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USDA Revises Advanced Notification Rule for P. ramorum hosts

The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA-APHIS, has revised its Phytophthora ramorum advanced notification rule. The previous rule required nurseries in Oregon, Washington, and California shipping host plants of P. ramorum to pre-notify regulatory officials in receiving states. Under the revised rule, only nurseries that have been found positive for P. ramorum within the past three years (since 2010) will be required to comply with advanced notification. More information can be found at USDA’s P. ramorum website. Please feel free to contact the ODA if you have questions concerning the revised rule.

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Nursery Cleanliness Program for Boxwood Blight
Boxwood blight, a new fungal disease of boxwood to the United States, was identified in Oregon on December of 2011. Boxwood blight has been shown to cause significant defoliation and branch dieback to infected plants and may pose regulation problems with shipping boxwood. In cooperation with the National Plant Board and other departments of agriculture, ODA has initiated the Nursery Cleanliness Program for boxwood blight. This is a voluntary program of inspections and best management procedures designed to help nurseries provide clean boxwood stock to their customers. For additional information, please contact the ODA, Plant Division, Nursery Inspection Program. more...