571) Deadline extended: Call for IPPC diagnostic protocol authors

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat has extended to 17 May 2024, the deadline for the call for IPPC …

572) IPPC Secretary, CPM Chair reflect on key progress towards IPPC’s mission

Rome, 28 March 2023. As the seventeenth session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-17) opened yesterday, the Secretary of …

573) Call for phytosanitary technical resources on Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (TR4)

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is calling for:

574) Blog: Why plant health matters in the One Health approach

By Osama El-Lissy, IPPC Secretary

575) Description of the NPPO

The Tanzanian Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Services (PQPS) is part of the Plant Health Services (PHS) under the Ministry of …

576) Pest Reports from 2016 onwards

The Dutch NPPO reports new pests through their website. See https://english.nvwa.nl/topics/pest-reporting/pest-reports

577) Update: Ralstonia solanacearum, (race 1): Confirmation of eradication in ornamental Curcuma plants

Completion of a specific surveillance amongst Curcuma growers confirmed eradication for this crop.

578) Finding of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) in breeding material of Solanum tuberosum (potato) – no links with commercial cultivars of potato.

Finding of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) in breeding material of Solanum tuberosum (potato) – no links with commercial cultivars …

579) Finding of Helicoverpa armigera Hübner on Phaseolus vulgaris (outdoors)

One caterpillar (L3 stage) of H. armigera was detected during a regular survey by the Dutch Plant Protection Service. No …

580) Phytophthora ramorum on Fagus sylvatica in the Netherlands

During routine surveillance, samples were taken from bleeding cankers of two beech trees on 7 and 8 June 2006. P. …