3411) New hosts for Phoma herbarum in Western Australia

This is the first report of P. herbarum on Pisum sativum and Bituminaria bituminosa in Australia. Phoma herbarum has been …

3412) IPPC Celebrates its 60th Anniversary

The International Plant Protection Convention at 60 years: increasingly essential as pest risk increases due to globalization.

3413) 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 …

3414) Implementation Review and Support System IRSS) ISPM-6: Guidelines for Surveillance

Dear IPPC Contact Points,

3415) Reminder to register for the Open-ended IPPC workshop on the International Movement of Grain

Dear IPPC contact point,

3416) First report of the East African cassava mosaic virus-Uganda (EACMV-UG) infecting cassava (Manihot esculenta) in Cameroon.

surveys were conducted for EACMV-Uganda (EACMV-UG), a recombinant virus responsible for severe CMD epidemics in East and Central Africa,which occurs …

3417) First Report of Croton Scale (Phalacrococcus howertoni Hodges & Hodgson sp. nov.)

First record of this pest in Barbados. Identified July 2011 by Dr. Greg Hodges of Florida Department of Agriculture and …

3418) Draft ISPMs available for NPPO and RPPO review for the 2011 November Standards Committee Meeting

The IPPC Secretariat has posted two draft ISPMs for review at the 2011 November Standards Committee (SC) meeting: 2004-022 Draft …

3419) Detection of the Asian strain of bacterial canker of kiwifruit in Victoria, Australia

Data is lacking on the epidemiology of the disease. It has been observed that the pathogen is active between 10-20 …

3420) Absence of Anoplophora glabripennis in Denmark

Anoplopgora glabripennis has been under continued official surveillance since 2007. Two interceptions in 2008 with the finding of a single …