"The United States imports billions of plants and cuttings each year - overwhelming inspectors and leading to rising numbers of pests entering the country. The nursery industry faces huge costs both to control the pests and in loss of sales and other, interruptions."
Jerry Lee,
Human Resource
& Environmental Services Manager,
Monrovia nursery
Public Concern About Invasive Tree Killing Insects and Diseases Remains Strong
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Quotes about invasive foreign pests
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Trees, plants and shrubs imported into the United States can have harmful hitchhikers, such as beetles buried in the wood of a sapling, or tiny mites on the leaves of a flowering plant. Find out more about the pests that kill trees in our parks and neighborhoods, choke farmland, and devastate forests.
"The nursery industry faces huge costs both to control the pests and in loss of sales and other interruptions," says Jerry Lee of the nationwide Monrovia Nursery. We can stand together against the threat these invasive foreign pests pose to nature and the economy. Learn how you can help and join Plant Smart in support of stronger regulations to protect your trees.