4381) Impact of Yellow Crazy Ant (YCA) on biodiversity

The YCA is becoming a major problem nowadays due to change in climate and humidity. Some of the outer islands …

4382) Trogoderma granarium (Khapra beetle)

Absent: no record (verified by survey); Status updated as of 2016.

4383) South American Leaf Blight (Microcyclus ulei)

Absent: No record (verified by survey) Updated status as of 2016.

4384) Trogoderma granarium

The pest record was from an EPPO publication made in 1979. But there are no reliable source that the pest …

4385) IPPC Secretariat and Senior CABI officials meet in Rome

An IPPC delegation led by Secretary Jingyuan Xia met with a delegation of senior officials from CAB International led by …

4386) Call for pictures on Soils and Plant Health

4387) IPPC/CABI Plantwise Collaboration Initiated

In recent efforts to improve collaboration on joint activities, the IPPC and CABI Plantwise have agreed to initiate secondments between …

4388) Report on Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)

S. frugiperda is a noctuidae and a polyphagus pest with the caterpillar being the damaging stage of the pest. S. …

4389) Occurrence of Tuta absoluta

Reported first on tomato in January 2018 but suspected to have occurred from early December 2017

4390) European Food Safety Authority announces two public consultations for pest risk assessment

EFSA’s Panel on Plant Health has launched an open consultation on its scientific opinion on the risk to plant health …