2-712. Black stem rust, legislative declaration.
2-712
2-712. Black stem rust, legislative declaration.
It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that the
common barberry, Berberis vulgaris, its horticultural varieties and
Berberis, Mahonia and Mahoberberis are the alternate host plants
of a plant disease known as black stem rust; that the plant disease, black
stem rust, is caused by an organism known as Puccinia graminis which
attacks wheat, oats, barley, rye and other cultivated plants and wild
grasses; that the spread of said black stem rust to the agricultural crops
and wild grasses of this state cause great financial loss to the growers of
these crops and to the agricultural interests of this state.
History: L. 1951, ch. 10, § 1; June 30.