2-712.   Black stem rust, legislative declaration.It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that thecommon barberry, Berberis vulgaris, its horticultural varieties andBerberis, Mahonia and Mahoberberis are the alternate host plantsof a plant disease known as black stem rust; that the plant disease, blackstem rust, is caused by an organism known as Puccinia graminis whichattacks wheat, oats, barley, rye and other cultivated plants and wildgrasses; that the spread of said black stem rust to the agricultural cropsand wild grasses of this state cause great financial loss to the growers ofthese crops and to the agricultural interests of this state.

      History:   L. 1951, ch. 10, § 1; June 30.