California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 4 - Plant Industry
Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Subchapter 4 - Plant Quarantine
Article 3 - Exterior Quarantine (Regulations)
Section 3266 - Plum Curculio and Blueberry Maggot Exterior Quarantine
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
A quarantine is established against the following pests, their hosts, and possible carriers:
(a) Pests. Plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) and blueberry maggot (Rhagoletis mendax). Plum curculio is a coleopterous insect belonging to the family Curculionidae. The blueberry maggot is a dipterous insect belonging to the family Tephritidae. These insect pests in their larval stages live within the fruit of their host plants often causing extensive damage to fruit of certain crops.
(b) Area Under Quarantine.
(c) Articles and Commodities Covered.
Common Name | Botanical Name |
Apple.......................... | Malus spp. |
Apricot.......................... | Prunus persica |
Blueberry, highbush.......................... | Vaccinium corymbosum |
Blueberry, lowbush.......................... | V. angustifolium |
Cherry, black.......................... | Prunus serotina |
Cherry, choke.......................... | P. virginiana |
Cherry, pin.......................... | P. pensylvanica |
Cherry, sand.......................... | P. pumila |
Cherry, sour.......................... | P. cerasus |
Chery, sweet.......................... | P. avium |
Crabapple.......................... | Malus spp. |
Hawthorne (haw).......................... | Crataegus spp. |
Huckleberry, black.......................... | Gaylussacia baccata |
Huckleberry, dwarf.......................... | G. dumosa |
Nectarine.......................... | Prunus persica nectarina |
Peach.......................... | P. persica |
Pear.......................... | Pyrus communis |
Plum, Allegheny.......................... | Prunus alleghaniensis |
Plum, American (wild).......................... | P. americana |
Plum, beach.......................... | P. maritima |
Plum, European.......................... | P. domestica |
Plum, Japanese.......................... | P. salicina |
Prune.......................... | P. spp. |
Quince.......................... | Cydonia oblonga |
Common Name | Botanical Name |
Blueberry, highbush.......................... | Vaccinium corymbosum |
Blueberry, lowbush.......................... | V. angustifolium |
Huckleberry, black.......................... | Gaylussacia baccata |
Huckleberry, dwarf.......................... | G. dumosa |
(d) Restrictions.
1.
Amendment filed 2-24-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
9). For prior history, see Register 82, No. 19.
2. Amendment filed
7-20-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
30).
3. Amendment of subsections (b) and (c) and repealer of
subsection (e) filed 10-12-84; designated effective 1-1-85 (Register 84, No.
41).
4. Amendment of subsections (b) and (c) filed 8-16-85;
effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 33).
5.
Amendment of subsection (c)(1) filed 6-26-86; effective thirtieth day
thereafter (Register 86, No. 26).
6. Amendment of section heading
and text filed 6-17-94; operative 7-18-94 (Register 94, No. 24).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407, 5301 and 5302, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 5301 and 5302, Food and Agricultural Code.