June 2022

  • Updates on Nursery Programs
  • County Trainings Aid Statewide Survey & Detection Work
  • In the News
Updates on
Nursery Programs

Nursery Regulatory Program:
As of April 30, 2022, there were 14,100 nursery stock shipments to non-infested areas of the state this year. Origin county inspectors have stopped 21 glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) egg masses and six GWSS nymphs from moving in nursery stock shipments. All nursery shipments have been free of GWSS during destination inspections.

Nursery Stock Approved Treatment Program (ATP):
As of April 30, 2022, there were 4,141 ATP shipments, consisting of 831,690 plants this year. No regulatory actions were taken against any ATP nurseries for viable life stages last year.
County Trainings Aid Statewide Survey
& Detection Work

The Pierce's Disease Control Program (PDCP) provides annual training to people on the front lines stopping the spread of the glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS). This year, PDCP staff trained 432 county agricultural inspectors from 46 counties, providing information on GWSS, PD, other serious agricultural pests, nursery regulations, and detection trapping.

In generally infested counties of Southern California, PDCP trains county staff working in the nursery regulatory program, providing an overview of nursery trapping, inspection procedures, shipping protocols, and certification requirements for moving plants out of infested areas. In the non-infested or partially infested counties of Northern and Central California, the trainings cover nursery information and urban and residential trapping, including trap placement, host selection, and detection methods.