5B-3.0038. Quarantine Action

(1) Plants and plant products which are not accompanied by proof of origin and a certificate of inspection issued by a state or country plant protection governmental agency indicating compliance with Florida regulations or are found to be infested or infected with, or exposed to a plant pest not known to be established in the state shall be subject to being refused entry, returned to the owner, quarantined, treated, or destroyed as specified by the department. The destruction, quarantine, treatment, or return of a shipment shall be under the direction of an authorized representative of the department and at the expense of the owner. Payment to the department for such expense shall be required before shipping can resume. Pursuant to Section 581.031(7), F.S., shippers shall be immediately suspended from shipping into Florida when shipments of plants and plant products are found to be infested or infected with a plant pest not known to be established in the state, and the pest is determined to be potentially damaging to Florida agriculture. This suspension shall remain in effect until the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry and the state of origin department of agriculture agree the problem has been resolved and that shipping may resume. An Agreement for Treatment, Destruction, Forfeiture or Return of Plants and/or Plant Parts, FDACS-08029, revised 9/16, will be completed on all shipments requiring regulatory action. This agreement is supplied by the division for this purpose and is hereby incorporated herein by reference. A copy may be obtained via http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07879. The following are examples of plant pests that would require immediate quarantine action: (a) Arthropods 1. Agrilus planipennis – emerald ash borer 2. Aceria litchii – currently in Hawaii; Litchi mite 3. Anoplophora spp. – Asian longhorned beetles 4. Bactericerca cockerelli – potato psyllid 5. Bactericera nigricornis complex – Old world potato psyllid 6. Bagrada hilaris – bagrada bug 7. Biprorulus bibax – spined orange bug 8. Bostrichidae – Bostrichid beetles 9. Brevipalpus chilensis – Chilean false red mite 10. Ceratovacuna lanigera – sugarcane woolly aphid 11. Epiphyas postvittana – light brown apple moth 12. Eutetranychus orientalis – Oriental red mite 13. Exophthalmus spp. – Caribbean citrus weevils 14. Halyomorpha halys – brown marmorated stink bug 15. Liriomyza huidobrensis – pea leaf miner 16. Liriomyza langei – pea leaf miner 17. Lobesia botrana – European grapevine moth 18. Maconellicoccus hirsutus – pink mealybug 19. Metamasius spp. – Neotropical palm and bromeliad weevils 20. Musgraveia sulciventris – bronze orange bug 21. Myllocerus spp. – Asian weevils 22. Nasonovia ribisnigri – currant-lettuce aphid 23. Nephotettix spp. – Green leafhoppers on rice 24. Nilaparvata lugens – brown plant hopper 25. Oxycarenus hyalinipennis – dusky cottonseed bug 26. Prymnotrypes spp. – Andean potato weevils 27. Rhagoletis mendax – blueberry maggot fly 28. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus – red palm weevil 29. Rhynchophorus palmarum – giant palm weevil 30. Russelliana solanicola – a potato psyllid 31. Siphoninus plyillyleae – Ash whitefly 32. Trioza anceps – avocado psyllid 33. Trioza perseae – avocado psyllid 34. Trioza erytreae – African citrus psyllid 35. Tropilaelaps clareae – Tropilaelaps mite 36. Tuta absoluta – tomato leaf miner (b) Diseases 1. Banana bunchy top virus 2. Chilli leaf curl virus 3. Citrus chlorotic dwarf 4. Citrus leprosis virus 5. Citrus variegated chlorosis 6. Citrus yellow mosaic virus 7. Huanglongbing – citrus greening disease – Candidatus Liberibacter asiatius; Candidatus Liberibacter amerianus; Candidatus Liberibacter africanus 8. Fiji disease of sugarcane 9. Fusarium oxysporum, esp. tropical race IV 10. Phytophthora alni 11. Phytophthora europea 12. Phytophthora foliorum 13. Phytophthora hedriandra 14. Phytophthora kernoviae 15. Phytophthora nemarosa 16. Phytophthora pseudosyringae 17. Phytophthora siskyouensis 18. Phytophthora ramorum – sudden oak death 19. Puccinia horiana – chrysanthemum white rust 20. Ralstonia solanacearum – blood disease of banana 21. Septoria citri 22. Sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus 23. Sugarcane yellowleaf syndrome 24. Tomato chlorosis virus 25. Tomato infectious chlorosis virus 26. Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus 27. Tomato marchitez virus 28. Tomato severe leaf curl virus 29. Tomato torrado virus 30. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus – China, Seychelles and Indonesia strains 31. Tomato yellow vein streak (c) Mollusks 1. Achatina spp. – giant African land snail and others 2. Archachatina marginata – banana rasp snail 3. Cryptomphalus spp. – brown garden snail and others 4. Megalobulimus oblongus – giant South American snail 5. Theba pisana – white garden snail (d) Nematodes 1. Anguina tritici – wheat gall nematode 2. Bursaphelenchus cocophilus – red ring nematode 3. Ditylenchus destructor – potato rot nematode 4. Ditylenchus dispaci – bud and stem nematode 5. Globodera spp. – potato cyst nematode 6. Hemicycliophora arenaria – citrus sheath nematode 7. Heterodera carotae – carrot cyst nematode 8. Heterodera cruciferae – cabbage cyst nematode 9. Heterodera goettingiana – pea cyst nematode 10. Heterodera zeae – corn cyst nematode 11. Hoplolaimus columbus – Columbia lance nematode 12. Longidorus africanus – a needle nematode 13. Longidorus belondriodes – a needle nematode 14. Meloidogyne chitwoodi – Columbia root-knot nematode 15. Meloidogyne citri – a citrus root-knot nematode 16. Meloidogyne fujianenis – citrus root-knot nematode 17. Meloidogyne naasi – cereal root-knot nematode 18. Nacobbus aberrans – false root-knot nematode 19. Pratylenchus convallariae – a lesion nematode 20. Pratylenchus crenatus – a lesion nematode 21. Pratylenchus goodeyi – a lesion nematode 22. Xiphinema brevicolle – a dagger nematode 23. Xiphinema bricolensis – a dagger nematode 24. Xiphinema californicum – a dagger nematode 25. Xiphinema diversicaudatum – a dagger nematode 26. Xiphinema index – California dagger nematode 27. Xiphinema insigne – a dagger nematode 28. Xiphinema vuittenezi – a dagger nematode 29. Zygotylenchus spp. – a lesion nematode (2) Plant pests of limited distribution in the State of Florida. Plants and plant products found infested or infected with or exposed to a plant pest of limited distribution in the state shall be subject to immediate quarantine action and will not be eligible for certification until treated as prescribed by the department and released from quarantine. An Agreement for Treatment, Destruction, Forfeiture or Return of Plant and/or Plant Parts, FDACS-08029, revised 9/16, will be completed on all shipments requiring regulatory action. The following are examples of plant pests that would require immediate quarantine action: (a) Arthropods 1. Aleurodicus rugioperculatus – gumbo limbo whitefly 2. Aulacaspis yasumatsui – Asian cycad scale 3. Diaphorina citri – Asian citrus psyllid 4. Diaprepes abbreviatus – diaprepes root weevil 5. Duponchelia fovealis – European pepper moth 6. Maconellicoccus hirsutus – pink mealybug 7. Metamasius callizona – bromeliad weevil 8. Metamasius hemipterus – palm and sugarcane weevil 9. Morganella longispina – plumose scale 10. Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus – weevil 11. Nipaecoccus viridis – Lebbeck mealybug 12. Noctua pronuba – large yellow underwing 13. Oligonychus persae – avocado mite 14. Opuntiaspis spp. – scale insect 15. Paratachardina pseudolobata – lobate lac scale 16. Parlatoria ziziphi – black parlatoria scale 17. Pectinophora gossypiella – pink bollworm 18. Phalacrococcus howertoni – Howerton’s scale 19. Philephedra sp. – scale insect 20. Phoenicococcus marlatti – red date scale 21. Raoiella indica – red palm mite 22. Singhiella simplex – ficus whitefly 23. Vinsonia stellifera – stellate scale 24. Xyleborus glabratus – red bay ambrosia beetle (b) Diseases 1. Agrobacterium tumefaciens – crown gall 2. Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus 3. Cucurbit leaf crumple begemovirus 4. Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder crinivirus 5. Guignardia citricarpa – citrus black spot 6. Huanglongbing – citrus greening 7. Lethal yellowing of palms 8. Pepino mosaic virus 9. Phomopsis gardeniae – gardenia canker 10. Phytophthora tropicalis 11. Puccinia pelargonii – zonalis – geranium rust 12. Sphaceloma poinsettiae – poinsettia scab 13. Texas phoenix palm decline phytoplasma 14. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus – all in the complex 15. Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri – citrus canker (c) Mollusks 1. Otala lactea – milk snail 2. Zachrysia provisoria – Cuban land snail (d) Nematodes 1. Meloidogyne enterlobii – Guava root-knot nematode 2. Tylenchulus semipenetrans – a citrus nematode (3) Common Plant Pests. All nursery stock and other plants and plant products found infested or infected with a common plant pest shall be subject to immediate quarantine action when the population of the plant pest is adversely affecting the plant or plant product. The plant or plant product will not be eligible for certification until treated as prescribed by the department and released from quarantine. An Agreement for Treatment, Destruction, Forfeiture or Return of Plants and/or Plant Parts, FDACS-08029, revised 9/16, will be completed on all shipments requiring regulatory action.