InstantForum.NET v4.1.4Bonsai Garden Forumshttp://forums.bonsaigarden.net/forums@instantasp.co.ukTue, 06 Jan 2009 15:21:17 GMT20http://forums.bonsaigarden.net/Topic199-9-1.aspx<B><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am sorry to inform you that Fuchsia gall mite</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>(<I>Aculops fuchsiae)</I></FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>has this week been diagnosed in southern England. </FONT></B></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fuchsia plants in private gardens were found to be infected. One of the findings was on plants grown from cuttings brought back home from a holiday in France. This pest is covered by plant health legislation (EC Plant Health Directive 2000/29) which makes clear that this organism is banned on plants of Fuchsia intended for planting, other than seeds.</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are contacting trade associations about this finding and will be visiting commercial premises in the areas affected. Meanwhile I would suggest that you look at the information on our website at</FONT><FONT face=Arial> </FONT><A title=blocked::http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/fuchsia.pdf href="http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/fuchsia.pdf"><U title=blocked::http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/fuchsia.pdf><FONT title=blocked::http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/fuchsia.pdf face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestnote/fuchsia.pdf</FONT></U></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT> </P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please advise your local Plant Health Inspector of any suspect findings. See </FONT><A title=blocked::http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/offices.pdf href="http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/offices.pdf"><U title=blocked::http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/offices.pdf><FONT title=blocked::http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/offices.pdf face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/offices.pdf</FONT></U></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>You may also be interested to see the information about this pest on </FONT><A title=blocked::http://www.eurofuchsia.org/ href="http://www.eurofuchsia.org/"><U title=blocked::http://www.eurofuchsia.org/><FONT title=blocked::http://www.eurofuchsia.org/ face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.eurofuchsia.org</FONT></U></A> </P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thank you in anticipation of your help in this matter.</FONT> </P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yours etc</FONT> </P><P><FONT face="@Arial unicode ms" size=2>Graham Clift</FONT> <BR><FONT face="@Arial unicode ms" size=2>Plant Health and Seed Inspector</FONT> <BR><FONT face="@Arial unicode ms" size=2>DEFRA</FONT> <BR>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:31:03 GMTKath