In order to prevent the introduction and spread within the state of Mississippi of a mycoplasma-like organism (MLO), which apparently causes the Lethal Yellowing disease of palms in certain counties in Florida, and as Lethal Yellowing is not known to occur in the state of Mississippi, the Bureau of Plant Industry under the provisions of Miss. Code Ann .§ 69-25-7, § 69-25-11, § 69-25-15, § 69-25-17, § 69-25-19, § 69-25-21, § 69-25-23, § 69-25-29, § 69-25-35, § 69-25-37 does declare and give public notice thereof that the movement into or within the state of Mississippi of hosts of Lethal Yellowing is hereby prohibited. The following apply to this quarantine:
1.Pest - Lethal Yellowing mycoplasma-like organism.2.Quarantined Areas - The entire counties in Florida, as designated, and any additional counties that are confirmed to be counties which contain palms infected with Lethal Yellowing: Broward, Collier, Dade, Hendry, Martin, Palm Beach, and portion of Monroe not considered mainland.3.Regulated Articles - Palm hosts of the Lethal Yellowing MLO, as designated, but not limited to the following:a.Arikuryrob schizophylla (Mart.) Bailey (Arikury palm)b.Borassus flabellifer L. (Palmyra palm)c.Caryota mitis Lour. (Cluster fish-tail palm)d.Chrysalidocarpus cabadae H. E. Moore (Cabada palm)e.Cocos nucifera L. (Coconut palm) - all varieties, including Malayan dwarfg.Dictyosperma album (Bory) H. Wendl. & Drude (Hurricane or Princess palm)i.Mascarena verschaffeltii (Wendl.) Bailey (Spindle palm)j.Phoenix canariensis Hort. Ex Chab (Canary Island date)k.Phoenix dactylifera L. (Date palm)l.Phoenix reclinata Jacq. (Senegal date palm)m.Pritchardia pacifica Seem. & H. Wendl.n.Pritchardia thurstonii F. Muell. & Drudeo.Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) Wendl. (Windmill palm)p.Veitchia merrillii (Becc.) H. E. Moore (Christmas palm, Manila, or Adonidia)q. And any other palms or other plants that may be confirmed to be host of the Lethal Yellowing MLO.4.Conditions Governing Shipment - Regulated articles from the quarantined areas will be prohibited entry into the state of Mississippi. All regulated articles originating outside the quarantined areas will be prohibited entry unless each shipment is accompanied by a certificate form the Florida Division of Plant Industry stating the origin of the shipment.5.Infected Shipments Arriving in Mississippi - Regulated articles shipped into the state of Mississippi in violation of this quarantine regulation are subject to destruction or return to the point of origin at the discretion of the State Entomologist.6.Revision - This quarantine regulation may be revised or amended at any time as conditions and circumstances warrant.2 Miss. Code. R. 1-3-01-131
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-25-7.