491) Now open: 2024 IPPC consultation period for draft diagnostic protocols only

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that the additional consultation period on the draft diagnostic …

492) CALL FOR EXPERTS – To develop an IPPC guide on risk-based import inspection

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting:

493) Latin American Region successfully concluded its 2022 IPPC Regional Workshop

Rome, 21 October 2022. The 2022 IPPC Regional Workshop (RW) for Latin America was conducted from August 29 to September …

494) BLOG: Plant health standards and the safe delivery of food and humanitarian aid

By Leisongi Bulesulu and Sophie Peterson

495) First outbreak of Potato spindle tuber viroid on seedless Capsicum annuum plants for planting, without specific symptoms, in four professional greenhouses.

This report concerns the first official finding of PSTVd in the Netherlands on plants for planting of seedless Capsicum annuum …

496) Thrips setosus (Japanese flower thrips) established on plants for planting of Hydrangea - open conditions - professional growers

This update report is a follow-up of an earlier report of October 2014 concerning the first finding of this thrips …

497) CPM-15 adoption of ISPMs – no objections received by the IPPC Secretariat

Following the IPPC procedures, the deadline for objections to the draft ISPMs to be presented for adoption at CPM-15 (2021) …

498) International Plant Health Conference

International Plant Health Conference

499) Alerta fitosanitaria de Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al.

According to the official surveillance activities of Xylella fastidiosa carried out by the ICA in Colombia, on February 12, 2025, …

500) Uganda to undertake a Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation to boost agricultural trade

Kampala, 6 May 2024 – The Government of Uganda has embarked on a six month-long process of conducting a Phytosanitary …