Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.002
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.002, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 74.002. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Cotton" includes the cotton plant, cotton in the boll, cotton stalk, and all cotton products, including seed cotton, cottonseed, and cotton hulls, but not including cotton oil or cotton meal.
(2) "Cotton pest" includes the boll weevil and the pink bollworm.
(3) "Host plant" means a plant susceptible to infestation by the boll weevil, pink bollworm, or any other cotton pest.
(4) "Boll weevil" means the insect Anthonomus grandis Boheman, in any stage of development, including the egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages.
(5) "Okra" includes okra stalks.
(6) "Pest management zone" means a geographical zone established by the department under this chapter for purposes of cotton pest control and prevention.
(7) "Pink bollworm" means the insect Pectinophora gossypiella, Saunders, in any stage of development, including the egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages.
(1) "Cotton" includes the cotton plant, cotton in the boll, cotton stalk, and all cotton products, including seed cotton, cottonseed, and cotton hulls, but not including cotton oil or cotton meal.
(2) "Cotton pest" includes the boll weevil and the pink bollworm.
(3) "Host plant" means a plant susceptible to infestation by the boll weevil, pink bollworm, or any other cotton pest.
(4) "Boll weevil" means the insect Anthonomus grandis Boheman, in any stage of development, including the egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages.
(5) "Okra" includes okra stalks.
(6) "Pest management zone" means a geographical zone established by the department under this chapter for purposes of cotton pest control and prevention.
(7) "Pink bollworm" means the insect Pectinophora gossypiella, Saunders, in any stage of development, including the egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages.
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