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| Florida Closes Border to Nursery Stock from California |  | | Thursday, March 18, 2004 | | | DOACS Press Release | | | The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has closed the Florida border to all imported plant material from California. The ban is the result of the recent discovery of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) disease in several large commercial nurseries in Southern California. This fungal disease does not affect humans or animals, but can infect several Florida native plant species including oaks,azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias and maples.
Symptoms on the foliage look like leaf scorch or sunburn. The lesions are brown with a bullseye effect with dark brown centers and lighter edges. The edges of the lesions are diffuse or fuzzy. In older infections, the leaf lesions can progress down the leaf petiole into the stems causing leaf-drop, stem lesions, and dieback. T! o view pictures of the symptoms and for additional information, please visit the Department of Agriculture's website at: http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/pathology/sudoakdeath.html | |
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