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Plants, Pests & Diseases
Tuesday, April 8, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Unsolicited Seed Packages – What to Do »
Several AmericanHort members have reported receiving unsolicited seed packets in the mail, often mislabeled and appearing...
Friday, April 4, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Expanded to Four More Counties »
HARRISBURG - On April 4, 2025, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) expanded the Spotted Lanternfly quarantine...
Thursday, February 20, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
PDA Issues Quarantine for Mushroom Pest Phorid Fly »
KENNETT SQUARE – The Phorid Fly,  Megaselia halterata , has been detected by the Pennsylvania Department of Agricultu...
Monday, September 30, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Game Commission Outlines Deer Control Programs »
HARRISBURG – Deer depredation has been a perennial problem for nurseries across the Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Game Co...
Saturday, September 7, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Boxwood Tree Moth Found in Erie; Quarantine Imposed »
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) announced that it found Box Tree Moth (BTM) in two cemeteries in Erie Cou...
Wednesday, July 10, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
PDA Issues Quarantine Order on Box Tree Moth »
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) on July 12, 2024 issued a quarantine order regarding the box...
Monday, June 17, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Beech Leaf Disease Endemic in Pennsylvania »
HARRSIBURG – In a meeting with key plant disease officials at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, PLNA board membe...
Monday, June 17, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Vascular Stem Disease at Pennsylvania’s Doorstep »
HARRISBURG - Vascular Stem Disease (also known as vascular wilt and vascular streak dieback) is present in nursery stock i...
Monday, January 29, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
PDA Begins Surveying Incoming Plants for Thrips parvispinus »
HARRISBURG – Dana D. Rhodes, the Pa. Department of Agriculture (PDA) Plant Protection Division Chief and State Plant...
Thursday, July 20, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
PDA Expresses Concern About Box Tree Moth »
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) has expressed concern over the box tree moth (BTM), which infests boxwood...
Friday, February 24, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Area Expands by 6 Counties »
HARRISBURG - On February 25, 2023, the   Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) expanded the Spotted Lanternfl...
Thursday, April 7, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
PDA Approves Barberry Cultivars for Sale »
Harrisburg - The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) has approved four sterile Berberis thunbergii  cultiva...
Monday, March 7, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
Be on the Lookout for Spotted Lanternfly Egg Masses this Spring! »
Harrisburg – As the spring shipping season for plants gains speed, it’s important that all sectors of the green industry –...
Monday, March 7, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
PDA to Consider Banning Three Plant Species »
Harrisburg – Three plants will be considered for listing as a Pennsylvania noxious weed at April’s meeting of the Departme...
Friday, January 7, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
PDA to Consider Bans on Three Plants »
The Department of Agriculture (Department) announces a virtual public meeting of the Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Com...
Monday, December 27, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
PDA Posts Information on Callery Pear Ban »
Harrisburg – in November 2021, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's (PDA) Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Commit...
Monday, December 13, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
PDA Bans Callery Pear with Two-Year Ban Phase-in and Sterile Cultivar Exceptions »
Harrisburg – The Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee (CPNWC) of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) o...
Monday, November 15, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
PDA Outlines Enforcement Process for Barberry Ban and Sterile Cultivar Exceptions »
Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) has released its process for implementing enforcement of the...
Sunday, November 7, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Green Industry Awaits PDA Guidance on Barberry Ban »
Harrisburg – At its July 15 meeting the Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee (CPN...
Sunday, November 7, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Noxious Weed Action on Callery Pear Deferred Due to Notice Snafu »
Harrisburg – Anticipated action of the Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee (CPNW...
Friday, September 3, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Expect Turf Grass Seed Shortages, Price Increases »
Harrisburg – A combination of consumer demand and extreme temperatures in key U.S. cool season turf grass seed producing r...
Monday, August 23, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Boxwood Pest on the Move »
Washington, D.C. - AmericanHort has received unofficial word of the detection of boxwood tree moth ( Cydalima perspectalis...
Monday, August 23, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Are You Ready for Spotted Lanternfly Record Inspections? »
Harrisburg – If you do business in a spotted lanternfly (SLF) quarantine area, your business must have a spotted lanternfl...
Friday, July 23, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
PDA Panel Votes to Ban Barberry with Two Year Enforcement Grace Period »
HARRISBURG – On July 15, 2021, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee (C...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
Callery Pear and Barberry Ban to Be Considered by Ag Department »
HARRISBURG – At its July 15 1:00 pm meeting the Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Commit...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
New Pest from Eurasia Attacks Boxwoods »
Near the end of May, AmericanHort learned that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) had confirmed the presence...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020   (1 Comment - view/add)
CPNWC Bans Six Plants »
HARRISBURG – The Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee (CPNWC) of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) b...
Friday, September 25, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
New Invasive Plant Found in Berks County »
Berks County, PA - The Pennsylvania iMapInvasives program received information in July 2020 regarding a finding of&nb...
Wednesday, September 9, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Back to School with Plants »
The National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH) has produced the shareable infographic, #PlantsDoThat Insid...
Thursday, March 19, 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
PLNA Member SLF Survey Shows Nurseries Hardest Hit »
ANNVILLE – In late February PLNA sent a survey to all members within the spotted lanternfly (SLF) quarantine area, then li...
Thursday, August 27, 2015   (0 Comments - view/add)
PLNA Pushes for Plan to Keep Blight from Spreading Through Compost »
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) has alerted PLNA that new cases of boxwood blight have been...

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