📖 Have you seen last month's reporting service is online? Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in October's reporting service. 🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...

✨ EPPO PP1 Standards Update – October 2025 ✨ 👉 The EPPO database on PP1 Standards has just been updated with new and revised Standards approved by the EPPO Council in September 2025! 🔗 Access the new Standards here: pp1.eppo.int

It was great to strengthen our collaboration with @efsa.europa.eu at the EFSA Scientific Network on Plant Health Risk Assessment this week.

🤔 Have you seen the latest communication campaign uploaded to the EPPO Platform on Communication Material? 🔉 The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety took part in the Harvest Festival in Vienna and presented topics related to food safety and plant health. 🔗 See more here: www.media.eppo.int

🦠Yesterday, Scientific Officer Charlotte Trontin from the EPPO Secretariat presented an update of EPPO’s activities related to bacteriology at the 7th annual workshop of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Pests of Plants on Bacteria, organized by ILVO in Ghent, Belgium.

🐞Web report now online: Joint EPPO/IOBC Panel on Biological Control Agents🐞 📍The meeting took place in Paris and gathered 17 experts to discuss key topics on the assessment and regulation of the import and release of biological control agents in the EPPO region. 🔗More info: shorturl.at/61gCO

🌐 Web report now online: EPPO Expert Working Group on Electronic Phytosanitary Certificates (ePhyto) 🌐 💻 The teleconference brought together 19 participants from 14 EPPO countries and the European representative on the IPPC ePhyto Steering Group (ESG). 🔗 Read more here: shorturl.at/CDUbq

Jackson et al. provide the first confirmed report of an established population of the Coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros in Mexico and in the Americas. They recommend actions to control this pest which causes major damage to palms and may threaten agave. EPPO Bulletin: shorturl.at/xJztS

‼️ Don't forget to register before the end of November for the upcoming EPPO Conference on Diagnostics ‼️ 🔗 Find out more and register here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

🌳 EPPO at the EABRACE Workshop 🌳 Last week in Kraków, EPPO Scientific Officer Dmitrii Musolin joined the EABRACE Project Workshop on monitoring the Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) and buprestid beetle biodiversity in the Baltic region. 🔗 More on the EPPO Experts Network: shorturl.at/kH6jd

🌿 Web report now online: 20th Meeting of the EPPO Expert Working Group on Resistance to Plant Protection Products 🌿 🔗 Read the more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

Abstract submission extended until 24th October 2025 for the EPPO Conference on Diagnostics of Plant Pests 🔗 Register and submit your abstract here: meeting.eppo.int/index.php/M8... ➡️ See more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

🌱 Web report now online: 74th Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures 🌱 🔗 Read the full report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202... 🙏 Thanks to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for hosting and organizing this meeting!

‼️‼️DON'T FORGET the EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Fellowship application window closes next week ‼️‼️ 👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/jHRKd

🤔 Have you booked your place for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW conference 'Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)' yet? 🔗Register and submit your abstract here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

🗓️ The EPPO Calendar for 2026 was approved by the EPPO Council. 🌐 Our 2026 Calendar is now online. Get the important dates in your diary now! 🔗 See more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/cal...

Don't forget to tune in at 18:00 CEST today!

🌲 Last week Dmitrii Musolin represented EPPO at the 22nd meeting of the International Forestry Quarantine Research Group in Maisons-Alfort, France. 🔗 Find out more about the IFQRG and read the materials from the meeting here: www.ippc.int/ru/partners/...

Join EPPO's Scientific Officer Rob Tanner next Tuesday at 18:00 to hear about the EPPO/NEPPO Xylella contingency planning workshop! Join here - us06web.zoom.us/j/8290219332...

Last week Ms Trontin showcased how EPPO’s activities and Standards on diagnostics support accreditation of plant pest diagnostic laboratories at the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) Laboratory Committee meeting. Read about EPPO and EA's collaboration: www.eppo.int/.../EA-EPPO_....

🪱 Last week EPPO took part in the Annual Workshop of the European Reference Laboratory for Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Zagreb. The workshop covered EURL activities, methods validation, emerging and regulated nematodes, and general updates in nematology.

📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in September's reporting service. 🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...

🌐 Web report of the 75th Session of the EPPO Council now online 🌐 ➡️ Read about the technical updates and new Standards approved by the Council 🔗 Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202... 🙏Thank you to all delegates for their participation and fruitful discussions.

🌲 Web report now online for the Conference 'Biosecurity and Surveillance of Quarantine Pests of Trees in Forests and Cities 🌲 🔗 Read more here www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202... 🙏 Thanks INIAV, GREEN-IT and UB3Guard Cost Action for this successful meeting!

We are currently holding our Council meeting for this year at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. We have delegates from 32 countries, and the European Commission, attending. We thank everyone for the productive discussions and for their continued engagement!

The paper by Melifronidou-Pantelidou et al. is now online in the EPPO Bulletin and details the Eradication campaign for the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri in Cyprus onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

❗ONE WEEK LEFT TO SUBMIT POSTER AND PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS❗ 🔗 Register and submit abstracts here: meeting.eppo.int/meeting.php/... ➡️ To see more details, follow this link: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

❗Don't forget to submit your abstracts for posters or presentations for the upcoming EPPO Conference on Diagnostics of Plant Pests ⏱️ Abstract submission CLOSES on the 30th September! (Registration closes 30th November) Register and submit abstracts here: meeting.eppo.int/index.php/M8...

Nguyen et al. provide information on sustainable management of Venturia inaequalis the causal agent of apple scab disease in the field using grapevine cane extracts in their work published in the EPPO Bulletin. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

🌍 Web report now online: 91st Meeting of the Panel on Global Phytosanitary Affairs 🌍 🔗 Read the full report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

A paper by Zeity et al. detailing the first record of the invasive fruit fly, Dacus ciliatus on cucurbit crops in Latakia, Syria Is online in the EPPO Bulletin. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

A new EPPO Datasheet on the rice root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola is now online in the EPPO Bulletin. Thanks to Giovanna Curto, Italy. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

A new EPPO Datasheet on the white-marked tussock moth Orgyia leucostigma, a pest of deciduous and coniferous woody plants as well as herbaceous plants, is online in the EPPO Bulletin. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

The IPPC is hosting a webinar series on climate change and pest risk analysis and pest management. It will provide useful insights for those in NPPOs, researchers, agricultural experts and more! 🔗 Find out more and register here: bit.ly/3JXQZas (Image credit: IPPC, FAO)

A new EPPO Datasheet on Harringtonia lauricola (outside its native range poses a threat to forest plants and commercial crops such as avocado), is online in the EPPO Bulletin. Thanks to the authors Miranda Barnes and Jiri Hulcr, University of Florida, US. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

⏰ DEADLINE EXTENDED for the EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Fellowship - we have extended the deadline for the Fellowship by one month - apply now! 👉 Plant health professionals from EPPO member countries can apply here shorturl.at/jHRKd ⌚ New deadline OCTOBER 15th!

A new Diagnostic Standard on the apple maggot PM 7/160 (1) Rhagoletis pomonella, is now freely available in the EPPO Bulletin. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

🚨TWO WEEKS TO GO! One-day free workshop during EuroGard! "Threat of Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) to Europe: Monitoring and mitigation”🪲 📍Orto Botanico di Roma 🗓️24 September 2025, Wednesday 💻Online option available Register here: forms.office.com/e/XWvSMG20yi

🌍 Have you seen this upcoming Symposium on pest risks in containerized shipping? 📍 Copenhagen, Denmark 📅 7–8 October 2025 💡 Attendance is free! ✅ The event is targeted at ocean carriers, shippers stakeholders and plant protection regulators and biodiversity experts! More info: shorturl.at/Jt2uj

A new EPPO Diagnostic Standard on the fungus Stagonosporopsis chrysanthemi, causal agent of ray blight on chrysanthemum, is now freely available in the EPPO Bulletin. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

The revised protocol PM 7/026 (2) Phytophthora cinnamomi is now Free Access in the EPPO Bulletin. This soilborne oomycete causes crown and root rot of a very wide range of horticultural, ornamental and forestry crops. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

🏖️ Send any postcards on your summer holidays? ➡️ To raise awareness of the risk of Popillia japonica, a pest that emerges in summer, the NPPO of Germany made some postcards and flyers that are now available on the EPPO Platform on Communication Material. 🔗See more: media.eppo.int/index?id_gal...

The revised EPPO Diagnostic Standard on the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis is now online in the EPPO Bulletin. This revision includes identification on 2nd instar larvae and barcoding. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

🌳🪲This week in Carcavelos, Portugal, the Joint Conference of COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology UB3Guard Cost Action (CA20132) and EPPO “Biosecurity and Surveillance for Quarantine Pests of Trees in Forests and Cities” started its work. 👉 Find out more: ub3guard.eu

Last week, Olga Tikka presented the EPPO activities during the IPPC Regional Workshop for Europe and Central Asia on 3/5 September. 🌱 The workshop allowed NPPOs and experts from Europe and Asia to discuss phytosanitary challenges of the region and input into related work by the IPPC

🐜Did you know EPPO has Standards for the safe use of biological control agents against regulated pests in the EPPO region? Rob Tanner, responsible for EPPO's work on BCAs, presented our work this week at the Working Group on Integrated Control in Protected Crops! See more - shorturl.at/0wdyU

➡️REGISTRATION OPEN for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW Conference ‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers' ❓The conference is for NPPOs and academia. 🌲The focus is the protection of European forests against quarantine forest pests. 🔗See more www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

⚠️ ADDITION TO THE EPPO ALERT LIST ⚠️ ➡️ Lagria villosa, a highly polyphagous pest, has been intercepted in the EPPO region and has the potential to cause economic damage to host plants that grow in the region. 🔎 Find out about the risks, damage and more: shorturl.at/CTAkx

📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in August's reporting service. 🔓 Free to read at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs... ⚠️ The EPPO Reporting Service is a monthly information report for our member countries on events of phytosanitary concern in the EPPO region and beyond.

🌐 ⭐ GLOBAL DATABASE TIP OF THE WEEK ⭐🌐 7️⃣ Our seventh tip: request EPPO codes! 🎥 Watch the video explainer below ⬇️ 🔗 gd.eppo.int 💻 This is part of a video series for this summer where we will be sharing a weekly tip to get the most out of the EPPO Global Database.