Pine Shoot Beetle Host Material from Canada: Draft Environmental Assessment,December 2000

摘要

The pine shoot beetle (Tomicus piniperda) is native to Europe and Asia, where itis a destructive pest of pine and related species. Heavy infestations of pine shoot beetle typically kill most of the lateral shoots near the tops of trees. In rare cases, whole trees may be killed either by direct damage or by pathogenic fungi introduced by the beetle. Managed and natural stands of pine are at risk from infestations of pine shoot beetle. After its detection on a Christmas tree farm near Strongsville, Ohio, in July 1992, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) managed an extensive detection and delimiting survey effort. Following the survey, the USDAs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) established a domestic quarantine for the pest. That quarantine, 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 301.50 (Domestic Quarantines, Pine Shoot Beetle), provides for quarantines of infested areas, designates regulated items, provides protocols for the movement of regulated items, and specifies regulatory control methods.