2nd Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments

Vienna, 2006-10-09/11

 

The Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments met in Vienna on 2006-10-09/11. The Panel finalized instructions to authors for future EPPO Standards on Phytosanitary Treatments. It was also agreed that from 2006, new standards and revisions of existing standards on phytosanitary treatments will no longer be published as part of the series PM 3 Phytosanitary procedures, but instead will be published in the new series PM 10 Phytosanitary treatments. The Panel reviewed the list of existing EPPO Standards and identified:

 

  • Standards to be withdrawn

PM 3/4 Hydrogen cyanide fumigation of woody plants to control Quadraspidiotus perniciosus
PM 3/17 Fumigation of potatoes with 2-aminobutane to control fungal diseases

 

  • Standards that needed no or a minor revision:

PM 3/2(2) Methyl bromide fumigation of seeds to control Ditylenchus dipsaci
PM 3/12(3) Methyl bromide fumigation of stored products to control stored-product insect pests in general
PM 3/13(1) Methyl bromide fumigation of potatoes to control Phthorimaea operculella
PM 3/14(2) Methyl bromide fumigation of Dracaena and Yucca cuttings against Opogona sacchari
PM 3/15(1) Methyl bromide fumigation of conifer seeds against insects
PM 3/16(2) Combined methyl bromide fumigation and cold storage treatment of chrysanthemum cuttings
PM 3/20(1) Methyl bromide fumigation of wood of Quercus to control Ceratocystis fagacearum
PM 3/46(1) Methyl bromide fumigation of citrus and other host plants to control Aleurocanthus woglumi
PM 3/47(1) Fumigation of cotton and cotton products to control Anthonomus grandis
PM 3/52(1) Aphelenchoides besseyi: treatment method for strawberry plants

 

Technical visit of the Panel to 
Diabrotica infested fields
(Courtesy Ray Cannon)

  • Standards needing to be revised. The following were finalized:

PM 3/8(2) Methyl bromide fumigation of pineapples to control Pseudococcus spp. and other scale insects
PM 3/50(1) Fumigation to control adult Leptinotarsa decemlineata

 

  • The Panel also drafted standards for alternative treatments:

Sulfuryl fluoride fumigation of dried fruits and nuts to control various stored product pests (alternative to PM 3/1) 
Sulfuryl fluoride fumigation of dried fruits and nuts to control various stored product pests without and under vacuum (alternative to PM 3/9) 
Hydrogen phosphine fumigation of dried fruits and nuts to control various stored product pests (alternative to PM 3/9)
Irradiation of stored products to control stored-product insect pests in general (alternative to PM 3/12)
Hot water treatment of Dracaena and Yucca cuttings against Opogona sacchari (alternative to PM 3/14)


A set of standards will be sent for country consultation in 2007. The Panel hoped that the consultation will be an opportunity to get some feedback from experience in EPPO countries. 


The next Panel meeting will be held on 2007-10-09/11.