PQR - the EPPO database on quarantine pests: new update
PQR - the EPPO database on quarantine pests (geographical distributions, host plants, regulatory status, pathways, and pictures) was updated on 2013-09-12. For users who have already installed PQR on their computers, data update is automatic (when opening PQR, users are asked whether they want to upgrade the database). However, it is important to note that because of their file size, pictures are provided separately and their update is not automatic. New pictures can be downloaded from www.eppo.int/DATABASES/pqr/pqr.htm [click on ‘Download Pictures Add-on (~60Mb)’].
The following new items have been added since the previous update (2013-01-21)
- New world distributions: e.g. Agrilus auroguttatus, Agrilus coxalis, Anisandrus maiche, Apriona cinerea, Apriona germari, Apriona japonica, Bactericera tremblayi, Bactericera trigonica, Corythauma ayyari, Diplodia africana, Ditylenchus gigas, Eoreuma loftini, Hosta virus X, Melon yellow spot virus, Myiopardalis pardalina (update), Nematus lipovskyi, Pelargonium zonate spot virus, Pepper chat fruit viroid, Quadrastichus erythrinae, Raspberry latent virus, Takecallis taiwanus.
- New pest pictures (e.g. Diplocarpon mali, Drosophila suzukii, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus, Nematus lipovskyi, Ophiomya kwansonis).
- All recent data from the EPPO Reporting Service (January to August 2013)
If you have not already installed PQR on your computer, you can download it (free) from the EPPO website: http://www.eppo.int/DATABASES/pqr/pqr.htm
Sources
EPPO Secretariat (2013-09).