3001) UPDATE pest report June 2016 Identity confirmed: Hemitarsonemus ganeo (fern mite) instead of Hemitarsonemus tepidariorum (pest report March) Wider distribution on ferns outdoors (Polypodium vulgare, Dryopteris carthusiana, Dryopteris filix-mas, and Athyrium filix-femina). Single detection on plants for planting of Platycerium alcicorne (fern plants) in a production greenhouse.

The identity of Hemitarsonemus ganeo could be confirmed on plants for planting of (fern plants) in a production greenhouse, which …

3002) Confirmation of eradication of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) in breeding material of Solanum tuberosum (potato) – no links with commercial cultivars of potato.

Full eradication of PSTVd in breeding material of potato is confirmed ollowing two years of compulsory testing of all breeding …

3003) About / Core Activities / Standard setting / Approved specifications / Approved specifications for adopted ISPMs

Approved specifications for adopted ISPMs are posted below.

3004) 2011 Guide to implementation of phytosanitary standards in forestry

On November 11, 2011, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published the Guide to implementation of phytosanitary standards in …

3005) First finding of Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi

Official laboratory of Agricultural Institute of Slovenia confirmed a new harmful organism Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi (sin. Gnomoniopsis castaneae; Ascomycota:Fungi) on sweet …

3006) About / Core Activities / Standard setting / Topics list & Call / Current List of topics for IPPC standards

3007) Call for side sessions for the International Plant Health Conference (IPHC) is now open!

Did you see? The IPPC Secretariat and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of the United Kingdom …

3008) Mozambique new Import permit and Phytosanitary certificate

As a way to give a new look and more security to the certificates and licenses issued in Mozambique, the …

3009) European Commission TRACES Welcomed to the IPPC ePhyto Solution

Brussels, 12 May 2020. The European Commission (EC) announced today that the TRACES system, maintained as the single contact point …

3010) Devastating wheat fungus appears in Asia for first time

Fields are ablaze in Bangladesh, as farmers struggle to contain Asia’s first outbreak of a fungal disease that periodically devastates …