661) Lessons learned and outlooks from the IPPC Secretariat annual meeting

Rome, 28 January 2021. Despite the undeniable difficulties and changes it posed, the strike of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 …

662) IPPC Secretariat participated in high-level webinar on biodiversity

Rome, 3 July 2020 - The Permanent Representation of Italy to UN Agencies in Rome, FAO and The Alliance of …

663) IPPC publishes new guide on wood packaging material

Rome, 3 May 2023. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has published the new Guide to Regulation of Wood Packaging …

664) Modified atmosphere storage does not reduce the efficacy of phytosanitary irradiation treatments for Tephritidae fruit flies

Figure 1: Ms. Olga Barrera, Mr. Luis Caravantes, and Mr. Alexandre Araujo dissecting irradiated mangoes for phytosanitary research. © IAEA

665) Pest Reports from 2016 onwards

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

666) 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.

667) 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 …

668) Scirrhia pini on Pinus sp. in public green, first detection in the Netherlands

At the beginning of November 2007 Scirrhia pini Funk and Parker (also known as Mycosphaerella pini) was detected in public …

669) 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 …

670) 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. …