9th Meeting of the Panel on Diagnostics
York, GB, 2004-10-27/29
The Panel on Diagnostics met at York in the very impressive building of CSL, and was given to opportunity to visit the different laboratories. The general format of EPPO diagnostic protocols and instructions given to authors were discussed and modified once again. They were also aligned on the format which is being prepared by the IPPC Secretariat for the future development of ISPMs. The revised versions will soon be made available to all Panels and authors involved in the preparation of diagnostic protocols. The main task of this Panel was to review a large number of diagnostic protocols which were at different stages of preparation within the EPPO approval system. Warm thanks are due to Ms Wright and her colleagues for the very fine organization of this meeting.
Three diagnostic protocols are now reaching completion and will be presented to the Working Party for approval in 2005: Eotetranychus lewisi, Phytophthora ramorum, Thrips palmi.
The following protocols will be sent to all EPPO member countries for comments: Opogona sacchari, Lepidosaphes ussuriensis, Maconellicoccus hirsutus, Scrobipalpopsis solanivora.
It was agreed that several DIAGPRO protocols could now enter into revision, as in most cases new methods were available. These will be then studied by the various EPPO Panels involved in diagnostics and follow the usual EPPO approval procedure (Beet necrotic yellow vein furovirus, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus, Globodera spp., Meloidogyne spp., Phoma tracheiphila, Tilletia indica, Xanthomonas fragariae).
Some protocols still needed to be further developed by the Panel, and will be presented again at next year’s meeting (Cucumber vein yellowing ipomovirus, Diaporthe vaccinii, Gymnosporangium
Toxoptera citricida, Xanthomonas oryzae).
Finally, the Panel reviewed its future programme of work and identified authors who will be asked to prepare new draft protocols on: Ceratitis spp., Diabrotica spp., Eutetranychus orientalis, Helicoverpa armigera & H. zea, Oligonychus perditus, Popillia japonica, Rhagoletis spp., Spodoptera littoralis, Sternochetus mangiferae, Ceratocystis virescens, Giberella circinata, Thecaphora solani.
Participants
R.P. BAAYEN
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, P.O. Box 20401, 2500 EK THE HAGUE (NL)
31/703785223 – 31/703786156 – r.p.baayen@minlnv.nl
J.E. FREY
Agroscope FAW Wädenswil, Swiss Federal Research Station, 8820 WÄDENSWIL (CH)
41/17836332 – 41/17836434 – juerg.frey@faw.admin.ch
R. KARJALAINEN
AgriFood Research in Finland and University of Kuopio, 31600 JOKIOINEN (FI)
reijo.karjalainen@mtt.fi
N. BUKVAYOVA (Mrs)
Central Controlling and Testing Institute of Agriculture, Hanulova 9/A, 844 29 BRATISLAVA (SK)
421/2 64462436 – 421/2 6442089 – diagnostika@uksup.sk
L.F.F. KOX (Ms)
Dept of Diagnostics, Plant Protection Service, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC WAGENINGEN (NL)
31/317 496754 – 31/317 421701 – l.f.f.kox@minlnv.nl
S. KOZELSKA (Ms)
State Phytosanitary Administration, Šlechtitelu 11, 78371 Olomouc (CZ)
420 602247174 - 420 58522 7790 - svetla.kozelska@srs.cz
C. MONTON (Ms)
Via de Circulación Norte, Tramo 6, Esquina calle 3 (Zona Franca), 08040 BARCELONA (ES)
34/932234051 – 34/932234215 – cmonton@gencat.net
C. SCHEEL (Ms)
Danish Plant Directorate, Skovbrynet 20, 2800 Lyngby (DK)
45 45 26 38 42 - 45 45 26 36 13 - cs@pdir.dk
N. SHEROKOLAVA (Mrs)
Moscow Plant Quarantine Laboratory, Pogranichnaya str. 32, 140150 MOSCOW oblast Ramensky region, Bykovo-2 (RU)
70/957308207 - 70/957857613 – natalia_sh@mail.ru
G. UREK
Kmetijski Institut Slovenije, Hacquetova 17, Ljubljana (SI)
386 1 280 52 08 - 386 1 280 52 55 - gregor.urek@kis.si
H.J. VETTEN
BBA, Institute of Plant Virology, Microbiology and Biosafety, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 BRAUNSCHWEIG (DE)
49 531 299 3720 - 49 531 299 3006 - H.J.Vetten@bba.de
D.M. WRIGHT (Ms)
Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, YORK YO42 2TH (GB)
44/1904 462320 – 44/1904 462147 – d.wright@csl.gov.uk
EPPO
F. PETTER (Ms)
A.S. ROY (Ms)
1 rue Le Nôtre, 75016 PARIS (France), 33/145207794 – 33/142248943 – hq@eppo.fr