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EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 3d

‼️‼️DON'T FORGET the EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Fellowship application window closes next week ‼️‼️

👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/jHRKd

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · Sep 12

⏰ DEADLINE EXTENDED for the EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Fellowship - we have extended the deadline for the Fellowship by one month - apply now!

👉 Plant health professionals from EPPO member countries can apply here shorturl.at/jHRKd

⌚ New deadline OCTOBER 15th!

deadline for the EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Fellowship extended

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 3d

🤔 Have you booked your place for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW conference 'Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)' yet?

🔗Register and submit your abstract here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 5d

🗓️ The EPPO Calendar for 2026 was approved by the EPPO Council.

🌐 Our 2026 Calendar is now online. Get the important dates in your diary now!

🔗 See more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/cal...

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 5d

Don't forget to tune in at 18:00 CEST today!

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 9d

Join EPPO's Scientific Officer Rob Tanner next Tuesday at 18:00 to hear about the EPPO/NEPPO Xylella contingency planning workshop!

Join here - us06web.zoom.us/j/8290219332...

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 6d

🌲 Last week Dmitrii Musolin represented EPPO at the 22nd meeting of the International Forestry Quarantine Research Group in Maisons-Alfort, France.

🔗 Find out more about the IFQRG and read the materials from the meeting here: www.ippc.int/ru/partners/...

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EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 9d

Join EPPO's Scientific Officer Rob Tanner next Tuesday at 18:00 to hear about the EPPO/NEPPO Xylella contingency planning workshop!

Join here - us06web.zoom.us/j/8290219332...

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EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 10d

Last week Ms Trontin showcased how EPPO’s activities and Standards on diagnostics support accreditation of plant pest diagnostic laboratories at the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) Laboratory Committee meeting.

Read about EPPO and EA's collaboration: www.eppo.int/.../EA-EPPO_....

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 11d

🪱 Last week EPPO took part in the Annual Workshop of the European Reference Laboratory for Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Zagreb.

The workshop covered EURL activities, methods validation, emerging and regulated nematodes, and general updates in nematology.

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EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 11d

📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in September's reporting service.

🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...

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EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 12d

🌐 Web report of the 75th Session of the EPPO Council now online 🌐

➡️ Read about the technical updates and new Standards approved by the Council

🔗 Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

🙏Thank you to all delegates for their participation and fruitful discussions.

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EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 12d

🌲 Web report now online for the Conference 'Biosecurity and Surveillance of Quarantine Pests of Trees in Forests and Cities 🌲

🔗 Read more here www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

🙏 Thanks INIAV, GREEN-IT and UB3Guard Cost Action for this successful meeting!

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EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 18d

We are currently holding our Council meeting for this year at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

We have delegates from 32 countries, and the European Commission, attending.

We thank everyone for the productive discussions and for their continued engagement!

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 20d

The paper by Melifronidou-Pantelidou et al. is now online in the EPPO Bulletin and details the Eradication campaign for the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri in Cyprus

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Photo Asian citrus psyllid nymphs Courtesy: David G Hall (USDA-ARS, Fort Pierce, Florida, US)

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 20d

❗ONE WEEK LEFT TO SUBMIT POSTER AND PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS❗

🔗 Register and submit abstracts here: meeting.eppo.int/meeting.php/...

➡️ To see more details, follow this link: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 23d

❗Don't forget to submit your abstracts
for posters or presentations for the upcoming EPPO Conference on Diagnostics of Plant Pests

⏱️ Abstract submission CLOSES on the 30th September! (Registration closes 30th November)

Register and submit abstracts here: meeting.eppo.int/index.php/M8...

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EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 23d

Nguyen et al. provide information on sustainable management of Venturia inaequalis the causal agent of apple scab disease in the field using grapevine cane extracts in their work published in the EPPO Bulletin.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Scab on apple fruit courtesy: Yulia Holiachuk, Lviv National Environmental University, Ukraine

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 23d

🌍 Web report now online: 91st Meeting of the Panel on Global Phytosanitary Affairs 🌍

🔗 Read the full report here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 24d

A paper by Zeity et al. detailing the first record of the invasive fruit fly, Dacus ciliatus on cucurbit crops in Latakia, Syria Is online in the EPPO Bulletin.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 25d

A new EPPO Datasheet on the rice root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola is now online in the EPPO Bulletin. Thanks to Giovanna Curto, Italy.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 26d

A new EPPO Datasheet on the white-marked tussock moth Orgyia leucostigma, a pest of deciduous and coniferous woody plants as well as herbaceous plants, is online in the EPPO Bulletin.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 27d

The IPPC is hosting a webinar series on climate change and pest risk analysis and pest management.

It will provide useful insights for those in NPPOs, researchers, agricultural experts and more!

🔗 Find out more and register here: bit.ly/3JXQZas

(Image credit: IPPC, FAO)

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EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · 27d

A new EPPO Datasheet on Harringtonia lauricola (outside its native range poses a threat to forest plants and commercial crops such as avocado), is online in the EPPO Bulletin. Thanks to the authors Miranda Barnes and Jiri Hulcr, University of Florida, US.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · Sep 12

⏰ DEADLINE EXTENDED for the EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Fellowship - we have extended the deadline for the Fellowship by one month - apply now!

👉 Plant health professionals from EPPO member countries can apply here shorturl.at/jHRKd

⌚ New deadline OCTOBER 15th!

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EPPO @epponews.bsky.social · Sep 12

A new Diagnostic Standard on the apple maggot PM 7/160 (1) Rhagoletis pomonella, is now freely available in the EPPO Bulletin.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Reposted by EPPO

IPSN @ipsn-bgci.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚨TWO WEEKS TO GO!

One-day free workshop during EuroGard!
"Threat of Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) to Europe: Monitoring and mitigation”🪲

📍Orto Botanico di Roma
🗓️24 September 2025, Wednesday
💻Online option available
Register here: forms.office.com/e/XWvSMG20yi

IPSN @ipsn-bgci.bsky.social · Aug 28

Join us at #EuroGard2025 in Rome!

The IPSN is hosting a free one-day workshop “Threat of Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) to Europe: Monitoring and mitigation”🪲

📍Location: Orto Botanico di Roma
🗓️24 September 2025

Register here: forms.office.com/e/XWvSMG20yi

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