These guidelines are divided into 2 parts. The first makes general recommendations on how best to move cocoa germplasm and mentions available intermediate quarantine facilities. The second part covers the important insect pests and viral and fungal diseases of quarantine concern. The information...

These guidelines are divided into 2 parts. The first makes general recommendations on how best to move aroid, particularly Colocasia and Xanthosoma, germplasm and mentions available intermediate quarantine facilities. The second part covers the important insect and nematode pests and viral and...

These guidelines are divided into 2 parts. The first makes general recommendations on how best to move Dioscorea germplasm and mentions available intermediate quarantine facilities. The second part covers the important insect and nematode pests and viral and fungal diseases of quarantine concern....

These guidelines are divided into 2 parts. The first makes general recommendations on how best to move Ipomoea germplasm and mentions available intermediate quarantine facilities. The second part covers the important insect pests and viral, mycoplasmal, bacterial and fungal diseases of quarantine...

This publication on stone fruits is part of a series of crop-specific technical guidelines under the FAO/IPGRI programme that provides relevant information on disease indexing and other procedures that will help ensure phytosanitary safety when germplasm is moved internationally. The scope of the...

Cyrtobagous salviniae was imported into Mexico in March 2003 from Australia, Florida and Texas. Notes are given on quarantine procedures.

Correct identification of pests, diseases, weeds and beneficial species is a critical requirement for implementing management plans for plant health. The world-wide decline in taxonomic expertise and services has meant that many identification services have either become unavailable or...

Very few countries as yet use any formal Weed Risk Assessment process in deciding which plant species to exclude under their quarantine regulations, but all will be under increasing pressure to do so to satisfy international trade conventions. Recent revisions to international guidelines for the...

This paper provides a brief history of quarantine operations and legislation for the entry of plants in Australia, and briefly discusses the adoption of a Weed Risk Assessment (WRA) system to prevent the introduction of invasive species. The cost and implementation of the WRA system are also...

Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) is defined in the FAO Glossary of Phytosanitary Terms as the process of evaluating biological or other scientific and economic evidence to determine whether a pest should be regulated and the strength of any phytosanitary measures to be taken against it. This paper...