2721) Maldives includes the IPPC in its master plan

Maldives Technical Cooperation ProjectWhen the Republic of the Maldives entered into the process of formulating its Agricultural Master Plan, it …

2722) Tuta absoluta has ravaged 80% of tomato farms in a Nigerian state.

A state of emergency has been declared in the tomato sector in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, local media report. Tuta …

2723) Gridlock over Italy's olive tree deaths starts to ease

A court ruling paves the way for disease-containment measures, but the risk of spread to other regions and nations remains. …

2724) Description of NPPO

The Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Service (PQPS) is the National Plant Protection Organisation (NPPO) of Zambia and contact point for …

2725) First detection of Acalitus vaccinii In South Africa

Acalitus vaccinii in a new pest in South Africa and has the potential to cause high crop damage. It was …

2726) First detection of Acalitus vaccinii in South Africa

Acalitus vaccinii in a new pest in South Africa and has the potential to cause high crop damage. It was …

2727) SPC publishes Biosecurity Manual for Handicrafts

BIOSECURITY MANUAL FOR HANDICRAFTS – Requirements for trade and movement of handicrafts in the Pacific Island Region and beyond” has …

2728) Devastating wheat fungus appears in Asia for first time

Fields are ablaze in Bangladesh, as farmers struggle to contain Asia’s first outbreak of a fungal disease that periodically devastates …

2729) Call for technical resources to support the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Implementation pilot project on surveillance

The IPPC Secretariat issues a call to collect phytosanitary technical resources to advance the IPPC Implementation pilot project on surveillance, …

2730) Detection of Panicum mosaic virus in New South Wales

The virus was probably introduced in vegetative planting material (stolons) of buffalo grass from North America.