781) CPM -16 Establishes A POARS Steering Group, Making Significant Progress On Fighting Pest Outbreaks

Rome, 21 April 2022. Emerging pests and specifically Spodoptera frugiperda (Fall armyworm) and Fusarium TR4 are among the major threats …

782) The IPPC Technical Panel on Commodity Standards (TPCS) first meeting report is now available!

The Technical Panel on Commodity Standards (TPCS) met virtually on 31 May 2022 and the meeting report is now available.

783) Commission / CPM Focus Group and Working Group Reports / CPM Focus Group on Sustainable Funding of the IPPC ePhyto Solution

The Focus Group on Sustainable Funding of the IPPC ePhyto Solution was established by the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-15) …

784) Commission / Standards Committee (SC) / Technical panels (TPs) / Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP)

(Photo: (C) IPPC secretariat. TPDP members, IPPC secretariat and MAFF Japan at the 2024 meeting in Yokohama, Japan)

785) Detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 in Thailand

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (FOC TR 4) poses a significant threat to the global banana industry. …

786) IPPC Diagnostic Protocols author publishes book on plant health challenges and prospects in the next decade

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that María Milagros López González, …

787) Making progress in plant pests diagnostics: the IPPC Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols meets to advance its work in pandemic times.

10 September 2020. Viruses, pests and diseases do not carry passports when moving from one country to another. The current …

788) DP Notification period closed; no objections received

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant-health community that the Diagnostic Protocol (DP) Notification period has closed. The …

789) Call for experts for the Pest Outbreak Alert and Response Systems Steering Group

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations for appropriately qualified experts to become a member of:

790) Commission / CPM Focus Group and Working Group Reports / CPM Focus Group on Sea Containers

Background In 2015, the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) agreed on a five-year hiatus from pursuing the development of a …