4291) Cassava in south-east Asia under threat from witches*** broom disease

Climate change menacing yet another food crop by fuelling explosion in pests and diseases that are attacking cassava plants: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/apr/15/cassava-south-east-asia-under-threat-witches-broom-disease-climate-change

4292) Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) on Solanum jasminoides and Brugmansia spp. ornamental plants.

This report concerns new findings of PSTVd on several companies growing ornamental plants of Solanaceae in the Netherlands. The PSTVd …

4293) Detección del Caracol Gigante Africano (Achatina fulica =Lissachatina fulica) en Costa Rica.

Como producto de la vigilancia fitosanitaria, el Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado detectó la presencia de una nueva plaga en el …

4294) Biodiversity brings disease resistance study suggests

A novel study of a Tibetan alpine meadow has shown a clear link between higher biodiversity and greater infectious disease …

4295) New phytosanitary import requirements - Xylella fastidiosa

Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Republic of Serbia published Rulebook on measures to detect, to prevent the spread …

4296) Plants vital to human diets but face growing risks from pests and diseases

4 April 2016, FAO, Rome - Invasive ants that devour crops, or the insidious "olive quick decline syndrome", which scorches …

4297) Jamaica's NPPO

The Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspection Branch (PQPI) is Jamaica’s designated National Plant Production Organization and is one of three Technical Services …

4298) Zambia Entry Points

The Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Service (PQPS) of Zambia is head quartered at the Mount Makulu Research Station in Chilanga. …

4299) Description of NPPO

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

4300) Minutes of the second meeting of the e-Commerce Guide Working Group

The second meeting of the e-Commerce Guide Working Group to develop the IPPC e-Commerce Guide for plants, plant products and …