• Display cards in guest rooms of selected overseas 



hotels. 



• Bilingual warning notice s distributed at Mexican 



Border ports. 



• Motionpicture films for showing on passenger liner s, 



• Film and slide announcements for TV showing. 



• Customs baggage declaration m a d e specific a s to 



articles of plant quarantine significance. 



• Press releases of newsworthy plant quarantine 



articles. 



• Arrangements made for comments on plant quaran- 



tine restrictions to be included in brochures issued 

 with passports. 



• Agricultural attaches thoroughly briefed. 



• Armed services regulations revised to include re- 



strictions of plant quarantine significance. 



• Leaflets for distributionwithticket sales for overseas. 



Statistically, the number of interceptions of plant pests this year 

 was 15% less than last year, but still 20% greater than the previous 

 five-year average. Last year's interceptions were particularly 

 high, 60% above the previous five-year average. This year's inter- 

 ceptions of insects, plant diseases, snails, nematodes, and mites 

 included many of t h e world's most destructive plant pests. Some 

 of the more significant pests and the number of times intercepted 

 were: 



Black spot of citrus 255 



Citrus canker 125 



European cherry fruitfly 69 



Golden nematode 27 



Khapra beetle 202 



Mediterranean fruitfly 195 



Mediterranean land snail 64 



Mexican fruitfly 151 



Oriental fruitfly 22 



Olive fruitfly 57 



Pink bollworm 33 



Sweet orange scab 163 



West Indian fruitfly 142 



Yanone (Japanese citrus) scale 467 



This was an increase of 37% over last year in the interception of 

 these pests, despite the decrease of- 15% in total interceptions made 

 this year as compared with last year. 



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