EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 08 - 2018 Num. article: 2018/153

Conference on ‘Preparing Europe for invasion by the beetles emerald ash borer and bronze birch borer’ (Vienna, 2018-10-01/04)


A conference on ‘Preparing Europe for invasion by the beetles emerald ash borer and bronze birch borer’ will be organised in Vienna, Austria, in 2018-10-01/04. The event is sponsored by the OECD Co-operative Research Programme, co-funded by the UK government (Defra - Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) and organised within the framework of the Euphresco project ‘Risk-based strategies to prepare for and manage invasive tree borers – Pest risk evaluation and pest management systems’ (PREPSYS). The conference will bring together expertise from a wide range of countries, representing the native and invaded ranges of the two pests (Agrilus planipennis and A. anxius). The deadline for registration is: 2018-09-07.


More information can be found on the Conference website:

https://bfw.ac.at/rz/bfwcms.web?dok=10361


Sources

EPPO Secretariat (2018-08).