EPPO Standards on efficacy evaluation of plant protection products: update of the web-based database
The EPPO Standards for the efficacy evaluation of plant protection products (PP1) describe the conduct of trials carried out to assess the efficacy of plant protection products against specific pests. They are addressed to all institutions, official registration authorities, public institutes or private firms carrying out such trials. Since February 2009 the whole series of EPPO PP1 Standards (more than 280 standards covering a wide range of crops and pests) is available in an online database. A new interface has been released in July 2012 to facilitate access to PP1 Standards. All Standards can be easily retrieved as PDF files by using a simple search tool.
The database has been updated with new and revised standards adopted by EPPO Council in September 2015.
General Standards
• PP 1/213(4) Resistance risk analysis (Revision)
• PP 1/271(2) Guidance on comparative assessment (Minor revision to harmonize requirements with the DG SANCO 11507/2013)
Specific standards
• PP 1/16 Botryotinia fuckeliana on strawberries (Revision)
• PP 1/95 Slugs (Revision, the Standards PP 1/95 Slugs on vegetables, strawberry and ornamentals and
PP 1/96 Slugs in field crops have been merged into one and revised. PP 1/96 has been withdrawn)
PP 1/96 Slugs in field crops have been merged into one and revised. PP 1/96 has been withdrawn)
• PP 1/182 Chemical hybridizing agents in cereals (except maize) (Revision)
• PP 1/285 Fusarium ear rot of maize (New)
• PP 1/286 Phthorimaea operculella (New)
• PP 1/287 Anarsia lineatella (New)
• PP 1/288 Grapholita molesta (New)
• PP 1/289 The design and use of molluscicide small plot cage (barriered) field trials (New)
• PP 1/290 Weeds in asparagus (New)
In addition, seven new extrapolation tables have been adopted to accompany EPPO Standard PP 1/257 Efficacy and crop safety extrapolations for minor uses (http://www.eppo.int/PPPRODUCTS/minor_uses/minor_uses.htm) and other tables have been revised.
Two new examples of zonal efficacy evaluation to accompany EPPO Standard PP 1/278 Principles of zonal data production and evaluation are now available on the EPPO website (http://www.eppo.int/PPPRODUCTS/zonal_efficacy/zonal_efficacy.htm):
• Clarification of efficacy data requirements for the authorization of a fungicide (protectant applications and curative treatments) for the control of apple scab (Venturia inaequalis, VENTIN) on apple (Malus domestica, MABSD) in the European Central authorization zone
• Clarification of efficacy data requirements for the authorization of a plant growth regulator in winter oilseed rape in the European Central authorization zone.
All general Standards (e.g. design, conduct, reporting and analysis of trials, phytotoxicity, effects on succeeding crops, analysis of resistance risk, minor uses) can be accessed free of charge. Access to specific Standards (e.g. aphids on potato, weeds in cereals) is provided for an annual fee. Subscriptions should be made directly online via the database. For more information on the detailed contents of the database and subscriptions, please consult our web page: http://www.eppo.org/DATABASES/pp1/pp1.htm
Direct access to the database: http://pp1.eppo.int. Extrapolation tables are available at http://www.eppo.int/PPPRODUCTS/minor_uses/minor_uses.htm
Sources
EPPO Secretariat (2015-12).