1841) Plant Health and Capacity Development: A special topic session at CPM-14

The CPM-14 special topic session on plant health and capacity development. © FAO

1842) Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) in New South Wales (NSW)

In January 2018, INSV was detected in lettuce crops at a farm in Elderslie, in the state of NSW. A …

1843) Detection of Heterobostrychus aequalis (lesser auger beetle) in Cairns, Far North Queensland

Heterobostrychus aequalis is intercepted each year in imported timber (e.g. furniture, dunnage). Heterobostrychus aequalis appears to have failed to establish …

1844) Registration is open for SPS Committee’s side event on safe trade

Interested users can now register to the webinar “Promoting safe trade during the International Year of Plant Health”!

1845) The 2017 IPPC Regional Workshop for the South-West Pacific held in Fij

The 2017 IPPC Regional Workshop for the South-West Pacific was held in Nadi, Fiji from 7th to 9th August 2017. …

1846) Potato brown rot outbreak

Following notification from the Netherlands authorities about clonal links to the seed potatoes, a crop of ware potatoes in Cornwall …

1847) Eradication of Florida passion flower virus

The first finding of Florida passion flower virus has been made at a Passiflora propagator. The plants were in polytunnels …

1848) Be ready for the 2018 IPPC Regional Workshops!

The IPPC Secretariat started the process of coordinating the organization of the 2018 IPPC Regional Workshops since January. This year …

1849) Recording of CPM-15 sessions (16-18 March) available!

The recording of CPM-15 sessions (16 and 18 March) are available on the FAO webcast channel:

1850) The IPPC Implementation and Capacity Development Committee sets its house in order

The 2nd meeting of the IPPC Implementation Capacity and Development Committee (IC) was held between 21 and 25 May 2018 …