Official Pest Report
Official Pest Reports are provided by National Plant Protection Organizations within the NAPPO region. These Pest Reports are intended to comply with the International Plant Protection Convention's Standard on Pest Reporting, endorsed by the Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures in March 2002.
Regulatory Response to Detections of Cerambycids in Bamboo Plant Stakes
Regulatory Response to Detections of Cerambycids in Bamboo Plant Stakes
Country: United States
Title: Regulatory Response to Detections of Cerambycids in Bamboo Plant Stakes
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Effective September 1, 2005, APHIS will require mandatory methyl bromide fumigation using the T404-d treatment schedule of all bundled bamboo poles and garden stakes imported from various countries upon arrival in the United States. This action is based on multiple quarantine pest interceptions which included Chlorophorus annularis (tiger longhorned beetle) and Niphoma sp.
Previously, bundled bamboo poles and garden stakes did not require fumigation with methyl bromide if they were completely dyed. However, due to interceptions of multiple quarantine pests from dyed bamboos we determined that the dyeing process being used is not an effective treatment to adequately mitigate the pest risk. In addition, many shipments reported as dyed contained both dyed and non-dyed bamboo plant stakes.
Consumers are advised to immediately report any live insects they detect associated with bamboo stakes to State or APHIS offices.
Posted Date: Aug. 25, 2005, 9 a.m.