3171) Detection of Euwallacea fornicatus (Shot hole borer) in South Africa

The polyphagous shot hole borer (Euwallacea nr. fornicatus) which is a tiny beetle and its fungal symbiont (Fusarium euwallaceae) were …

3172) Prevention, preparedness and response guidelines for Spodoptera frugiperda now available in Russian!

The Prevention, preparedness and response guidelines for Spodoptera frugiperda are now available in Russian. You can download these guidelines here: …

3173) The Report of the 2017 September Expert Working Group Meeting on Revision of ISPM 8 Determination of Pest Status in an Area) is now posted!

The report of the Expert Working Group Meeting on Revision of ISPM 8 (Determination of Pest Status in an Area), …

3174) Call for papers - AGROSYM 2018

A call for papers for the IX International Agriculture Symposium "AGROSYM 2018" has been issued and is available in several …

3175) Sierra Leone implements a Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) to protect cultivated and wild plants and promote exports of plants and products

5 November 2019, Freetown - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) of Sierra Leone recently launched a new Agriculture …

3176) Resolución Ejecutiva No. 102-2019, aprobación del “Manual de Procedimientos de Inspección y Certificación Fitosanitaria”

El Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria de Nicaragua, a través de la Resolución Ejecutiva No. 102-2019, aprobó el “Manual …

3177) 11 submissions received in answer to the 2015 Call for topics for the IPPC standard setting programme

The 2015 Call for topics for the IPPC standard setting programme closed on 14 August 2015.

3178) Core Activities / Trade facilitation / The IPPC ePhyto Solution / ePhyto Project Technical Committee

Since the closing of the pilot phase of the project in 2019, the ePhyto Project Technical Committee (PTC) is no …

3179) Ministers endorse action plan to stop spread of Red Palm Weevil

The final day of a three day event 29 – 31 March 2017, to debate and define an international action …

3180) UK pest status report - Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Absent. pest eradicated. There has only been 1 outbreak in the UK and this was eradicated in 1977 (Bartlett, 1980)