4341) Extended Deadline on the Call for Phytosanitary Technical Resources (in any languages) directed to RPPOs and NPPOs.

NPPOs in developing countries often lack the technical capacity to carry out their functions effectively and to implement their obligations …

4342) Call for poster presentations and side events for the 7th meeting of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures

Contracting parties, governments, United Nations agencies, inter-governmental, nongovernmental, regional and international organizations are invited to present a poster, hold an …

4343) Emergency quarantine measures for plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

The link below provides information regarding the emergency measures taken by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment in …

4344) 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 …

4345) Detection and eradication of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae Annand) in Etobicoke, Ontario

4346) Schizotetranychus baltazari in northern Australia

This species has been known mainly from a wide range of the Southeast and Southwest Asia countries. The spider mite …

4347) Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly) eradicated from California

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

4348) 2012 Member Consultation on draft ISPMs

The IPPC 2012 Member Consultation on draft ISPMs has started. The consultation period ends on 20 October 2012 and the …

4349) The EU: a Corner Stone of IPPC Resource Mobilization Activities

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4350) Detection of a single male Queensland fruit fly (in a New Zealand surveillance trap)

A single male Queensland fruit fly was detected in a surveillance trap in a residential suburb of Auckland city, NZ. …