EPPO report on selected intercepted consignments
The EPPO Secretariat has gathered the intercepted consignment reports for 1997 received since the previous report (EPPO RS 97/109) from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Israel, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom. When a consignment has been re-exported and the country of origin is unknown, the re-exporting country is indicated in brackets. When the occurrence of a pest in a given country is not known to the EPPO Secretariat, this is indicated by an asterisk (*).
The EPPO Secretariat has selected interceptions made because of the presence of pests. Other interceptions due to prohibited commodities, missing or invalid certificates are not indicated. It must be pointed out that the report is only partial, as many EPPO countries have not yet sent their interception reports.
Correction 1: In EPPO RS 97/132 on the situation of Ralstonia solanacearum (EPPO A2 quarantine pest) in Germany, an interception of a contaminated consignment of seed potatoes from the Netherlands was mentioned. The EPPO Secretariat has recently been informed by the Dutch Plant Protection Service that the presence of R. solanacearum on this consignment of seed potatoes (cv. Berber, harvest 1996) was later disproved. After receiving the notification from Germany, the Dutch Plant Protection Service carried out an extensive investigation programme on the place of production concerned and its relevant relations. Results were all negative. In addition, the remainder of the seed potato lot held in Germany was tested, by both Dutch and German laboratories. No R. solanacearum was found. The Dutch authorities consider that no evidence was found that the seed potato lot concerned was infected by R. solanacearum.
Correction 2: EPPO Reporting Service 97/109 mentioned a consignment of pelargonium from Israel intercepted by United Kingdom because of the presence of tomato ringspot nepovirus (EPPO A2 quarantine pest). The Plant Protection Service of Israel stressed that tomato ringspot nepovirus is absent in Israel and is considered as an A1 quarantine pest. Immediately after the interception notice, inspectors were sent to take official samples all of which were found free from tomato ringspot nepovirus (ELISA and indexing).
Pest |
Consignment |
Type of commodity
|
Country of origin
|
Country of destination
|
nb
|
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Asteromella sp.
|
Codiaeum
|
Cuttings
|
(Netherlands) Togo?
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beet necrotic yellow vein furovirus
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes (in associated soil)
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bemisia tabaci
|
Dendranthema
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Euphorbia pulcherrima
|
Plants for planting
|
(Netherlands)
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Euphorbia pulcherrima
|
Cuttings
|
Germany
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Euphorbia pulcherrima
|
Pot plants
|
Germany
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Euphorbia pulcherrima
|
Cuttings
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Eustoma grandiflorum
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Ficus benjamina
|
Plants for planting
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cuttings
|
Israel
|
Finland
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Helianthus annuus
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
|
Plants for planting
|
USA
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
|
Cuttings
|
USA
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Hypericum sp.
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Manihot esculenta
|
Leaves
|
Ghana
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Manihot sp.
|
Leaves
|
Cameroon
|
France
|
7
|
|
|
Manihot sp.
|
Leaves
|
Congo
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Manihot sp.
|
Leaves
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Manihot sp.
|
Leaves
|
Senegal
|
France
|
2
|
|
|
Rosa sp.
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
France
|
3
|
|
|
Solanum macrocarpon
|
Vegetables
|
Ghana
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Solanum sp.
|
Leaves
|
Ghana
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Solidago sp.
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
France
|
3
|
|
|
Solidago sp.
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
8
|
|
|
Vernonia amygdalina |
Vegetables
|
Ghana
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Veronica sp.
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bemisia tabaci biotype B
|
Gmelina sp.
|
Plants for planting
|
USA
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
|
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
|
Plants for planting
|
Israel
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frankliniella occidentalis
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
Czech Republic
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Globodera rostochiensis
|
Salvia
|
Plants for planting
|
Poland
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
France
|
Czech Republic
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Helicoverpa armigera
|
Dianthus
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
Netherlands
|
8
|
|
|
Dianthus
|
Cut flowers
|
Kenya
|
Netherlands
|
3
|
|
|
Dianthus
|
Cut flowers
|
Morocco
|
Spain
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
|
Cruise ship's provisions!
|
Vegetables + Stored products
|
Greece
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
Italy
|
Ireland
|
2
|
|
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
Italy
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
Turkey
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liriomyza huidobrensis
|
Dendranthema
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
Ireland
|
11
|
|
|
Dendranthema
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Dianthus plumarius
|
Plants for planting
|
Belgium
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Dianthus
|
Plants for planting
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Eustoma grandiflorum
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
Pest |
Consignment |
Type of commodity
|
Country of origin
|
Country of destination
|
nb
|
|
L. huidobrensis (cont.)
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Italy
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
Ireland
|
6
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
5
|
|
|
Verbena
|
Pot plants
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Verbena
|
Cut flowers
|
United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom (N. Irl.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liriomyza sativae
|
Ocimum basilicum
|
Leaves
|
Thailand
|
France
|
18
|
|
|
Solanum macrocarpon
|
Vegetables
|
Ghana*
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liriomyza sp.
|
Ayooyo? leaves
|
Vegetables
|
Ghana
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Brassica rapa ssp. chinensis
|
Cuttings
|
Netherlands
|
Germany
|
5
|
|
|
Colocasia esculenta
|
Vegetables
|
Ghana
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Dendranthema
|
Cut flowers
|
Honduras
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Dendranthema
|
Cuttings
|
Spain (Canary isl.)
|
Finland
|
2
|
|
|
Eustoma grandiflorum
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Guatemala
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
Czech Republic
|
10
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
Czech Republic
|
7
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Spain
|
Czech Republic
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Spain
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Ocimum basilicum
|
Leaves
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Phaseolus sp.
|
Vegetables
|
Togo
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Unspecified plants
|
Leaves
|
Ghana
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liriomyza trifolii
|
Dendranthema
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
Ireland
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nematodes
|
Areca sp.
|
Plants for planting
|
Saint Lucia
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Palmae
|
Plants for planting
|
Singapore
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Phoenix roebelenii
|
Plants for planting
|
Singapore
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Raphis humulis
|
Plants for planting
|
Singapore
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Unspecified plants
|
Plants for planting
|
Saint Lucia
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Neosilba batesi |
Capsicum frutescens |
Vegetables
|
Trinidad & Tobago
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pestalotia karstenii
|
Camellia japonica
|
Plants for planting
|
New Zealand
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phthorimaea operculella
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
Cyprus
|
Norway
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phytophthora fragariae
|
Fragaria ananassa
|
Plants for planting
|
Switzerland
|
Germany
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plum pox potyvirus (M strain)
|
Prunus domestica
|
Plants for planting
|
Bulgaria
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Radopholus similis
|
Philodendron
|
Plants for planting
|
Sri Lanka
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ralstonia solanacearum
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
Bangladesh
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
Egypt
|
Germany
|
8
|
|
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
Egypt
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spodoptera littoralis
|
Pelargonium
|
Cuttings
|
Israel
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pest |
Consignment |
Type of commodity
|
Country of origin
|
Country of destination
|
nb
|
|
Spodoptera litura
|
Polyscias balfouriana
|
Cuttings
|
Sri Lanka
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thrips palmi
|
Dendrobium
|
Cut flowers
|
Thailand
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Dendrobium
|
Cut flowers
|
Thailand
|
Italy
|
1
|
|
|
Momordica charantia
|
Vegetables
|
Dominican Rep.
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Momordica charantia
|
Vegetables
|
Thailand
|
France
|
2
|
|
|
Orchidaceae
|
Cut flowers
|
Singapore
|
Czech Republic
|
1
|
|
|
Orchidaceae
|
Cut flowers
|
Singapore
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Orchidaceae
|
Cut flowers
|
Thailand
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Orchidaceae
|
Cut flowers
|
Thailand
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tilletia indica
|
Triticum
|
Stored Product
|
Mexico
|
Morocco
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unspecified insects
|
Cassia
|
Stored Product
|
China
|
Israel
|
1
|
|
|
Sesamum indicum
|
Stored Product
|
China
|
Israel
|
1
|
|
|
Sesamum indicum
|
Stored Product
|
Nigeria
|
Israel
|
1
|
- Fruit flies
|
Pest
|
Consignment
|
Country of origin
|
Country of destination
|
nb
|
|
Anastrepha sp.
|
Mangifera indica |
Mexico
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bactrocera sp.
|
Mangifera indica
|
Pakistan
|
France
|
2
|
|
|
Psidium guajava
|
Thailand
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ceratitis capitata |
Mangifera indica
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ceratitis sp.
|
Mangifera indica
|
Cameroon
|
France
|
3
|
|
|
Mangifera indica
|
Kenya
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Mangifera indica
|
Mali
|
France
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tephritidae
|
Mangifera indica
|
Togo
|
Germany
|
1
|
- Wood and wood products intercepted
|
Pest
|
Consignment
|
Type of commodity
|
Country of origin
|
Country of destination
|
nb
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ips sp.
|
Pinus sp.
|
Wood
|
Bulgaria
|
Greece
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Signs of beetle activity
|
Chamaecyparis sp. |
Wood and bark
|
Canada
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Chamaecyparis sp. |
Wood and bark
|
USA
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
- Bonsais
12 consignments of bonsai plants (Ficus, Lagerstromia, Pinus pentaphylla, Rhododendron lateritium, Sageretia, Serissa, Zelkova) have been intercepted by Germany and United Kingdom from China, Japan and Vietnam (2 consignments were re-exported from Netherlands with unknown origin) because of the following nematodes species and genus: Helicotylenchus dihystera, Helicotylenchus sp., Macroposthonia sp., Meloidogyne sp., Pratylenchus thornei, Tylenchorhynchus leviterminalis, Tylenchorhynchus sp., Tylenchus sp.
Sources
EPPO Secretariat, 1997-09.
Plant Protection Service of Israel, 1997-07.
Plant Protection Service of the Netherlands, 1997-09.