3031) Second finding of Dryocosmus kuriphilus in Castanea sativa in public and private green in the border area with Germany (municipality Aalten)

This report concerns the second official finding of Dryocosmus kuriphilus in the Netherlands, whereby the morphological identity was confirmed on …

3032) The IPPC climate change and food security

14 July 2015. The IPPC Coordinator, Craig Fedchock, delivered the keynote speech at the Milan Expo conference on Climate change …

3033) The revised Surveillance guide has been published!

The Surveillance guide (2nd edition): A guide to understand the principal requirements of surveillance programmes for national plant protection organizations …

3034) Registration is open for the Joint STDF/IPPC Outreach Event on the Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) Facilitators!

The Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) is a management tool designed to help a country to identify both strengths and gaps …

3035) Don't miss the IPPC ePhyto industry workshop series

The IPPC Secretariat and the ePhyto Solution Industry Advisory Group (IAG) have been hosting a number of ePhyto Virtual Workshops …

3036) Clarification on issues of implementation of IPPC standards

In recent correspondence between the IPPC Secretary, Mr. Yukio Yokoi, and the Secretary General of the International Organization for Standardization …

3037) Absence of black parlatoria scale from Australia

The black parlatoria scale, Parlatoria ziziphi, is considered to be absent from Australia although there are previous reports of its …

3038) Invasive ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, in Far North Queensland

The invasive electric ant pest, Wasmannia auropunctata, was first discovered near Cairns in 2006. Other detections have been made to …

3039) Detection of a new pathotype of Elsinoe australis causing black scab of jojoba in New South Wales and Queensland

In 2005, a black scab of jojoba was seen in jojoba plantations in New South Wales and Queensland. Black scab …

3040) Confirmation of chestnut blight in north-east Victoria

Infected properties have been quarantined and north-east Victoria is a declared quarantine zone to restrict the movement of chestnut planting …