Panel on Quarantine Nematodes

The protocol for Xiphinema americanum (sensus lato) was considered ready for country consultation but should first be presented to the Panel on Diagnostics in May 2008 along with a first draft of the protocol for Hirschmanniella spp.
A first revision of PM 7/5 Nacobbus aberrans to include a molecular method was also studied at the Panel. It was considered that other parts of the protocol needed revision. The text will consequently be revised more globally and presented at the next Panel meeting in 2009.
The Panel was informed of the latest developments concerning the EPPO programme on quality assurance and accreditation. It discussed the difficulty of finding good reference material in nematology and supported the development of an EPPO standard on reference material.

The Panel also considered that the following nematodes should be added to the EPPO Alert List:

Belonolaimus longicaudatus. This polyphagous nematode might become a problem for Southern member countries, especially in sandy soils.
Meloidogyne minor. A joint Dutch/British PRA concluded that potato, rotation pasture and managed turf were at risk, and that the species complex was not fully characterized and could be easily confused with species such as M. chitwoodi. Surveys are required to identify the distribution in the EU.

More information should be provided to the EPPO Secretariat on species of potential concern for maize including Heterodera zeae, Punctodera chalchoensis, Paratrichodorus minor and Paratrichodorus porosus.Finally the Panel finalized the procedure for official control of Heterodera glycines which should be presented for final adoption in 2008. The Panel will next meet in 2009 in Firenze, (IT) the date still needs to be confirmed.

Géraldine Anthoine (Ms)
Laboratoire National de la Protection des Végétaux- Unité de Nématologie, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte - BP 35327, 35653 LE RHEU CEDEX (FR) - 33/ 2 23 48 52 08 - 33/ 2 23 48 56 28 - geraldine.anthoine@rennes.inra.fr

Giovanna Curto (Ms)
Plant Protection Service - Servizio fitosanitario regionale, Via di Saliceto, n.81, 40128 BOLOGNA (IT) - 39/0514159218 - 39/0514159277 – gcurto@regione.emilia-romagna.it

Vladimir Gaar (Mr)
State Phytosanitary Administration, Diagnostic Laboratory, Drnovska 73/507, 161 06 PRAHA 6 (CZ) - 420/233022343 - 420/233022343 - vladimir.gaar@srs.cz

Johannes Hallmann (Mr)
Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land und Forstwirts. Inst.für nemat.und Wirbelt, Toppheideweg 88, 48161 MÜNSTER (DE) - 49/2518710625 - 49/2518710633 - j.hallmann@bba.de

Sue Hazel Hockland (Ms)
Pest and Disease Identification Team, Plant Health Group, Central Science Laboratory, room 02FA02, Sand Hutton, YO41 1LZ YORK (GB) - 44/1904462214 - 44/1904462250 - s.hockland@csl.gov.uk

Andreas Kahrer (Mr)
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) - Institute for Plant Health, Spargelfeldstrasse 191, A-1226 VIENNA (AT) - 43/50555 33321 - 43/50555 33303 - andreas.kahrer@ages.at

Witold Karnkowski (Mr)
Main Inspectorate of Plant Protection and Seed Service, Central Laboratory, ul.Zwirki i Wigury 73, 87-100 TORUN (PL) - 48/566235698 - 48/566528228 - w.karnkowski@piorin.gov.pl

Gerrit Karsen (Mr)
Plant Protection Service, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC WAGENINGEN (NL) - 31/317496846 - 31/317421701 - g.karssen@minlnv.nl

Sebastian Kiewnick (Mr)
Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Research Station ACW, Plant Protection, Ecotoxicology and Soil Zoology, Schloss,Laboratory 4 P.O. Box 185, 8820 WÄDENSWIL (CH) - 41/44 7836336 - 41/44 7836434 - sebastian.kiewnick@acw.admin.ch

Christer Magnusson (Mr)
Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, Plant Health and Protection Protection Division, , 1432 AAS (NO) - 47/95205304 - 47/649446110 - christer.magnusson@bioforsk.no

Richard Malik (Mr)
Central Control and Testing Institute of Agriculture, Section of Diagnostics, Osada 281, 044 57 HANISKA (SK) - 421/556930291 - 421/556930291 - richard.malik@zoznam.sk

Sanja Manduric (Ms)
SLU, Departement of Crop Science, Box 44, 23053 ALNARP (SE) - 46/40415261 - 46/40462166 - sanja.manduric@ltj.slu.se

Djamel Smaha (Mr)
Laboratoire de Némathologie, Institut National de Protection des Végétaux (INPV), Avenue Hassan Badi, B.P. 80, 16200 EL HARRACH ALGER (DZ) - nemaalg01@yahoo.fr

Gregor Urek (Mr)
Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Hacquetova 17, 1000 LJUBLJANA (SI) - 386/12805262 - 386/12805255 - gregor.urek@kis.si

Françoise Petter (Ms)
Robert Sunley (Mr)
OEPP/EPPO, 1 rue Le Nôtre, 75016 PARIS (FR) - 33/1 45 20 77 94 - 33/1 42 24 89 43 - hq@eppo.fr