2nd meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments
Vienna, 2006-10-09/11
The Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments met in Vienna on 2006-10-09/11. The Panel finalized instructions to authors for future EPPO Standards on Phytosanitary Treatments. It was also agreed that from 2006, new standards and revisions of existing standards on phytosanitary treatments will no longer be published as part of the series PM 3 Phytosanitary procedures, but instead will be published in the new series PM 10 Phytosanitary treatments. The Panel reviewed the list of existing EPPO Standards and identified:
PM 3/4 Hydrogen cyanide fumigation of woody plants to control Quadraspidiotus perniciosus |
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Technical visit of the Panel to Diabrotica infested fields (Courtesy Ray Cannon) |
- Standards that needed no or a minor revision:
PM 3/2(2) Methyl bromide fumigation of seeds to control Ditylenchus dipsaci
PM 3/12(3) Methyl bromide fumigation of stored products to control stored-product insect pests in general
PM 3/13(1) Methyl bromide fumigation of potatoes to control Phthorimaea operculella
PM 3/14(2) Methyl bromide fumigation of Dracaena and Yucca cuttings against Opogona sacchari
PM 3/15(1) Methyl bromide fumigation of conifer seeds against insects
PM 3/16(2) Combined methyl bromide fumigation and cold storage treatment of chrysanthemum cuttings
PM 3/20(1) Methyl bromide fumigation of wood of Quercus to control Ceratocystis fagacearum
PM 3/46(1) Methyl bromide fumigation of citrus and other host plants to control Aleurocanthus woglumi
PM 3/47(1) Fumigation of cotton and cotton products to control Anthonomus grandis
PM 3/52(1) Aphelenchoides besseyi: treatment method for strawberry plants
- Standards needing to be revised. The following were finalized:
PM 3/8(2) Methyl bromide fumigation of pineapples to control Pseudococcus spp. and other scale insects
PM 3/50(1) Fumigation to control adult Leptinotarsa decemlineata
- The Panel also drafted standards for alternative treatments:
Sulfuryl fluoride fumigation of dried fruits and nuts to control various stored product pests (alternative to PM 3/1)
Sulfuryl fluoride fumigation of dried fruits and nuts to control various stored product pests without and under vacuum (alternative to PM 3/9)
Hydrogen phosphine fumigation of dried fruits and nuts to control various stored product pests (alternative to PM 3/9)
Irradiation of stored products to control stored-product insect pests in general (alternative to PM 3/12)
Hot water treatment of Dracaena and Yucca cuttings against Opogona sacchari (alternative to PM 3/14)
A set of standards will be sent for country consultation in 2007. The Panel hoped that the consultation will be an opportunity to get some feedback from experience in EPPO countries.
The next Panel meeting will be held on 2007-10-09/11.
Participants
Ray Cannon (Mr)
Room 02FA05, Plant Health Group, Central Science Laboratory, Defra, Sand Hutton, YO41 1LZ YORK (UK) - 44/1904 462218 - 44/1904 462250 - r.cannon@csl.gov.uk
Helmut Klapal (Mr)
AGES, Institut of Plant Health, Spargelfeldstrasse 191, A-1226 VIENNA (AT) - 43/ 505 55 33322 - 43/ 505 55 33303 - helmut.klapal@ages.at
Irene Koomen (Mrs)
Plant Protection Service, Division Integrated Plant Protection, P.O. Box 9102, HC 6700 WAGENINGEN (NL) - 31/317 496868 - 31/317 421701 - i.koomen@minlnv.nl
Thomas Schröder (Mr)
BBA, Department of Plant Health , Messeweg 11-12, 38104 BRAUNSCHWEIG (DE) - 49/ 531 299 3381 - 49/ 531 299 3007 - t.schroeder@bba.de
Haim Tager (Mr)
Plant Protection and Inspection Services, P.O. BOX 78, 50250 BET DAGAN (IL) - 972/ 3 968 1598 - 972/ 3 9681571 - haimt@moag.gov.il
Vilma Vitkauskaite (Mrs)
State Plant Protection Service, Plant Quarantine Department, Kalvariju str. 62, LT-09304 VILNIUS (LT) - 370/5 275 4353 – 370/5 275 2128 - vaatvv@vaat.lt
EPPO
Vlasta Zlof (Mrs)
Muriel Suffert (Mrs)
1 rue Le Nôtre, 75016 PARIS - 33/ 1 45 20 77 94 - 33/ 1 42 24 89 43 - hq@eppo.fr