EPPO report on selected intercepted consignments
The EPPO Secretariat has gathered the intercepted consignment reports for the beginning of 1997 received from the following countries: Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, 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.
Pest |
Consignment |
Type of commodity
|
Country of origin
|
Country of destination
|
nb
|
|
Asteromella sp.
|
Codiaeum
|
Cuttings
|
Togo
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bemisia tabaci
|
Begonia
|
Pot plants
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Euphorbia pulcherrima
|
Cuttings
|
USA
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Ficus benjamina
|
Pot plants
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Lantana camara
|
Cuttings
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
4
|
|
|
Lantana camara
|
Cuttings
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Mandevilla
|
Cuttings
|
Israel
|
Netherlands
|
2
|
|
|
Manihot esculenta (leaves)
|
Vegetables
|
Ghana
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Manihot esculenta (leaves)
|
Vegetables
|
Nigeria
|
United Kingdom
|
3
|
|
|
Phaseolus (leaves)
|
Vegetables
|
Ghana
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Rosmarinus officionalis
|
Vegetables
|
Côte d'ivoire
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Solidago canadensis
|
Cut flowers
|
Zimbabwe
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Solidago canadensis.
|
Cut flowers
|
Zimbabwe
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Solidago sp.
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Solidago sp.
|
Cut flowers
|
Zimbabwe
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Solidago sp.
|
Cut flowers
|
Zimbabwe
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Trachelium
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis
|
Lycopersicon esculentum
|
Seeds
|
Israel
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
í
|
|
Pest |
Consignment |
Type of commodity
|
Country of origin
|
Country of destination
|
nb
|
|
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
France1
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frankliniella occidentalis
|
Kalanchoe
|
Plants for planting
|
Denmark
|
Norway
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Helicoverpa armigera
|
Dianthus
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
|
Dianthus
|
Cut flowers
|
Kenya
|
Netherlands
|
2
|
|
|
Ocimum basilicum
|
Vegetables
|
South Africa
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Pelargonium hortorum
|
Cuttings
|
Canary isl. (ES)
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Pelargonium peltatum
|
Cuttings
|
Canary isl. (ES)
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Phaseolus
|
Vegetables
|
Gambia
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Phaseolus
|
Vegetables
|
Senegal
|
Netherlands
|
2
|
|
|
Phaseolus
|
Vegetables
|
South Africa
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
|
Pisum sativum
|
Vegetables
|
Gambia
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leptinotarsa
|
Cichorium endivia
|
Vegetables
|
Italy
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
decemlineata
|
Lactuca sativa
|
Vegetables
|
France
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Lactuca sativa
|
Vegetables
|
Italy
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Petroselinum crispum
|
Vegetables
|
Italy
|
Ireland
|
1
|
|
|
Petroselinum crispum
|
Vegetables
|
Italy
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Petroselinum crispum
|
Vegetables
|
Italy
|
Ireland
|
1
|
|
|
Petroselinum crispum
|
Vegetables
|
Italy
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liriomyza huidobrensis
|
Apium graveolens
|
Vegetables
|
Spain
|
United Kingdom
|
3
|
|
|
Beta cicla
|
Vegetables
|
Cyprus
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Calendula
|
Cut flowers
|
Italy
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Carthamus
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Coriandrum sativum
|
Vegetables
|
Cyprus
|
United Kingdom
|
4
|
|
|
Coriandrum sativum
|
Vegetables
|
Cyprus
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Dendranthema
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
Netherlands
|
2
|
|
|
Dendranthema
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
Ireland
|
2
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
(Netherlands)
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
Ireland
|
3
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
United Kingdom
|
Northern Ireland (UK)
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
United Kingdom
|
Northern Ireland (UK)
|
1
|
|
|
Petroselinum sativum
|
Vegetables
|
Cyprus
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Petunia
|
Cuttings
|
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Spinacea oleracea
|
Vegetables
|
Cyprus
|
United Kingdom
|
3
|
|
|
Trigonella foenum-graecum
|
Vegetables
|
Cyprus
|
United Kingdom
|
5
|
Pest |
Consignment |
Type of commodity
|
Country of origin
|
Country of destination
|
nb
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liriomyza sativae
|
Ocimum basilicum
|
Leaves
|
Thailand
|
France
|
22
|
|
|
Ocimum canum
|
Vegetables
|
Thailand
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liriomyza sp.
|
Dianthus barbatus
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
Germany
|
2
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
France
|
8
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
Scotland (UK)
|
1
|
|
|
Coriandrum sativum
|
Vegetables
|
Thailand
|
France
|
2
|
|
|
Dendranthema
|
Cut flowers
|
Colombia
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Dendranthema
|
Cuttings
|
USA
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
|
Eustoma grandiflorum
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
France
|
3
|
|
|
Sanvitalia
|
Plants for planting
|
Israel
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
|
Scaevola
|
Cuttings
|
Israel
|
Germany
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liriomyza trifolii
|
Artemisia dracunculus
|
Vegetables
|
Colombia
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Aster
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Bupleurum
|
Cut flowers
|
Zimbabwe*
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Colocasia esculenta
|
Vegetables
|
Nigeria
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Colocasia esculenta
|
Vegetables
|
Nigeria
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Corchorus (leaves)
|
Vegetables
|
Nigeria
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Dendranthema
|
Cut flowers
|
Spain
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
Ireland
|
1
|
|
|
Gypsophila
|
Cut flowers
|
Netherlands
|
Northern Ireland (UK)
|
1
|
|
|
Mixed leaves
|
Vegetables
|
Nigeria
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
Ocimum basilicum
|
Vegetables
|
Morocco*
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Ocimum basilicum
|
Vegetables
|
South Africa
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
Solidaster
|
Cut flowers
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Meloidogyne + Pratylenchus
|
Rhapis excelsa
|
Plants for planting
|
Costa Rica
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Meloidogyne sp.
|
Areca sp.
|
Plants for planting
|
St Lucia
|
Germany
|
2
|
|
|
Rosa sp.
|
Plants for planting
|
Denmark
|
Norway
|
4
|
|
|
Rosa sp.
|
Plants for planting
|
Poland
|
Norway
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pyralidae
|
Manihot esculenta (leaves)
|
Vegetables
|
Nigeria
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ralstonia
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Seed potatoes
|
Netherlands
|
Morocco
|
1
|
|
solanacearum
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
Egypt
|
Greece
|
3
|
|
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
Egypt
|
Spain
|
8
|
|
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
Egypt
|
United Kingdom
|
31
|
|
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
Ware potatoes
|
Egypt
|
Italy
|
1
|
|
R. solanacearum
(race 1 BV4) |
Curcuma
|
Bulbs and tubers
|
Thailand
|
Netherlands
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spodoptera littoralis
|
Fuchsia
|
Pot plants
|
Israel
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
|
Ocimum basilicum
|
Vegetables
|
South Africa
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spodoptera sp.
|
Pelargonium
|
Cuttings
|
Israel
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tetranychus kanzawai
|
Disporopsis arisanensis
|
Plants for planting
|
Taiwan
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pest |
Consignment |
Type of commodity
|
Country of origin
|
Country of destination
|
nb
|
|
Thrips palmi
|
Coriandrum sativum
|
Cut branches
|
Thailand
|
France
|
4
|
|
|
Dendrobium sp.
|
Cut flowers
|
Thailand
|
Germany
|
1
|
|
|
Momordica charantia
|
Vegetables
|
Dominican Rep.
|
France
|
2
|
|
|
Momordica charantia
|
Vegetables
|
Thailand
|
France
|
15
|
|
|
Orchidaceae
|
Cut flowers
|
Singapour
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Orchidaceae
|
Cut flowers
|
Thailand
|
Spain
|
1
|
|
|
Orchidaceae
|
Cut flowers
|
Thailand
|
France
|
7
|
|
|
Rosa sp.
|
Cut flowers
|
India
|
Netherlands
|
5
|
|
|
Solanum melongena
|
Vegetables
|
Dominican Rep.
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Solanum melongena
|
Vegetables
|
Thailand
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
Solanum sp.
|
Vegetables
|
Thailand
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tomato ringspot nepovirus
|
Pelargonium fragans
|
Cuttings
|
Israel*
|
United Kingdom
|
1
|
- Interceptions of fruit flies
|
Pest
|
Consignment
|
Country of origin
|
Country of destination
|
nb
|
|
Bactrocera sp.
|
Mangifera indica |
Indonesia
|
France
|
2
|
|
Bactrocera sp.
|
Psidium guajava
|
Thailand
|
France
|
3
|
|
Bactrocera sp.
|
Psidium guajava
|
Thailand
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ceratitis capitata |
Citrus reticulata
|
Syria
|
Romania
|
1
|
Ceratitis capitata |
Citrus sinensis
|
Syria
|
Romania
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ceratitis sp.
|
Mangifera indica |
Kenya
|
France
|
1
|
|
Ceratitis sp.
|
Mangifera indica
|
Kenya
|
France
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tephritidae non European
|
Momordica sp.
|
Thailand
|
France
|
1
|
- Bonsai
36 consignments of various bonsai plants (Acer buergerianum, Acer palmatum, Camelia sinensis, Carmona, Carpinus coreana, Celtis sinensis, Chaenomeles speciosa, Cryptomeria japonica, Forsythia., Ilex, Lagerstroemia, Lantana, Ligustrum, Pinus pentaphylla, Rhododendron, Sageretia, Scilla, Serissa, Ulmus coreana, Ulmus, Wisteria., Zelkova) from China, Japon, Korea Republic and Netherlands have been intercepted by Belgium, France, United Kingdom. The following nematode species and genus have been found: Criconematidae, Helicotylenchus dihystera, Helicotylenchus sp., Hemicriconemoides, Hemicycliophora sp, Macroposthonia xenoplax, Meloidogyne arenaria, Meloidogyne hapla, Meloidogyne sp., Pratylenchus loosi, Pratylenchus sp., Pratylenchus vulnus, Trichodoridae, Tylenchida, Tylenchorhynchidae, Tylenchorhynchus leviterminalis, Tylenchorhynchus sp., Xiphinema radicicola.
1 The EPPO Secretariat wrote to both countries concerned for more details. In UK, a small consignment of French potatoes was found infested by ring rot after IF tests and Gram stain reactions. The French Plant Protection Service noted that these tests have not been confirmed by biological tests. Enquiries on the origin of this potato lot showed that it had been produced on a small plot (1 ha), using seed potatoes multiplied without control by a non-professional person. The French Plant Protection Service stressed that according to the intensive surveys carried out on this disease on the whole territory, especially for the production of seed potatoes, France is considered as free from ring rot.
Sources
EPPO Secretariat, 1997-05.