4121) IPPC Participates in Brainstorming sessions with the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation SASEC)

On 24-25 of November in Bangkok, Thailand, the IPPC Secretariat participated in the Brainstorming Meeting on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Priorities …

4122) Rhagoletis cerasi (European Cherry Fruit Fly): APHIS Expands the Quarantine to include all of Monroe and Wayne Counties, New York

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

4123) IPPC and Bangladesh join forces to advance plant health cooperation

Rome, 30 April 2019. The IPPC Secretariat met at FAO headquarters with ten delegates from the Ministry of Agriculture of …

4124) Status Report of Potato Wart Disease in imported potatoes into Singapore from 2008 - 2012

Synchytrium endobioticum (Potato Wart Disease- PWD), is listed as a Quarantine Pest under the First Schedule in the Control of …

4125) Current status of plant Import Risk Analyses

The website below provides an overview of the current status of plant risk analysis being conducted by the Plant Sciences …

4126) Detection of a new pathotype of Elsinoe australis causing black scab of jojoba in New South Wales and Queensland

In 2005, a black scab of jojoba was seen in jojoba plantations in New South Wales and Queensland. Black scab …

4127) Limnocharis flava in northern Queensland

Limnocharis is a perennial, anchored, climp-forming aquatic herb that grows over a meter in height. The pale green leaves occur …

4128) New Hebrides Coconut mite (Colomerus novahebridensis) present in Darwin, Northern Territory

The Northern Territory reported that the mite (Colomerus novahebridensis Kiefer) was detected in the Darwin Botanic Gardens on 19 May …

4129) South American Leaf Blight (SALB)

Singapore is a signatory of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) Agreement on South American Leaf Blight (SALB) …

4130) Appointment of new Director General, Plant Health

With effect from 1 Apr 2019, Dr Leong Chee Chiew is the Director-General, Plant Health under the National Parks Board. …