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§ 69-25-1. Definitions.
 

For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean: 
 

Division of Plant Industry - means the Bureau of Plant Industry within the Regulatory Office of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. 
 

Insect pests - means insects or other invertebrates injurious to plants and plant products. 
 

Noxious weed - means a plant species or classified group of plants declared by the Bureau of Plant Industry to be a public nuisance or to be especially injurious to the environment, to agricultural and horticultural production or to wildlife and which should be controlled and the dissemination of which prevented. 
 

Plant diseases - means fungi, bacteria, nematodes and viruses injurious to plants and plant products and the pathological condition in plants and plant products caused by fungi, bacteria, nematodes and viruses. This definition shall also include plants which are parasitic or partially parasitic on other plants such as "witch weed", Striga asiatica, a serious parasitic plant of corn and other members of the grass family. 
 

Plants and plant products - Trees, shrubs, seedlings, vines, forage and cereal plants, and all other plants; cuttings, grafts, scions, buds and all other parts of plants and fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, wood, timber and all other plant products. 
 

Places - Vessels, cars and other vehicles, buildings, docks, nurseries, orchards and other premises, where plants and plant products are grown, kept or handled. 
 

Persons - Individuals, associations, partnerships and corporations. 
 

Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 6382b; 1930, § 6958; 1942, § 4979; Laws,  1920, ch. 252; Laws, 1971, ch. 446, § 2; Laws, 1991, ch. 530, § 19; Laws, 2003, ch. 401, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2003.
 

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Mississippi > Title-69 > 25 > 69-25-1

§ 69-25-1. Definitions.
 

For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean: 
 

Division of Plant Industry - means the Bureau of Plant Industry within the Regulatory Office of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. 
 

Insect pests - means insects or other invertebrates injurious to plants and plant products. 
 

Noxious weed - means a plant species or classified group of plants declared by the Bureau of Plant Industry to be a public nuisance or to be especially injurious to the environment, to agricultural and horticultural production or to wildlife and which should be controlled and the dissemination of which prevented. 
 

Plant diseases - means fungi, bacteria, nematodes and viruses injurious to plants and plant products and the pathological condition in plants and plant products caused by fungi, bacteria, nematodes and viruses. This definition shall also include plants which are parasitic or partially parasitic on other plants such as "witch weed", Striga asiatica, a serious parasitic plant of corn and other members of the grass family. 
 

Plants and plant products - Trees, shrubs, seedlings, vines, forage and cereal plants, and all other plants; cuttings, grafts, scions, buds and all other parts of plants and fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, wood, timber and all other plant products. 
 

Places - Vessels, cars and other vehicles, buildings, docks, nurseries, orchards and other premises, where plants and plant products are grown, kept or handled. 
 

Persons - Individuals, associations, partnerships and corporations. 
 

Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 6382b; 1930, § 6958; 1942, § 4979; Laws,  1920, ch. 252; Laws, 1971, ch. 446, § 2; Laws, 1991, ch. 530, § 19; Laws, 2003, ch. 401, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2003.
 


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Mississippi > Title-69 > 25 > 69-25-1

§ 69-25-1. Definitions.
 

For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean: 
 

Division of Plant Industry - means the Bureau of Plant Industry within the Regulatory Office of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. 
 

Insect pests - means insects or other invertebrates injurious to plants and plant products. 
 

Noxious weed - means a plant species or classified group of plants declared by the Bureau of Plant Industry to be a public nuisance or to be especially injurious to the environment, to agricultural and horticultural production or to wildlife and which should be controlled and the dissemination of which prevented. 
 

Plant diseases - means fungi, bacteria, nematodes and viruses injurious to plants and plant products and the pathological condition in plants and plant products caused by fungi, bacteria, nematodes and viruses. This definition shall also include plants which are parasitic or partially parasitic on other plants such as "witch weed", Striga asiatica, a serious parasitic plant of corn and other members of the grass family. 
 

Plants and plant products - Trees, shrubs, seedlings, vines, forage and cereal plants, and all other plants; cuttings, grafts, scions, buds and all other parts of plants and fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, wood, timber and all other plant products. 
 

Places - Vessels, cars and other vehicles, buildings, docks, nurseries, orchards and other premises, where plants and plant products are grown, kept or handled. 
 

Persons - Individuals, associations, partnerships and corporations. 
 

Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 6382b; 1930, § 6958; 1942, § 4979; Laws,  1920, ch. 252; Laws, 1971, ch. 446, § 2; Laws, 1991, ch. 530, § 19; Laws, 2003, ch. 401, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2003.