La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XV-175

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XV-175 - Lethal Yellowing Quarantine

A. The department issues the following quarantine because the state entomologist has determined that the disease, lethal yellowing, Candidatus phytoplasma palmae, has been found in this state and may be prevented, controlled, or eradicated by quarantine.

1. Quarantine areas in this state include the entire parishes of East Baton Rouge and Jefferson;

2. A declaration of quarantine for lethal yellowing covering any other specific parishes or areas of Louisiana shall be published in the official journal of the state and in the Louisiana Register.

C. No regulated articles as defined in this Section shall be moved out of any area of this state that is listed in this Section as a quarantined area for lethal yellowing, except as provided in this Section.

D. The following articles are deemed to be regulated articles of lethal yellowing for purposes of this Subsection:

1. the disease, lethal yellowing, Candidatus phytoplasma palmae; phytoplasma strain 16SrIV-A;

2. all plant parts of Cocos nucifera L. (Coconut palm) all varieties, including Malayan dwarf, Veitchia spp., Pritchardia spp., Arikuryroba schizophylla (Mart.) Bailey (Arikury palm), Corypha elata Roxb. (Buri palm, Gebang palm), Phoenix reclinata Jacq. (Senegal date palm), Phoenix canariensis Hort. ex Chab. (Canary Island date palm), Phoenix dactylifera (L.) date palm, Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. (Sylvester date palm), Chrysalidocarpus cabadae H.E. Moore (Cabada palm), Dictyosperma album (Bory) H. Wendl. and Drude (hurricane or princess palm), Aiphanes lindeniana (H. Wendl.), Allagoptera arenaria (Gomes) Kuntze, Arenga engleri Becc., Ravenea hildebrandti Wendl. ex Bouche, Gaussia attenuata (O.F. Cook) Beccari (Puerto Rican Gaussia), Howeia belmoreana (C. Moore and F. Muell.) Becc. (sentry palm), Latania spp. (all species), Livistonia chinensis (N.J. Jacquin) R. Br. ex Mart. (Chinese fan palm), Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook) Wendl. (Chinese windmill palm), Hyophorbe (Mascarena) verschaffeltii H. Wendl. (Spindle palm), Caryota mitis Lour (cluster fishtail palm), Borassus flabellifer L. (Palmyra palm), Nannorrhops ritchiana (W. Griffith) J.E.T. Aitchison (Mazari palm), and Neodypsis decaryi Jumelle (triangle palm).

3. Tools used in the pruning and handling of regulated articles.

E. Regulated articles may be moved from quarantined areas to non-quarantined areas within or outside of Louisiana only if moved under the following conditions:

1. palms must be inspected within 48 hours prior to shipment with no symptoms of lethal yellowing apparent;

2. host palms shall be treated with an insecticide labeled for leafhoppers six weeks prior to shipment and also receive a final treatment within 48 hours prior to movement.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XV-175

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, LR 482727 (11/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1652.