2261) Registration for the IPPC International Symposium for Pest Free Areas and Surveillance and a Call for Abstracts are now open

The IPPC International Symposium for Pest Free Areas (PFAs) and Surveillance is to be held in Shizuoka, Japan between 28 …

2262) Thrips setosus (Japanese flower thrips) established on plants for planting of Hydrangea - open conditions - professional growers

This update report is a follow-up of an earlier report of October 2014 concerning the first finding of this thrips …

2263) Second finding of Dryocosmus kuriphilus in Castanea sativa in public and private green in the border area with Germany (municipality Aalten)

This report concerns the second official finding of Dryocosmus kuriphilus in the Netherlands, whereby the morphological identity was confirmed on …

2264) G20 Ministers of Agriculture reaffirm importance of Plant Health in Niigata Japan

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2265) Absence of Tomato ringspot virus from Australia

There were two detections of Tomato ringspot nepovirus (ToRSV) in the 1980s from South Australia from a single plant of …

2266) Absence of black parlatoria scale from Australia

The black parlatoria scale, Parlatoria ziziphi, is considered to be absent from Australia although there are previous reports of its …

2267) Detection of Entyloma ageratinae on mistflower in Queensland

Mistflower is an introduced weed in south east Queensland, but is not under official control. It is a locally controlled …

2268) Detection of Hemileia wrightiae in the Northern Territory

The fungus has previously been found in Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, China and India. The fungus has apparently been present in …

2269) 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.

2270) Update on Myrtle Rust in Australia

Myrtle rust was first detected in Australia on the Central Coast of New South Wales in April 2010. Observations on …