The Zero Agricultural Pest and Disease (ZAPD) Grant Program is designed to provide grants to eligible institutions of higher education to conduct plant pest and disease detection and surveillance to detect plant pests and diseases newly introduced to this state or to a certain area of the state before a pest or disease becomes established or an infestation of a pest or outbreak of a disease becomes too large and costly to eradicate or control.

Source Note: The provisions of this §1.1200 adopted to be effective September 19, 2023, 48 TexReg 5137