461) Uzbekistan President commends NPPO progress to boost better plant protection

Tashkent, 26 March 2024. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of the Republic of Uzbekistan praised the Agency for Quarantine and Plant Protection …

462) Chile and Argentina: IPPC beefs up support to better manage pest risks associated with sea containers

Rome, 17 September 2024. In light of increasing pest risks associated with the movement of sea containers in international trade, …

463) 2024 IPPC consultation period is now open

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that the 2024 consultation period starts today, 1 July …

464) Spotlight: Francisco Gutierrez from the Belize Agricultural Health Authority speaks about the importance of IPPC’s guides and training materials

As a spotlight feature for this month, we speak to Francisco Gutierrez, Technical Director of the Plant Health Department of …

465) Detección de Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum - 2024

Detección de la bacteria Ca.Liberibacter solanacearum (CaLso) en el cultivo de papa en distrito de Huancabamba, provincia de Huancabamba, departamento …

466) Anastrepha ludens (Mexican Fruit Fly): APHIS Amends Quarantine Areas in Texas (OPR-42)

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

467) Detection of Eutetranychus africanus in New Caledonia

Eutetranychus africanus was first detected in New Caledonia in January 2025 on fig tree (Ficus carica) leaf samples collected showing …

468) 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 …

469) Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) on Solanum jasminoides and Brugmansia spp. ornamental plants.

This report concerns new findings of PSTVd on several companies growing ornamental plants of Solanaceae in the Netherlands. The PSTVd …

470) NEW IPPC e-learning course: Achieving market access for plants and plant products

Is your country working to expand trade in plants and plant products? The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce the …