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EPPO Reporting Service no. 11 - 2014 Num. article: 2014/218

A new EPPO Standard on the eradication and containment of invasive alien aquatic plants


In the December 2014 issue of the EPPO Bulletin EPPO will publish a new Standard in its PM9 series ‘National regulatory control systems’ on ‘Invasive alien aquatic plants’. In this Standard, guidelines will be provided on the monitoring, eradication and containment of invasive alien aquatic plants. Guidance was written taking examples from several species into account. This new Standard will be freely available on the EPPO website.

Sources

EPPO (2014) EPPO Standards. PM9 Invasive alien aquatic plants. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 44(3), 457-471.
EPPO Website, National regulatory control systems. http://archives.eppo.int/EPPOStandards/regulatorysystems.htm