Citation:

Chapter 4. Regulatory control. Pages 34-47. In: Insect-Pest Management and Control. Principles of Plant and Animal Pest Control. Washington DC, National Academy of Sciences (United States). Volume 3. Publication 1695, Third Printing, 508 pages.

Keywords: Plant and animal quarantines, philosophy of quarantine action, biological basis for quarantines, mechanics of quarantine action for newly established pests, export certification, legal responsibility, movement of scientific specimens, regulatory control programs, eradication, containment, suppression, monitoring the effect of control programs on the environment, supporting role of research and methods improvement