1911) Inter-Agency Liaison Group on Invasive Alien Species

The IPPC Secretariat and FAO recently hosted the Inter Agency Liaison Group on Invasive Alien Species (IALG-IAS) at FAO Headquarters …

1912) Detection of Bactericera cockerelli (Tomato-potato psyllid) in Western Australia

Eradication of B. cockerelli from Western Australia is not considered technically feasible and will transition to a management phase, limiting …

1913) Expert working group maintains momentum for phytosanitary capacity development

Group phot of the EWG As agreed at the 5th Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, an expert working …

1914) First finding of Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi

Official laboratory of Agricultural Institute of Slovenia confirmed a new harmful organism Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi (sin. Gnomoniopsis castaneae; Ascomycota:Fungi) on sweet …

1915) IPPC Regional Workshop for Eastern Europe and Central Asia 2015

The 2015 IPPC Regional Workshop for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia organized by the FAO Regional Office for …

1916) Welcome to the Republic of the Gambia as the 183rd Contracting Party to the IPPC

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to officially announce that the Republic of the Gambia became the 183rd Contracting Party to …

1917) WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Activities for 2022

The WTO Secretariat will organize a number of specific technical assistance activities on the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary …

1918) CPM 16 Part 3 of the report is available

The CPM-16 convened its final session on 21 April 2022and the following agenda items were concluded:

1919) 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 …

1920) Spodoptera frugiperda (Fall armyworm)

Pest initially collected as an egg mass in the Bay of Plenty and identified as FAW by the Plant Health …