News from the Caribbean
The Plant Health Report (January – December 1996) has been prepared by IICA Office in Barbados and compiles replies to a questionnaire on quarantine pests received from several countries in the Caribbean (Antigua ; Barbuda, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts ; Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad ; Tobago). The records which are new to the EPPO Secretariat are presented below.
- Aleurocanthus woglumi (EPPO A1 quarantine pest): British Virgin Islands, St Kitts and Nevis (reported as a new introduction).
- Anastrepha suspensa (EPPO A1 quarantine pest): British Virgin Islands.
- Bemisia tabaci (EPPO A2 quarantine pest): British Virgin Islands (first observed in 1993).
- Citrus tristeza closterovirus (EPPO A2 quarantine pest): British Virgin Islands.
- Thrips palmi (EPPO A1 quarantine pest): British Virgin Islands, Jamaica (reported as a new introduction).
- Tomato yellow leaf curl bigeminivirus (EPPO A2 quarantine pest): Dominica (symptoms first seen in 1996).
- Toxoptera citricida (EPPO A1 quarantine pest): British Virgin Islands.
Sources
Anonymous (1996) CARAPHIN – Plant Health Report, January-December 1996, 65 pp. IICA, Barbados.