Arizona Plant Diagnostic Network
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This area of the website provides links to press releases, regulatory updates and detection and control information related to new and potential invasive pest threats in Arizona and the desert Southwest.
Arizona
Glassy Winged Sharpshooter Numbers Jump/External Quarantine Goes Into Effect
August 1, 2006
Press Release from Arizona Department of Agriculture (PDF, 35KB)
Out Of State
Citrus Greening Summit Findings and Appointment of a National Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid Coordintor
April 9, 2008
SPRO Letter (PDF, 16KB)
- Citrus Greening Summit Findings and National Plan Develpment
April 9, 2008
Summary of Summit Findings, USDA Aphis PPQ (PDF, 40KB)
- Asian Citrus Psyllid Interception, Callifornia Dept. of Food and Agriculture
February 1, 2008
Pest Exclusionary Advisory (PDF, 96KB)
- Anastreph ludens (Mexican fruit fly)--Quarantined Area in San Diego County, California
November 30, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 56KB)
Federal Order (PDF, 96KB)
- Mexican Fruit Fly Quarantine Set for San Diego County
November 16, 2007
Press Release (PDF, 32KB)
- Mexican Fruit Fly Infestation Detected in Esondido Area of Northern San Diego County
November 8, 2007
Press Release from California Department of Food and Agriculture (PDF, 104KB)
- Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) - Quarantined Area in Los Angeles County, California
December 12, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 16KB)
Federal Order (PDF, 84KB)
- Domestic Quarantine in Los Angeles County, California for Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata)
November 8, 2007
Federal Order (PDF, 67KB)
SPRO Letter (PDF, 60KB)
- Medfly Infestation Detected in Rancho Palos Verdes Area; First Medfly infestation in Los Angeles County since 2001
October 25, 2007
Press Release from California Dept. of Food and Agriculture (PDF, 46KB)
- Medfly Quarantine Set for San Jose
October 16, 2007
Press Release from California Dept. of Food and Agriculture (PDF, 118KB)
Important Correction to Press Release: To Date No Larvae have Been Detected (PDF, 22KB)
- Sterile Medfly Release Set for San Jose
October 11, 2007
Press Release from California Dept. of Food and Agriculture (PDF, 128KB)
- Medfly Quarantine Set For Solano County
September 18, 2007
Press Release (PDF, 45KB)
- Detections of Coffee Berry Borer, Hypothenemus hampei, in Puerto Rico
September 14, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 12.3KB)
- Detections of Panicle Rice Mite, Steneotarsonemus spinki, in Stuttgart, Arkansas
September 17, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 72KB)
- Detections of Panical Rice Mite, Steneotarsonemus spinki, in Ithaca, New York
September 17, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 68KB)
- Detections of Panicle Rice Mite, Steneotarsonemus spinki, in Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiane.
August 31, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 16KB)
Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Update
- Finding of No Significant Impact for Movement of Regulated Articles from Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Zones Environmental Assessment
October 2007
Update from APHIS, PPQ (PDF, 1.02MB) - Federal Domestic Quarantine Order: Citrus Greening Disease and Asian Citrus Psyllid
November 2, 2007
Federal Order (PDF, 45KB) - Expansion of the Quarantines for Citrus Greening Disease and Asian Citrus Pwyllids
November 2, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 13KB)
Correction to SPRO (PDF, 63KB)
- Finding of No Significant Impact for Movement of Regulated Articles from Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Zones Environmental Assessment
- Status report on the Asian Citrus Psyllid (Diaphorina citri)
August 28, 2007
Asian Citrus Psyllid detection in Mexico - distribution map, July 26, 2007 (PDF, 1.1MB)
Asian Citrus Psyllid detection in Mexico - list (PDF, 34KB)
Inspection Procedures: Loose Bulk Mexican Citrus Shipments, USDA APHIS (PDF, 98KB)
- Quarantine of four counties in Pennsylvania for Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)
August 8, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 67KB)
Federal Order (PDF, 76KB)
- Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM), Lymantria dispar, Vessel Certification
Requirements for Japan
May 31, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 72KB)
- Federal Domestic Quarantine Order: Epiphyas postvittana (Light Brown Apple Moth) (LBAM).
September 17, 2007
Federal Order (PDF, 40KB)
Host List Exempted from Federal Quarantine Order (PDF, 24KB)
- Light Brown Apple Moth: Quarantine, Management, and Potential Impact. Information from UC Statewide IPM Program.
July 17, 2007
UC IPM Online
UC IPM Publication (PDF, 986KB)
- Federal Domestic Quarantine Order for Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM),
Epiphyas postvittana; Interstate Movement Restrictions
May 2,2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 128KB)
- Light Brown Apple Moth, Press Release from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
March 28,2007
Press Release (PDF, 30KB)
- Light Brown Apple Moth in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California
March 22, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 78KB)
- Cactus Moth (Cactoblastis cactorum) Activity Report from USDA_APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine.
December, 2006
Report (PDF, 208KB)
- Domestic Quarantine of Putnam and Westchester Counties, New Yourk, for Pine Shoot Beetle (PSB) (Tomicus piniperda).
SPRO Letter, Sept. 6, 2007. (PDF, 16KB)
Federal Order, August 29, 2007. (PDF, 28KB)
- Quarantine of Dutchess County, New York, for Pine Shoot Beetle (Tomicus piniperda)
June 29, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 52KB)
- Domestic Quarantine of Dutchess County, New York, for Pine Shoot Beetle (Tomicus piniperda)
June 15, 2007
Federal Order (PDF, 12KB)
- Quarantine of Cumberland County, New Jersey, for Pine Shoot Beetle (PSB) (Tomicus piniperda)
February 1, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 55KB)
- Domestic Quarantine of Cumberland County, New Jersey, for Pine Shoot Beetle (PSB) (Tomicus piniperda)
December, 2006
Federal Order (PDF, 79KB)
- Lime Swallowtail (Papillo demoleus)Detected in the Municipality of Guanica, Puerto Rico
December 13, 2006
SPRO Letter (PDF, 71KB)
- Detection of Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Sirex woodwasp) in Lamoille County, Vermont
September 17, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 24KB)
- Susceptibility Risk of Sirex Noctilio in the conterminous United Sates. A Report by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team's (FHTET) Invasive Species Steering Committee.
September 16, 2005
Report (PDF, 2.6MB)
- Sirex Noctilio: Additional Maps and information:
U.S. Forest Service Sirex Woodwasp Risk Maps
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Sirex Woodwasp information
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Detection of Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) (Sirex woodwasp) in Broome, Hamilton, Cattaraugus, Steuben and St. Lawrence Counties in New York
December 13, 2006
SPRO Letter (PDF, 68KB)
Detection of Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) (Sirex woodwasp) in Chautauqua and Madison Counties in New York
September 1, 2006
SPRO Letter (PDF, 67KB)Detection of Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Sirex woodwasp) in Bradford County, Pennsylvania
September 1, 2006
SPRO Letter (PDF, 61KB)Quarantine of Craig, Giles, and Roanoke Counties, and the Cities of Salem and Roanoke, Virginia, for Gypsy Moth (GM) (Lymantria dispar)
August 9, 2006
Federal Order (PDF, 19KB)Quarantine of Morris and Somerset Counties, New Jersey, for Pine Shoot Beetle (PSB) (Tomicus piniperda)
August 9, 2006
Federal Order (PDF, 19KB)
Arizona
Certification Protocal for All Seed Potatoes Traded between United States and Canada.
March 19, 2007
SPRO Letter. (PDF, 68KB)
Potato Cyst Nematode,
Federal Order: Federal Domestic Quarantine Order for Potato Cyst Nematode Globodera pallida (PCN); Interstate Movement Restrictions and Detection Survey
August 28, 2006
SPRO Letter (PDF, 65KB)
Federal Order (PDF, 106KB)
Out Of State
Arizona
- Regulatory Update for Phytophthora ramorum (ramorum blight, ramorum dieback, sudden oak death): List and regulation of Plants Recently Reported with P. ramorum
December 11, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 16KB)
Federal Order (PDF, 28KB)
APHIS List of Regulated Hosts and Plants Regulatory Update for Phytophthora ramorum and Sudden Oak Death
- September 21, 2006
SPRO Letter Phytophthora ramorum (PDF, 16 KB)
- September 20, 2006
Federal Domestic Quarantine Order Phytophthora ramorum; 7 CFR 301.92 (PDF, 28 KB)
- September 11, 2006
USDA-APHIS List of Regulated Host Plants Associated with Phytophthora ramorum (PDF, 84 KB)
- September 21, 2006
Official Regulatory Protocol for Wholesale Production Nurseries Containing Plants Infected with Phytophthora ramorum
May 22, 2007
Details(PDF file, 907KB)
Out Of State
- REMINDER: Comment period will close on February 28, 2008 for Docket No. APHIS-2007-0032 -- Citrus Canker; Interstate Movement of Regulated Nursery Stock From Quarantined Areas.
Interested parties can access the docket and submit comments here.
For more information see Federal Register Vol. 73, No 19. (PDF file, 44KB). Publication of a Final Rule Amending the Citrus Canker Regulations on the Interstate Movement of Citrus Fruit
November 16, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 49KB)Chrysanthemum White Rust (Puccinia horiana P. Henn) Found in Connecticut
September 25, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 12B)Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Found in California. University of California Cooperative Extension "Pest-O-Gram" provides diagnostic and management information.
April 13, 2007
Extension Bulletin(PDF file, 885KB)Florida detection of Gladiolus Rust, Uromyces transversalis (Thum.).
March 29, 2007
SPRO Letter(PDF file, 68KB)Interim Rule on the Interstate Movement of Citrus Nusery Stock from Florida
March 21, 2007
SPRO Letter(PDF file, 66KB)USDA Laboratory Confirms Plum Pox Virus In Michigan
August 11, 2006
Details (PDF, 8KB)
- Citrus Greening Summit Findings and Appointment of a National Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid Coordintor
April 9, 2008
SPRO Letter (PDF, 16KB) - Citrus Greening Summit Findings and National Plan Develpment
April 9, 2008
Summary of Summit Findings, USDA Aphis PPQ (PDF, 40KB) Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Update
- Finding of No Significant Impact for Movement of Regulated Articles from Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Zones Environmental Assessment
October 2007
Update from APHIS, PPQ (PDF, 1.02MB) - Federal Domestic Quarantine Order: Citrus Greening Disease and Asian Citrus Psyllid
November 2, 2007
Federal Order (PDF, 45KB) - Expansion of the Quarantines for Citrus Greening Disease and Asian Citrus Pwyllids
November 2, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 13KB)
Correction to SPRO (PDF, 63KB)
- Finding of No Significant Impact for Movement of Regulated Articles from Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Zones Environmental Assessment
Citrus Greening Detected in Florida (September 2005)
- Citrus Greening Pest Alert, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (September, 2005)
(PDF file, 153KB) - New Federal Restrictions to Prevent Movement of Citrus Greening (September 16, 2005)
(PDF file, 15.1KB) - Memo: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (September 14, 2005)
(PDF file, 49KB) - Press release: First U.S. detection of citrus greening, Miami, FL (September 3, 2005)
(PDF file, 78KB)
More information and the latest updates on citrus greening are available on the Southern Plant Diagnostic Network website (http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/).
- Citrus Greening Pest Alert, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (September, 2005)
Arizona
- Arizona Kudzu Update
December 11, 2007
Details from AZ-Weed Notes. (PDF, 56KB)
Photos courtesy of Arizona Dept. of Agriculture
Photo 1: Approximately 1/4 of Huachuca City Kudzu infestation -- Oct. 2006 (474KB)
Photo2: Summer 2007 view showing excellent reduction of Kudzu infestation after treatment with 7 oz/acre of Milestone VM in Nov. 2006, March 2007 and June 2007. (187KB) - Arizona Kudzu Discovery in Huachuca City, Cochise County
October 9, 2006
Details from AZ-Weed Notes. (PDF, 36KB)
Photos courtesy of Jeffery Myers, AZ Dept. of Agriculture: Photo 1 (.5 MB) Photo 2 (1 MB).
Out Of State
- Detections of Red Palm Mite (Taoiella indica) in Palm Beach County, Florida
December 10, 2007
SPRO Letter (PDF, 16KB)
- Red Palm Mite (Raoiella indica) Technical Working Group Formed.
December 15, 2006.
SPRO Letter (PDF, 59KB)
- Quagga Mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) Invasive mussels found at Central Arizona Project intakes on Lake Havasu.
January 26, 2007
News Release from Arizona Game & Fish (PDF, 110KB)
- Quagga Mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) Invasive mussel uptake from Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
January 16, 2007
News Release from from Lake Mead National Recreation Area (PDF, 120KB)
- Quagga Mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) More information from US Geological Survey, including collection information, range map and species fact sheet.
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