Movement of Citrus Nursery Stock Halted
The USDA is amending the citrus canker quarantine regulations to explicitly prohibit — with limited exceptions — the interstate movement of regulated nursery stock from a quarantined area. The interstate movement of regulated nursery stock from an area quarantined for citrus canker poses a high risk of spreading citrus canker outside the quarantined area.
USDA is including two exceptions to the prohibition: calamondin and kumquat plants, two types of citrus plants that are highly resistant to citrus canker, to move interstate from a quarantined area under a protocol designed to ensure that they are free of citrus canker prior to movement.
This interim rule became effective March 16, 2007.
For a detailed map of exposure areas in the state, go to http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/canker/exmaps.html.
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