BURROWING NEMATODE QUARANTINE


PEST:

Burrowing Nematode, Radopholus similis

STATE WITH REGULATION: Louisiana

STATES REGULATED:

Entire states of FL, HI, and the Commonwealth of Puero Rico.
 
 

MATERIALS REGULATED:

Soil, sand and plant parts produced below soil level except: soil-free aquatic plants, air plants grown in soil-free media, air layered plants root-wrapped in original soil-free moss, dormant bulbs and corms if free from roots and soil, soil-free edible fleshy roots, corms, tubers and rhizomes, and industrial sand and clay.
 
 

RESTRICTIONS:

Regulated materials may not be moved from regulated states into Louisiana unless each shipment or lot is accompanied by an official certificate of the state or commonwealth of origin, stating that:

 based on an official survey it has been determined that the burrowing nematode does not exist on the property or premise on which the related materials originated or were grown

 or that the regulated materials in the shipment have been produced from seed, or from plant parts free from burrowing nematode, and grown above ground in sterile soil or other otherwise protected from nematode infestation until shipped.


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