EPPO webinar – ‘Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in the EPPO region: preparedness of countries for its further spread’
5th December 2024
The EPPO webinar ‘Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in the EPPO region: preparedness of countries for its further spread’ took place on the 5th of December 2024, and was attended by more than 450 participants from 55 countries including 42 EPPO member countries. It was organized in the framework of the Network of experts working on surveillance, monitoring, and control of Agrilus planipennis (Emerald ash borer).
The purpose of this webinar was to give an opportunity to the National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPOs) of countries in which A. planipennis is present, and countries located near the current limits of the distribution of this species, in the EPPO region to share information on distribution of this pest and their preparedness for its further spread or arrival. NPPOs of Russia, Belarus, Estonia, Finland, and Latvia accepted an invitation from EPPO and participated in the webinar with detailed presentations. The international audience demonstrated high interest and the panelists had more than 80 questions to answer.
The EPPO Secretariat warmly thanks all attendees for their active participation during the webinar and all panelists who had kindly agreed to share their knowledge and experience with the audience.
Summaries, presentations, and a full video report are available below.
Courtesy: Dominic Eyre
Courtesy: Eduard Jendek
Courtesy: Dmitrii Musolin (EPPO)
Presentations
Nico Horn, Dmitrii Musolin (EPPO)
Oleg Kulinich, Dmitry Ryaskin (Russia)
Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis in the Russian Federation: its spread, damage and control
Darya Straltsova, Tatsiana Yerchyk, Tatsiana Balashova (Belarus)
Mart Kinkar (Estonia)
Survey of Agrilus planipennis in Estonia
Liisa Vihervuori (Finland)
Agrilus planipennis: preparedness of Finland for its possible arrival
Sandra Zandere (Latvia)
Preparedness of Latvia for a potential outbreak of the Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis
Nico Horn (EPPO)
Concluding remarks
Underlined: presenting authors.
Download the programme and summaries of presentations 
Watch the video recording of the webinar
Related information
- Web page of the EPPO Network of experts working on surveillance, monitoring, and control of Agrilus planipennis (Emerald ash borer)
- To subscribe to the newsletters of the EPPO Emerald ash borer Network: https://forms.office.com/e/7GxvJkS0YT
- Network contact point: Dmitrii Musolin: dm@eppo.int
