4371) Retraction of identification of Silver Y Moth, Autographa gamma, in Pennsylvania, United States

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

4372) Postponement of the Expert Meeting on Resource Mobilization

The IPPC Secretariat has postponed the Expert Meeting on Resource Mobilization from 27th September to 1st of October after consultation …

4373) COPE to respond to phytosanitary needs in Eastern Africa

Group photo - COPE Project Management Committee

4374) New Zealand supports working group on Minimizing pest movement by sea containers

Loading sea containersA donation of USD 50,000 from New Zealand's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) will finance an expert …

4375) The IPPC joins forces with other Secretariats to address invasive alien species

Yukio Yokoi (IPPC Secretary) & Bernard Vallat (OIE Director General)Mr. Yukio Yokoi, the Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention, …

4376) First report of Fusarium udum

This is the first reported presence of this pathogen in Barbados and was confirmed by CABI on April 16, 2010.

4377) Update on branched broomrape in South Australia - move to offical control

Branched broomrape is a parasitic weed of a wide range of broadleaf crops internationally. Broomrapes are root parasites that extract …

4378) Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA) in Queensland, Australia

The RIFA eradication program is continuing. It uses a low-toxic bait treatment consisting of coarsely-ground corn soaked in soybean oil …

4379) Update on white striped fruit fly, Bactrocera albistrigata: Eradicated from the United States

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

4380) Spodoptera litura

The outbreak is in a glasshouse at a nursery site in the South of England in a growing and finished …