1651) Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) - Call for member nominations

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations from national IPPC Official Contact Points and/or Regional Plant Protection …

1652) There is no food security without plant health

World Food Day 2020 calls for global solidarity with the most vulnerable, marking a steppingstone in the path to promote …

1653) Commission / Strategic Planning Group / SPG 2020 - extra

An extra session of the 2020 SPG is being organized on Tuesday 10 November 2020 from 10:00 am to 12:30 …

1654) New IPPC Online Comment System OCS) software purchased!

The IPPC Secretariat is happy to announce that FAO has purchased a software for a new Online Comment System (OCS) …

1655) Bactrocera dorsalis - New IPPC Diagnostic Protocol adopted

DP 29: Bactrocera dorsalis: a) oviposition punctures on mango fruit mark spots where fruit flies lay their eggs. B) example …

1656) The vacancy P3 Agricultural officer has just been posted

The vacancy P3 Agricultural officer has just been posted:

1657) The CPM Bureau Meeting Held around the Annual IPPC Strategic Planning Group SPG) Meeting in Rome

The CPM Bureau held a successful meeting spread over 4 and 7 October 2016 around the annual IPPC Strategic Planning …

1658) First detection of Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) in Torres Strait

Suspect fall armyworm was detected in pest specific traps on the islands of Saibai and Erub in Torres Strait in …

1659) Interception of Angelonia flower break virus (AnFBV) in New South Wales

AnFBV was discovered on aysmptomatic verbena plant material derived from imported tissue culture using a new diagnostic test in December …

1660) Detection of Panicum mosaic virus in New South Wales

The virus was probably introduced in vegetative planting material (stolons) of buffalo grass from North America.