Pest Prevention

Pest Exclusion

This provides protection to the county by regulatory control through quarantines to prevent the introduction of pests that are not known to exist or are of very limited distribution in the county. Plant material is inspected at the Post Office, United Parcel Service centers, Federal Express centers and the bus depot. Shipments sent to nurseries, landscape planting sites, parks and grain mills are also inspected for pests. To facilitate the shipment of agricultural products out of Sonoma County, phytosanitary certificates are issued for agricultural commodities, which have been inspected for pests and diseases and verified to meet the plant quarantine requirements of the receiving county, state, or country.

General

• CDFA Plant Health & Pest Prevention Services-Pest Exclusion - Including:
  • California Plant Quarantine Manual
  • Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Transport of Privately-Owned House Plants into California from Other States
  • Summary of California State Exterior Quarantine Regulations
  • Agricultural Commodity Identification Aid Manual
    
    
• CDFA Shipping Point Inspection
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS Home Page)
• APHIS Web – Plant Protection and Quarantine
• APHIS Export Information on Solid Wood Packing Material
• APHIS Import Information on Solid Wood Packing Material
• The Foreign Agricultural Service/USDA

Phytosanitary Certificates for Exporting Plant Related Commodities

Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking System (PCIT)

• Sonoma County Agricultural Commissioner Letter Regarding PCIT and New Federal User Fee
• General Information on PCIT from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• PCIT Login
• PCIT Support

Updated October 22, 2009

Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (GWSS)

• Sonoma County Agricultural Commissioner’s 2008 GWSS Program
• CDFA Pierce’s Disease Control Program
• Pierce’s Disease – Xylella fastidiosa

Sudden Oak Death (SOD)

Sudden Oak Death is a fungus-like organism that affects a wide variety of plants such as coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia), redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), rhododendron sp., camellia sp., bay laurel (Umbellularia californica), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), western starflower (Trientalis latifolia), madrone (Arbutus menziesii). Sonoma County is generally infested with the disease, and it is primarily found in the native woodland and rural areas within the county. Our office is responsible for helping to prevent the artificial movement of the disease out of the regulated area. Anyone moving host plant material outside of the regulated area must contact our office to have the plants inspected and certified prior to shipment.

Links

• California Oak Mortality Task Force Home Page
• SOD Monitoring
• Map of Sudden Oak Death Regulated Area
• Approved Soil Labs
• United States Forest Service (USFS) Home Page
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) APHIS Page
• USDA Federal Sudden Oak Death Quarantine
• CDFA Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services

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