Florida Regulations 5B-63.001: Citrus Health Response Program
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(1) Definitions. For the purpose of this rule, the definitions in Florida Statutes § 581.011, and the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “”Abandoned grove”” means a commercial citrus grove without production, care, or commercial harvesting activities, or has minimal or no production value, or is no longer economically viable as a commercial citrus grove.
(b) “”Abandoned Grove Initiative”” means a program developed to encourage removal of abandoned groves by offering growers property tax abatement as an incentive to remove their abandoned groves.
(c) “”Approved decontaminants”” means products verified as effective by the Department and capable of decontaminating equipment and personnel of citrus black spot, citrus canker, or other organisms of regulatory significance.
(d) “”Approved landfill”” means a facility permitted and designated as Class I by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and designed for the disposal of waste to include citrus plant material that may be infected or contaminated by any organisms of regulatory significance.
(e) “”Asian citrus psyllid”” means the insect known as the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, classified in the order Homoptera, family Psyllidae, and all of its life stages.
(f) “”Budwood facility or citrus nursery”” means a geographically distinct location where citrus nursery stock is produced for wholesale or retail sale, is held for movement to another location or is used within a citrus grove, or where citrus trees are maintained as sources of budwood or seed in order to propagate citrus nursery stock.
(g) “”Caretaker”” means a person or company that has been contracted to provide production and/or management services of a commercial citrus grove.
(h) “”Citrus”” means all plants, plant parts, and plant products, including seed and fruit, of all genera species, and varieties of the Rutaceous subfamilies Aurantiodeae, Rutoideae, and Toddalioidae, unless specifically excluded by the rules of the Department.
(i) “”Citrus black spot”” means a fungal disease of citrus incited by the fungal organism Phyllosticta citricarpa (formally known as Guigardia citricarpa).
(j) “”Citrus canker”” means a bacterial disease of citrus incited by the organism Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (formerly known as Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri), Asian strain and Xanthomonas citri pv. aurantifolii.
(k) “”Citrus culls”” means blemished or otherwise non-marketable fruit.
(l) “”Citrus greening”” means a phloem-limited bacterial disease of citrus and citrus relatives incited by the organism Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, Candidatus Liberibacter americanus, and Candidatus Liberibacter africanus (also known as huanglongbing, yellow dragon disease, or yellow shoot disease).
(m) “”Citrus Health Response Program (CHRP)”” means the successor program to the Citrus Canker Eradication Program, which is used to sustain the citrus industry, to maintain growers’ continued access to export markets, and to safeguard the other citrus producing areas against organisms of regulatory significance.
(n) “”Commercial citrus grove”” means a solid set planting of 40 or more citrus trees, or any citrus planting from which fruit is marketed.
(o) “”Exposed”” means determined by the Department to likely harbor citrus black spot or citrus canker bacteria, but not expressing visible symptoms or determined by the Department to likely harbor citrus greening bacteria or any other organism of regulatory significance because of proximity to infected plants or infected vectors of organisms of regulatory significance.
(p) “”Foundation tree”” means a citrus tree owned and maintained by the Department in accordance with Fl. Admin. Code R. 5B-62.014, to provide a source of budwood to nurseries, primarily for establishing scion and increase trees.
(q) “”Infected”” means citrus trees harboring any organisms of regulatory significance as confirmed by diagnostic tests conducted in laboratories approved by the Department or the USDA.
(r) “”Multi-block”” means a solid set planting of citrus trees that have been surveyed and mapped by the Citrus Health Response Program, is identified by a unique number, and is under compliance per the stipulation outlined in the Grower/Caretaker Compliance Agreement, FDACS-08316, Rev. 04/22.
(s) “”Regulated articles”” means any article capable of transporting or harboring any organisms of regulatory significance.
(t) “”Regulatory significance”” means the same as the term ‘plant pest’ which is defined in Florida Statutes § 581.011(26), as any living stage of any insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, protozoa, or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, fungi, other parasitic plants or their reproductive parts, or viruses, or any organisms similar to or allied with any of the foregoing, including any genetically engineered organisms, or any infectious substances which can directly or indirectly injure or cause disease or damage in any plants or plant parts or any processed, manufactured, or other plant products.
(2) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to manage the impact of organisms of regulatory significance in commercial citrus groves. This rule sets forth regulated articles and regulates the movement of citrus nursery stock from pest-infested areas or those quarantined for citrus black spot.
(3) The following documents are incorporated herein by reference and may be obtained by writing to the Division of Plant Industry, P.O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 or online as indicated.
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(b) “”Abandoned Grove Initiative”” means a program developed to encourage removal of abandoned groves by offering growers property tax abatement as an incentive to remove their abandoned groves.
(c) “”Approved decontaminants”” means products verified as effective by the Department and capable of decontaminating equipment and personnel of citrus black spot, citrus canker, or other organisms of regulatory significance.
(d) “”Approved landfill”” means a facility permitted and designated as Class I by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and designed for the disposal of waste to include citrus plant material that may be infected or contaminated by any organisms of regulatory significance.
(e) “”Asian citrus psyllid”” means the insect known as the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, classified in the order Homoptera, family Psyllidae, and all of its life stages.
(f) “”Budwood facility or citrus nursery”” means a geographically distinct location where citrus nursery stock is produced for wholesale or retail sale, is held for movement to another location or is used within a citrus grove, or where citrus trees are maintained as sources of budwood or seed in order to propagate citrus nursery stock.
(g) “”Caretaker”” means a person or company that has been contracted to provide production and/or management services of a commercial citrus grove.
(h) “”Citrus”” means all plants, plant parts, and plant products, including seed and fruit, of all genera species, and varieties of the Rutaceous subfamilies Aurantiodeae, Rutoideae, and Toddalioidae, unless specifically excluded by the rules of the Department.
(i) “”Citrus black spot”” means a fungal disease of citrus incited by the fungal organism Phyllosticta citricarpa (formally known as Guigardia citricarpa).
(j) “”Citrus canker”” means a bacterial disease of citrus incited by the organism Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (formerly known as Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri), Asian strain and Xanthomonas citri pv. aurantifolii.
(k) “”Citrus culls”” means blemished or otherwise non-marketable fruit.
(l) “”Citrus greening”” means a phloem-limited bacterial disease of citrus and citrus relatives incited by the organism Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, Candidatus Liberibacter americanus, and Candidatus Liberibacter africanus (also known as huanglongbing, yellow dragon disease, or yellow shoot disease).
(m) “”Citrus Health Response Program (CHRP)”” means the successor program to the Citrus Canker Eradication Program, which is used to sustain the citrus industry, to maintain growers’ continued access to export markets, and to safeguard the other citrus producing areas against organisms of regulatory significance.
(n) “”Commercial citrus grove”” means a solid set planting of 40 or more citrus trees, or any citrus planting from which fruit is marketed.
(o) “”Exposed”” means determined by the Department to likely harbor citrus black spot or citrus canker bacteria, but not expressing visible symptoms or determined by the Department to likely harbor citrus greening bacteria or any other organism of regulatory significance because of proximity to infected plants or infected vectors of organisms of regulatory significance.
(p) “”Foundation tree”” means a citrus tree owned and maintained by the Department in accordance with Fl. Admin. Code R. 5B-62.014, to provide a source of budwood to nurseries, primarily for establishing scion and increase trees.
(q) “”Infected”” means citrus trees harboring any organisms of regulatory significance as confirmed by diagnostic tests conducted in laboratories approved by the Department or the USDA.
(r) “”Multi-block”” means a solid set planting of citrus trees that have been surveyed and mapped by the Citrus Health Response Program, is identified by a unique number, and is under compliance per the stipulation outlined in the Grower/Caretaker Compliance Agreement, FDACS-08316, Rev. 04/22.
(s) “”Regulated articles”” means any article capable of transporting or harboring any organisms of regulatory significance.
(t) “”Regulatory significance”” means the same as the term ‘plant pest’ which is defined in Florida Statutes § 581.011(26), as any living stage of any insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, protozoa, or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, fungi, other parasitic plants or their reproductive parts, or viruses, or any organisms similar to or allied with any of the foregoing, including any genetically engineered organisms, or any infectious substances which can directly or indirectly injure or cause disease or damage in any plants or plant parts or any processed, manufactured, or other plant products.
(2) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to manage the impact of organisms of regulatory significance in commercial citrus groves. This rule sets forth regulated articles and regulates the movement of citrus nursery stock from pest-infested areas or those quarantined for citrus black spot.
(3) The following documents are incorporated herein by reference and may be obtained by writing to the Division of Plant Industry, P.O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 or online as indicated.
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