New records or new detailed records on quarantine pests in Argentina, Brazil and Chile
The member countries of COSAVE (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) have recently published their A1 and A2 quarantine lists. In the A2 lists, some details are given about the geographical distribution of pests within the country. The EPPO Secretariat has extracted the following details or new records.
Anastrepha fraterculus (EPPO A2 quarantine pest): Argentina (provinces of Buenos Aires, Rio Negro, Mendoza, San Juan).
Anthonomus grandis (EPPO A1 quarantine pest): Argentina (provinces of Formosa, Corrientes, Misiones)
Bactrocera carambolae (EPPO A1 quarantine pest): Brazil (Oiapoque river in state of Amapá, border with French Guyana). The EPPO Secretariat had previously no data on the presence of B. carambolae in Brazil.
Ceratitis capitata (EPPO A2 quarantine pest): Argentina (provinces of Buenos Aires, Rio Negro, Neuquén)
Globodera pallida (EPPO A2 quarantine pest): Chile (province of Petorca in region V).
Globodera rostochiensis (EPPO A2 quarantine pest): Chile (provinces of: Parinacota (region I), El Loa (region II), Huasco (region III), Elqui and Choapa (region IV), Petorca and Quillora (region VI), Comuna San Javier (region VII)).
Gonipterus scutellatus (EPPO A2 quarantine pest): Chile (in the provinces of Los Andes and San Felipe in Region V, Region Metropolitana). The EPPO Secretariat had previously no data on the occurrence of G. scutellatus in Chile.
Premnotrypes latithorax (EPPO A1 quarantine pest): Chile (near Putre, north of Chile, in region I).
Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 (EPPO A2 quarantine pest): Chile (region Metropolitana, regions IV, V, VI and VII, and province of Ñuble in region VIII).
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (EPPO A1 quarantine pest): Argentina (provinces of Entre Rios, Misiones, Buenos Aires (north)), Brazil (São Paulo, Minais Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul).
Xylella fastidiosa (EPPO A1 quarantine pest): citrus variegation chlorosis occurs in Argentina in the province of Misiones. The EPPO Secretariat had previously no data on the occurrence of citrus variegation chlorosis in Argentina.
Sources
COSAVE Web site
http://www.cosave.org.py/