Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
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.
B.
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.
AUTHORITY
NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
3:1652.
