Evaluating Exposure to HLB

As the number of known positive trees increases, the number of trees that must be sampled increases geometrically. An alternative tactic would be to make use of the wording in the agriculture code that allows for the mandatory removal of plants "exposed" to a quarantine pathogen or pest. Such trees could be removed without the need for testing. The issue, then, is to define a radius around a known positive that constitutes the "exposed" area.
An executive summary detailing this project's findings was released November 7, 2018.
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