PQR - the EPPO database on quarantine pests: new update
PQR - the EPPO database on quarantine pests (geographical distributions, host plants, regulatory status, pathways, and pictures) was updated on 2015-02-10. If PQR has already been installed on your computer, when opening the database you will be automatically notified that a new update is available.
The following new items have been added since the previous update (2014-09-08)
- New world distributions: e.g. Megacopta cribraria, Pseudacysta perseae, Singhiella simplex, Thrips setosus, Phenacoccus peruvianus.
- All recent data from the EPPO Reporting Service (September 2014 to January 2015) and updated pest statuses sent by several NPPOs of EPPO member countries.
- Many new pest and plant pictures: Acalymma vittatum, Acizzia jamatonica, Aleurocanthus woglumi, Aporia crataegi, Araujia sericifera, Arctotheca calendula, Bactrocera carambolae, Bactrocera dorsalis, Bemisia tabaci, Cacopsylla pyri, Caliroa cerasi, Cameraria ohridella, Ceratitis capitata, Chrysanthemum stem necrosis virus, Cydia pomonella, Dendrothrips ornatus, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, Erannis defoliaria, Eriophyes pyri, Helicoverpa zea, Hosta virus X, Impatiens necrotic spot virus, Maconellicoccus hirsutus, Malus domestica, Neodiprion sertifer, Parthenium hysterophorus, Peronospora dianthicola, Phakopsora vitis, Phyllosticta citricarpa, Plasmopara petroselini, Popillia japonica, Prunus persica, Prunus serotina, Puccinia psidii, Ralstonia solanacearum, Raoiella indica,Rhagoletis cerasi, Rhynchophorus palmarum, Scolytus multistriatus, Spodoptera eridania, Spodoptera frugiperda, Stephanitis pyri, Verticillium dahliae, Vitis vinifera, Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri, Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vesicatoria, Xylella fastidiosa.
The EPPO Secretariat would like to thank all contributors who have kindly sent their pictures which can be viewed in both PQR and Global Database. Additional pictures are always welcome! A quick and simple tool to upload pictures is available in Global Database (on every pest/plant webpage https://gd.eppo.int).
If you have not already installed PQR on your computer, you can download it (free) from the EPPO website:http://www.eppo.int/DATABASES/pqr/pqr.htm
Sources
EPPO Secretariat (2015-02).