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Apparently healthy grapevines growing at the nursery

Grapevine Plant Quarantine

and Certification Programs

By: Judit Monis, Ph. D.
A s I write this article, the world is experienc- when I worked at the United States Department of

ing the SARS-COV-2 pandemic responsible
Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection
for causing COVID-19 disease. Generally,
I find it difficult to explain quarantine measures. Services- Plant Protection and Quarantine (USDA
APHIS PPQ), my group learned about the inter-
Today, I am sure that all of my readers might ception of citrus cuttings (intended for planting)
had practiced some sort of “sheltering in place” that were packed pretending a box of chocolates
or “social distancing”. Therefore, the concept of was in the shipment. I am sure that you have
quarantine will feel closer to home at this time. heard before about “suitcase clones”. These are
I am revisiting the quarantine and certification grapevine clones that people have brought from
topic as this time; it is expected that my audience abroad before or after quarantine measures were
will be more receptive to the concepts. Years ago, developed It is my hope, that what we learned

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