Division Resources
- Plant Pest Hotline:
1-800-491-1899 - About PHPPS
- Administration
- Permits and Regulations Program
- Site Map / Index
Protecting California’s agricultural and natural resources against damage caused by exotic plant pests and diseases
Hot Topics in Plant Health
- 2007 Annual Report (pdf; 8.75 MB)
- Light Brown Apple Moth
- Mediterranean Fruit Fly
- Fruit Fly Treatments and Quarantines
- Bringing Plants and Animals into California
- Honeybee and Beehive Information
- Diaprepes Root Weevil
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services mission is to provide leadership of pest prevention and management programs that effectively protects California’s agriculture, horticulture, natural resources, and urban environments from invasive plant pests. In California, a series of federal and state plant quarantine laws and regulations are enforced to restrict the entry and movement of commodities capable of harboring targeted plant pests and to enable our eradication and control efforts. This approach of prohibiting or restricting the movement of plants, plant products or other commodities, capable of harboring exotic plant pests, is done in the interest of food security. In this case, the public insurance of a safe and secure food and fiber supply is based on the premise that it is more economically and environmentally sound to prevent the entry and establishment of dangerous plant pests than to live with them.
John Connell, Director
1220 "N" Street, Room A-316
Sacramento, California 95814
Phone 916-654-0317
Fax 916-654-1018