle Tribolium confusum Duv. Copra beetle Necrobia rufipes (Deg.) Corn sap beetle Carpophilus dimidiatus (F.) Carpophilus ligneus Murray Cowpea beetle Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) Callosobruchus analis (F.) Dark flour beetle Tribolium destrutor Uytt. Dark mealworm Tenebrio obscurus (F.) Depressed flour beetle Palorus subdepressus (Woll.) Dried fruit beetle Carpophilus hemipterus (L.) Flat grain beetle Cryptolestes pusillus (01.) Foreign grain beetle Ahasverus advena (Waltl.) Fur beetle Attagenus pellio (L.) Furniture carpet beetle Anthrenus vorax Waterh. Globular spider beetle Trigonogenius globulus Sol. Golden spider beetle Niptus hololeucus (Fald.) Groundnut beetle Caryedon fuscus (Goeze) Hide beetle Dermestes frischii Kug. Hump spider beetle Gibbium psylloides (Czenp.) Japanese spider beetle Pseudeurostus hilleri (Rter.) Khapra beetle Trogoderma granarium Everts Larger cabinet beetle Trogoderma versicolor (Creutz.) Leather beetle Dermestes maculatus Deg. Lesser grain borer Rhizopertha dominica (F.) Lesser mealworm Alphitobius diaperinus (Panz.) Long-headed flour beetle Latheticus oryzae Waterh. Merchant grain beetle Oryzaephilus mercator (Fauv.) Red rust grain beetle Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Steph.) Cryptolestes pusilloides (Steel & Howe) Cryptolestes turcicus (Grouv.) Rust-red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Hbst.) Saw-toothed grain beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) Small-eyed flour beetle Palorus ratzeburgi (Wizzm.) Varied carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci (L.) White-marked spider beetle Ptinus fur (L.) Yellow mealworm Tenebrio molitor L. Broad-nosed grain weevil Caulophilus latinasus (Say) Cacao weevil Araecerus fasciculatus (Deg.) Grain weevil Sitophilus granarius (L.) Rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (F.G.N. No. 87 of 1962) 9. The plants specified in the first column of the Schedule are declared to be alternate hosts of the pests specified opposite thereto in the second Declaration of alternate hosts column of the Schedule. (F.G.N. No. 87 of 1962) SCHEDULE (Paragraph 9) ALTERNATE HOSTS Plants Pests Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench Pink bollworm Dahlia spp. Kromnek (lycopersicum virus 3. Smith) Hibiscus dongolensis Del. Pink bollworm (F.G.N. No. 87 of 1962)