Texas Agriculture Code

§ 72.024 — HOST-FREE PERIOD

AG § 72.024Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part B. HORTICULTURAL DISEASES AND PESTS · Ch. 72. MEXICAN FRUIT FLY CONTROL · Art. C. INFESTATION CONTROL

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(a)The department may adopt the host-free period adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture for Mexican fruit fly quarantine in this state. During a host-free period, host fruits may not be produced or permitted to remain on trees within a quarantined area.

(b)All old crop fruit shall be removed from premises in a quarantined area at the beginning of an annual host-free period.

(c)In addition to other fruits declared by the department to be host fruits, the following fruits are host fruits for the purpose of this chapter:

(1)mangoes;

(2)sapotas, including sapodillas, fruits of the family Sapotaceae and the genus Casimiroa, and all other fruits commonly called sapotas or sapotes;

(3)peaches;

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Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1167, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.