9th meeting of the Panel on Invasive Alien Species
Kleinmachnow, 2006-05-16/19
The Panel on Invasive Alien Species met in Kleinmachnow on 2006-05-16/19 at the kind invitation of the German NPPO. The Panel proposed the addition of plant species presenting a risk for the Mediterranean area to the EPPO List of Invasive Alien Plants: Acacia dealbata, Amorpha fruticosa, Baccharis halimifolia, Buddleja davidii, Carpobrotus edulis and C. acinaciformis, Cortaderia selloana, Oxalis pes-caprae and Paspalum distichum. Cabomba caroliniana has also been added as an eradication programme is in progress in the Netherlands. |
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The Panel agreed that there was a need to elaborate different lists of Invasive Alien Plants relying on a transparent screening process with clear criteria and that this information should be made widely available. The main aim of this process is to select plants which should be submitted to Pest Risk Analysis and for which international measures may be recommended.
The Panel reviewed and adjusted the Pest Risk Analysis for Solanum elaeagnifolium, Pueraria lobata and Crassula helmsii. These plants will be proposed for addition to the List of pests recommended for regulation during the next EPPO Council.
The next Panel meeting will be held in Riga at the kind invitation of the Latvian NPPO on 2006-10-3/5. It will aim at elaborating a screening process of Invasive Alien Plants and at reviewing Pest Risk Analysis for Senecio inaequidens and other plants still to determine. The Panel had the opportunity to make a field-excursion in the Natur-Park Südgelände, an abandoned railyard in Berlin, and to observe invasive alien plants. |
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(Photos: courtesy Christa Lethmayer)
Participants
Richard Baker (Mr)
Central Science Laboratory Room 02FA05, Sand Hutton, YO41 1LZ YORK (GB) - 44/1904462220 - 44/1904462250 - r.baker@csl.gov.uk
Laurence Bouhot-Delduc (Ms)
Bureau de la Santé des Végétaux, Ministère de l'Agriculture, DGAL/MAP, 251 rue de Vaugirard, 75732 PARIS (FR) - 33/149558437 - 33/49555949 – laurence.bouhot-delduc@agriculture.gouv.fr
Serge Buholzer (Mr)
Agroscope FAL Reckenholz Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture, Reckenholzstr. 191, CH-8046 ZÜRICH (CH) - 41/443777231 - 41/443777232 - Serge.Buholzer@fal.admin.ch
Zdenek Chromy (Mr)
State Phytosanitary Administration - Region Department Havlickuv Brod, Smetanovo namesti 279, 580 01 HAVLICKUV BROD (CZ) - 420/ 569 429 711 - 420/ 569 421 158 - zdenek.chromy@srs.cz
Istvan Dancza (Mr)
Central Service for Plant Protection and Soil Conservation, Budaörsi u. 141-145, 1118 BUDAPEST (HU) - 36/13091041 - 36/12462955 - danczai@ontsz.hu
Christa Lethmayer (Mrs)
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Institute of Plant Health, Spargelfeldstrasse 191, A-1220 VIENNA (AT) - 43/5055533311 - 43/5055533303 - christa.lethmayer@ages.at
Jan Netland (Mr)
Bioforsk Plant Health and Plant Protection, Hogskoleveien 7, NO-1432 AS (NO) - 47/64949400 - 47/64949226 - jan.netland@bioforsk.no
Agita Pence (Mrs)
State Plant Protection Service, Plant Quarantine Department, Pulkveza Brieza Street 17, LV-1010 RIGA (LV) - 371/7323676 - 371/7322039 - agita.pence@vaad.gov.lv
Gritta Schrader (Mrs)
BBA, Department of Plant Health, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 BRAUNSCHWEIG (DE) - 49/5312993375 - 49/5312993007 - g.schrader@bba.de
A.J.W. Rotteveel (Mr)
Plant Protection Service, P.O. Box 9102, HC 6700 WAGENINGEN (NL) - 31/317496875 - 31/317421701 - a.j.w.rotteveel@minlnv.nl
Veronika Tsimafeeva (Mrs)
National Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden, Surganova Street 2B, 220012 MINSK (BY) - 375/172842570 - 375/172842590 - Veronika-2003@tut.by
Rasa Zitkuviene (Mrs)
State Plant Protection Service, Plant Quarantine Department, Kalvariju str. 62, LT-09304 VILNIUS (LT) - 370/ 5 275 4353 - 370/ 5 2752128 - vaatra@vaat.lt
OEPP/EPPO
Françoise Petter (Mrs)
Sarah Brunel (Ms)
1 rue Le Nôtre, 75016 PARIS (FR) - 33/1 45 20 77 94 - 33/1 42 24 89 43 - hq@eppo.fr