3371) Call for topics 2013

**The 2013 call for topics starts on 20 May and ends on 31 August.** The IPPC Secretariat makes a call …

3372) Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens): Regulated area established in Willacy County, Texas

For full report, please visit the NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System (www.pestalert.org).

3373) Afghanistan: the 179th contracting party to the IPPC

Welcome to Afghanistan as the 179th contracting party to the IPPC. This is an important milestone for the country due …

3374) Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) eradicated from the Rancho Cucamonga area of San Bernardino County, California

For full report, please visit the NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System (www.pestalert.org).

3375) New pest of Maize: Maize lethal necrosis in Uganda

Maize lethal necrosis (MLN) is casued by co-infection of maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV genus; Machlorovirus transmitted by Chrysomelid beettle …

3376) Zimbabwe: the 178th contracting party to the IPPC

Welcome to Zimbabwe as the 178th contracting party to the IPPC. This is an important milestone for the country due …

3377) Chalara fraxinea is present in Denmark

Symptoms of what has later been identified as C. fraxineas was observed sporadically in Danish forest around 2003. Since then …

3378) Synchytrium endobioticum absent in Denmark

The last outbreak of Synchytrium endobioticum was eradicated in Denmark in 1989. Since then Synchytrium endobioticum has never been found …

3379) Phthorimaea operculella absent in Denmark

A very few individuals of Phthorimaea operculella have on occation been caught in lighttraps in Denmark, related to imports of …

3380) Liriomyza trifolii

The Danish NPPO carry out official plant health inspections with all producers of plants for planting. The last outbreak of …