4341) Description and structure of NPPO of Latvia

State Plant Protection Service of Latvia The Service performs official control and surveillance in the field of free movement of …

4342) Phytosanitary import requirements for Latvia

Latvia is a member state of the European Union. As such it is required to implement the plant health legislation …

4343) Actualización de la vigilancia de Lobesia botrana

Vigilancia mediante el uso de trampas de feromona sexual y prospecciones visuales; Control mediante el uso de plaguicidas aprobados, aplicados …

4344) Discovery of Lime Swallow Tail Butterfly - Papilio demoleus

The pest was identified in October of 2006. A protocol to eradicate the pest in infested Nurseries was developed and …

4345) FALL ARMYWORM (FAW)

The Republic of Ghana has been host to the Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) during the latter part of 2016 in …

4346) The NRO Newsletter: NROs UPDATE

Since October 2014 the IPPC Secretariat has been distributing a monthly newsletter on National Reporting Obligations called the NROs UPDATE. …

4347) Entry Points

Biosecurity Act 2008 Section 10 -13 Biosecurity points of entry and departure for the movement of regulated articles (a) any …

4348) Description of the NPPO

The Biosecurity Service (formerly Quarantine Service) came into being as of 1 January 2009, as a result of the Biosecurity …

4349) First Report of Black Sigatoka Disease (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) from Trinidad

Black Sigatoka Disease was first discovered in Trinidad in November 2003. Full report in the journal Plant Pathology 54, 246 …

4350) Use of the PCE as a tool to improve plant biosecurity in the Pacific region

Taro root beetle (Papuana woodlarkiana) - photo by Amy Carmichael Queensland University of TechnologyThe Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) tool was …