3161) Absence of Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental Fruit Fly) in areas along the Orange River in the Northern Cape province of South Africa

Several Bactrocera dorsalis specimens were detected between Groblershoop and Upington, including Grootdrink, Karos and Keimoes as well as Augrabies and …

3162) IPPC Vacancy Announcement: Call for expressions of interest

Please be informed that the following vacancy announcement has been posted:

3163) Training Workshop on Indigenous Biological Control Agents of the Fall Armyworm

A “Training Workshop on Indigenous Biological Control Agents of the Fall Armyworm: Techniques in field collection, mass rearing and release”, …

3164) SPG 2023

The SPG deadline for registration and submission of papers has been extended to Monday 18 September 2023

3165) Call for phytosanitary treatments

New call for phytosanitary treatments has been issued. The IPPC Secretariat is soliciting submissions for:

3166) LEGISLATION FOR PHYTOSANITARY REQUIREMENTS

The Plant and Fertilizer Act, 2010, (Act 803) provides for Plant Protection, Seeds and Fertilizer Regulations and for related matters. …

3167) Core Activities / Standards & Implementation / Standard setting / Current notification period for DPs / DP Translations

Mechanism to translate Diagnostic Protocols into Languages At CPM-5 (2010), the Secretariat introduced a paper describing how the diagnostic protocols …

3168) IPPC Community / Countries / National Reporting Obligations / The NRO Year of Pest Reporting

In July 2014, during the first meeting of the National Reporting Obligations Advisory Group (NROAG), it was agreed that every …

3169) SC draft ISPMs for CPs & RPPOs

Draft International Standards on Phytosanitary Measures submitted to the Standards Committee meetings have been posted to the IPP restricted work …

3170) First detection of Banana Bunchy Top Virus in South Africa

Banana plants showing symptoms for BBTV were detected by the farmer during routine surveys, in June 2015. The leaf samples …