3441) Extended Deadline on the Call for Phytosanitary Technical Resources (in any languages) directed to RPPOs and NPPOs.

NPPOs in developing countries often lack the technical capacity to carry out their functions effectively and to implement their obligations …

3442) Call for nomination of members of the Capacity Development Committee (CDC)

The International Plant Protection Convention(IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations for appropriately qualified candidates to be members of the IPPC Capacity …

3443) Call for experts

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations for appropriately qualified experts to take part in the Technical …

3444) First Report of Black Sigatoka Disease (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) from Trinidad

Black Sigatoka Disease was first discovered in Trinidad in November 2003. Full report in the journal Plant Pathology 54, 246 …

3445) Regional discussions for eastern Europe and countries that speak Russian to talk about proposed IPPC international standards

During the week of July 17-20, the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat participated in the joint IPPC/FAO/EPPO regional workshop …

3446) Dates for CPM 8 (2012) are later than normal (8-12 April 2013), and changed from the ones announced in CPM7

The IPPC Secretarit would like to remind contracting parties that the dates for the annual meeting of the Commission for …

3447) Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus eradicated in Denmark

Since decades The Danish PPO has carried out official inspections of all Danish grown seed potatoes. Also official monitoring surveys …

3448) Detection and eradication of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae Annand) in Etobicoke, Ontario

3449) Presence of Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid

Five samples of ornamental Burgmansia spp were found positive for PSTVD in a garden centre, which were taken as part …

3450) Detection of a single male Queensland fruit fly (in a New Zealand surveillance trap)

A single male Queensland fruit fly was detected in a surveillance trap in a residential suburb of Auckland city, NZ. …