2651) Minimizing the impact of plant pests - a global surveillance system for crop diseases

Originally native to the Americas, since 2016 the Fall Armyworm, a destructive pest, has rapidly spread into Africa, the Near …

2652) The report of the 2019 meeting of the Standards Committee Working group SC-7) is now posted!

The 2019 meeting of the Standards Committee Working group (SC-7) was held from 13 to 17 May 2019 in Rome, …

2653) Notification on the detection of Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental Fruit Fly) in Grabouw, in the Southern Part of the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Three Bactrocera dorsalis specimens were detected in the affected area between the first and the third week of April, 2019.

2654) IPPC Secretariat Participates in Tenth Meeting of the Biodiversity Liaison Group

IPPC Secretary, Jingyuan Xia, and IPPC Coordinator, Craig Fedchock, were active participants in the tenth meeting of the Biodiversity Liaison …

2655) 11 submissions received in answer to the 2015 Call for topics for the IPPC standard setting programme

The 2015 Call for topics for the IPPC standard setting programme closed on 14 August 2015.

2656) IYPH 2020 Seminar Presentation Now Online

As previously announced Mr. Ralf Lopian presented a lecture on the proposed International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) for the …

2657) Comments on Proposed draft CPM Recommendation on the importance of pest diagnosis for comments to be submitted through OCS

In accordance with the Process for developing and adopting CPM Recommendations as revised by CPM-10 (2015), the IPPC Secretariat has …

2658) Ralstonia solanacearum bv2, race 3 in New Caledonia

Ralstonia solanacearum seed contamination was suspected on cutted seeds before sowing. The identification was confirmed mid-June 2015 by ANSES official …

2659) Conditions to import Ware Potato

Importation of ware potato is subjected to phytosanitary and standards conditions

2660) 2015 TPDP meeting report posted!

The Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP) met in Shanghai, China, organized by the IPPC Secretariat and hosted by the …