New Pest Response Guidelines - Phytosanitary Resources

Noctuidae: Spodopotera
Chapter 5. Regulatory Procedures
Principal activities
Treatment options include:
• Fumigation (application of an approved fumigant as a treatment)
• Fumigation/cold treatment (application of an approved fumigant in
conjunction with cold treatment procedures)
• Sanitation (removal and destruction of leaves, flowers, stems, stalks,
rotting or fallen fruit, vegetables, and other host material)
• Insecticide treatment (an approved ovicide/larvicide treatment applied
to above ground parts of hosts)
• Soil treatment (an approved insecticide applied to the soil within the
drip line of host plants)
Hold plants for one life cycle after treatment before certifying for movement.
The degree of regulatory activity required depends, among many other factors,
on the degree of the infestation. For example, it may not be necessary to
safeguard vegetable stands throughout the regulated area if they are engaged
in local retail activity only and the infestation is limited. However, if the
infestation is severe, mandatory checks of passenger baggage (i.e., for host
material) at airports and road patrols and roadblocks may be necessary.
Principle activities for conducting a regulatory program to contain spodoptera
include:
• Advise regulated industry(ies) of required treatment procedures
• Supervise, monitor, and certify commodity treatments of commercial
lots of regulated articles
• Make regulatory visits to the following:
• Security and airline personnel
• Vegetable stands
• Flower stands
• Local growers, packers, and processing plants
• Farmer's associations, produce markets, and flea
markets
• Commercial haulers of regulated articles
• Public transportation; and
• Post offices
• Visit canneries and other processing establishments
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