731) UK pest status report for Botryosphaeria kuwatsukai

Blister canker of pome fruits Physalospora canker of pome fruits Ring rot of apple Wart bark of apple

732) The first IPPC ePhyto workshop for the Southwest Pacific

Participants at the first IPPC ePhyto workshop for the Southwest Pacific held in August 2019. © FAO

733) SPOTLIGHT: Empowering plant health: guidelines for field inspection

Members of the Expert Working Group on Field Inspection, representatives of host country, IPPC Secretariat, Standards Committee (SC) and Implementation …

734) IPPC community gets ready for the first virtual session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures

Rome, 11 March 2021. The Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) organized two dry-run sessions to prepare contracting …

735) Emergency measures to prevent introduction of Erwinia amylovora through the importation of host plants and plant parts of E. amylovora from the Republic of Korea

E. amylovora is a bacterium that can infect a wide range of plant species and its infection causes serious damage. …

736) Notification of phytosanitary measures to reduce the risk of introduction of Xylella fastidiosa through the importation of plants for planting (excluding seed and fruit) of the host of X. fastidiosa

The emergency measures notified on 7 May 2015 (G/SPS/N/JPN/405) and 2 June 2015 (G/SPS/N/JPN/405/Corr.1) was taken over as the regular …

737) Notification of phytosanitary measures to reduce the risk of introduction of "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" through the importation of carrot (seed and seedling) and celery (seedling)

The emergency measures notified on 16 December 2014 (G/SPS/N/JPN/383) was taken over as the regular measures notified on 24 May …

738) IPPC Secretary Osama El-Lissy visits Uzbekistan Plant Quarantine and Protection Agency

Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 16 December 2022. International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretary Osama El-Lissy met the Director General of Uzbekistan’s Plant …

739) Taking adoption of the CTU Code to the next level

Despite approval of the IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTU Code) in 2014 and considerable …

740) Deadline extension for the IPPC surveys on antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to announce the extension of the deadline for the IPPC Observatory …