Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Notifiable Pests) Order

Belize Agricultural Health Authority [CAP.211 551 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. CHAPTER211 BELIZE AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AUTHORITY (NOTIFIABLE PESTS) ORDER ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Short title. Sugar Cane Froghopper. Smut disease. Moko disease. Wee Wee ants. Citrus Tristeza virus. Pink Mealybug. THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE [ Prin.ted by the Governm.ent Printer, ] No. I Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of the Government of Belize. 35/1979. 14/1981. 42/1983. 95/1995. 111/1999 REVISED EDITION 2003 552 CAP. 211] Belize Agricultural Health Authority 35/1979. 14/.1981. 42/1983. 95/1995. 111/1999. Short title. Sugar Cane Froghopper. CAP.211. Smut disease. CAP.211. Moko disease. 42/1983. CAP.211. Wee Wee ants. 35/1979. CAP.211. Citrus Tristeza virus. 95 of1995. CAP.211. 1. CHAPTER211 BELIZE AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AUTHORITY (NOTIFIABLE PESTS) ORDER [Sections 35, 86 and 88] [7th March, 1981.] This Order may be cited as the BELIZE AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AUTHORITY (NOTIFIABLE PESTS) ORDER. 2. The Sugar Cane Froghopper is hereby declared to be a notifiable pest within the meaning of section 35(a) of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority Act. 3. The smut disease is hereby declared to be a notifiable disease within the meaning of the Belize Agricultural Health Act. 4. The moko disease is hereby declared to be a notifiable disease within the meaning of the Belize Agricultural Health Act. 5. All those species of ants commonly known as Wee Wee ants or parasol ants are hereby declared to be pests within the meaning of the Belize Agricultural HealthAct. 6. ( 1) The citrus tristeza virus in its severe forms is here by declare to be a notifiable disease within the meaning of the Belize Agricultural Health Act. THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE [ Printed by the Government Printer,] No. 1 Power Lane, REVISED EDITION 2003 Belmopan, by the authority of the Government of Belize. Belize Agricultural Health Authority [CAP.211 (2) The symptoms of the severe forms of the citrus tristeza virus are set out in the Schedule hereto. 7. The Pink Mealybug, also known as the Maconellicoccus Hirsutus (Green), is hereby declarec to be a notifiable pest within the meaning of section 35(a) of the Belize Agricultural Health Act. 553 95 of1995. Schedule. Pink Mealybug. CAP.211. THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE [ Prin.ted by the Governm.ent Printer, ] No. I Power Lane, REVISED EDITION 2003 Belmopan, by the authority of the Government of Belize. 554 CAP. 211] Belize Agricultural Health Authority SCHEDULE [Paragraph 6] SYMPTOMS OF SEVERE FORMS OF CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS 1. Decline of citrus plants budded on Sour Oranges or other CTV susceptible rootstocks, resulting in a combination of two or more of the following symptoms: (a) General leaf yellowing, compact short upright branching, die back of twigs, defoliation and heavy crop of small fruits. (b) Slow decline resulting in honeycombing orpinholing or inverse stem pitting on the inner surface of the bark with corresponding pegs (medullaryrays of woods) on the outer surface of sour orange rootstock tnmk. ( c) Pronounced overgrowth of the trunk immediately above the bud union. ( d) Quick decline of the trees associated with phloem necrosis, revealed as a brownish yellow discoloration in the innerbark when the region of the bud union is cut open. 2. Stem pitting of citrus plants budded on to any variety of rootstock resulting in (a) Tree decline associated with stem pits, longitudinal grooves in the wood above and below the bud union giving the trunk a rope like appearance; THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE [ Printed by the Government Printer,] No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of the Government of Belize. REVISED EDITION 2003 Belize Agricultural Health Authority [CAP.211 (b) Production of small, juiceless, plenty fruits; ( c) Vein corking or vein bulging on the upper leaf surface of sweet orange cultivars. 555 THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE [ Prin.ted by the Governm.ent Printer, ] No. I Power Lane, REVISED EDITION 2003 Belmopan, by the authority of the Government of Belize.