National Plant Board (NPB)

National Plant Board is a non-profit organization of the plant pest regulatory agencies of each of the states and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Territory of Guam.

Membership of the National Plant Board is made up of the State plant regulatory officials of each member State, Commonwealth and Territory. This person is usually the administrator of the section of his or her state’s Department of Agriculture which deals with pest prevention. Such units usually carry titles such as Plant Industry, Plant Health, State Entomologist, State Plant Pathologist, etc. In some states the function is in an agency other than the department of agriculture.