381) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly): APHIS Expands the Santa Clara Quarantine in California (OPR-46)

For full report, please visit the NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System (https://www.pestalerts.org).

382) Anastrepha ludens (Mexican Fruit Fly): APHIS Removes Quarantine in Texas (OPR-44)

For full report, please visit the NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System (https://www.pestalerts.org).

383) EUPHRESCO video contest on plant health 2025 now open

EUPHRESCO III network and partners are pleased to launch the fourth edition of the video contest ‘Plant Health TV - …

384) Work Area / CPM Focus Groups / CPM Focus Group on Safe Provision of Food and Other Humanitarian Aid / 2025-11 Virtual Meeting FGSA

2025 NOVEMBER VIRTUAL MEETING OF THE CPM FOCUS GROUP ON ON SAFE PROVISION OF FOOD AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN AID

385) IPPC Observatory re-launches survey on Antimicrobial Use (AMU)

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to invite IPPC official contact points (OCPs) to complete the IPPC …

386) Pomovirus solani (Potato mop-top virus, PMTV) Present: not widely distributed and under official control

Pomovirus solani (Potato mop-top virus, PMTV) was detected in Tasmania, Australia in 2025. PMTV is not present in mainland Australia.

387) IPPC Pest Alert – First Detection of Clavibacter nebraskensis outside North America

On March 3, 2025, the IPPC Secretariat issued a new Pest Alert following the first confirmed detection of Clavibacter nebraskensis …

388) Entry Points

The Department of Plant Protection (DPP) regulates the country’s international trade of agro-commodities through its Plant Quarantines Offices/ Outposts established …

389) 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 …

390) Technical panel reviewed diagnostic protocols and additions to work programme

Paris, 21 December 2023. The Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP) met at the headquarters of the European and Mediterranean …