Items
of Interest:
Virginia Expands Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine to Include the Entire Commonwealth (Jul 26, 2012)
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has expanded the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Quarantine to include the entire Commonwealth of Virginia. Under this statewide quarantine, the regulated articles, which include ash trees, green (non-heat treated) ash lumber and ash wood products, as well as hardwood firewood, are no longer subject to localized movement restrictions and may now move freely within the state.
Virginia Expands Thousand Cankers Disease Quarantine to Include the Counties of Fairfax and Prince William and the Cities of Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park (Jul 24, 2012)
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
This action became necessary after the detection of thousand cankers disease in the counties of Fairfax and Prince William. The quarantine area now includes Chesterfield, Fairfax, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico and Prince William counties and the cities of Colonial Heights, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park and Richmond.
Boxwood Blight: A New Disease of Boxwood Found in the Eastern U.S. (Jan 5, 2012)
Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Boxwood blight (also called "box blight" in Europe), caused by the fungal pathogen Cylindrocladium pseudonaviculatum (=C. buxicola), was found for the first time in the United States in North Carolina, Virginia and Connecticut in 2011. The first reported infestation in the U.S. was in a North Carolina
nursery and the disease was introduced to Virginia on plants from that
nursery. Spread outside the two Virginia locations, both of which are fields owned by a single nursery, has not been reported. However, growers should be aware of the symptoms of boxwood blight and monitor nursery and landscape boxwoods for symptoms. |
