17th meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures for Potato

Paris, EPPO headquarters, 2011-03-08/10

The Panel found the exchange of experience very useful, in particular in relation with outbreak management in different countries. A summary of the workshop as well as an article describing eradication and containment measures will be prepared for publication in the EPPO Bulletin. The Panel will also elaborate a draft regulatory control system based on these experiences.  Finally, the Panel agreed that the datasheets on M. chitwoodi and M. fallax should be updated on the basis on the work done within the EFSA project Prima Phacie.

The Panel reviewed the comments received after country consultation on the following standards:

• National regulatory control system for Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus (revision PM 9/2)
• National regulatory control system for Ralstonia solanacearum (revision PM 9/3)
• National regulatory control system for PSTVd on potato (new)

The Panel amended the draft standards to take into account the comments. The amended versions will be presented to the Working Party for phytosanitary regulations for approval.

The Panel discussed the recent progress on the harmonization of tests to assess the resistance of potato cultivars to the different pathotypes of Synchytrium endobioticum. The Panel considered that it was still needed to harmonize the scoring system, in particular for borderline reactions. It agreed that a one-day workshop on potato wart disease, similar to the one organized on Meloidogyne species would be useful. A programme will be elaborated for next year.

The Panel also discussed further work to be done in link with Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida. The Panel saw a need to discuss practical problems and new obligations resulting from the implementation of the EU Directive 2007/33/EC, and considered drafting a national regulatory control system for G. rostochiensis and G. pallida.

Emerging pests: the Panel was presented with the outcome of the draft PRA for 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum', and its vector Bactericera cockerelli.

Participants to the Panel and workshop

ANTHOINE Géraldine (Ms)
Laboratoire de la santé des végétaux, 7 rue Jean Dixméras, 49044 Angers Cedex 01 (FR) - Tel +33-241199695 (standard +33-241207420) - Fax +33-241207430 - geraldine.anthoine@anses.fr

BUTRYMOWICZ Janina (Ms)
Main Inspectorate of Plant Health and Seed Inspection - Central Laboratory, Zwirki i Wigury 73, 87-100 Torun (PL) - Tel +48-566235649 - Fax +48-566391111 - j.butrymowicz@piorin.gov.pl

DEN NIJS Loes (Ms)
National Reference Center (NRC), Div. Nematology, Plant Protection Service, Geertjesweg 15, 6706 EA Wageningen (NL) - Tel +31 317 496840 - l.j.m.f.den.nijs@minlnv.nl

GAMON Agnes (Ms)
DRAAF-SRAL Bretagne, 15 avenue de Cucillé, 35047 RENNES Cedex 9 (FR) - Tel 0033 2 99 28 21 77 - agnes.gamon@agriculture.gouv.fr

GILTRAP Neil (Mr)
Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, Room 02FA09, Y041 1LZ York (GB) - Tel +44-1904462217 - Fax +44-1904462250 - neil.giltrap@fera.gsi.gov.uk

HARSHKOVA Aksana (Ms)
All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center, Pogranichnaya 32, 140150 Bykovo,. Ramenskoe region, Moscow oblast (RU) – Tel +7-9261140075 – Fax +7-4952237241 - oksana_g@yahoo.com

IAKOVLEVA Vera (Ms)
All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center, Pogranichnaya 32, 140150 Bykovo, Ramenskoe region, Moscow oblast (RU) - Tel +7-9060310575 - Fax +7-4957879054 - yakovleva_va@mail.ru

JEFFRIES Colin (Mr)
Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture, Roddinglaw Road, EH12 9FJ Edinburgh (GB) - Tel +44-1312448868 - Fax +44-1312448940 - colin.jeffries@sasa.gsi.gov.uk

KARNKOWSKI Witold (Mr)
Main Inspectorate of Plant Protection and Seed Service Central Laboratory, ul. Zwirki i Wigury 73, 87-100 Torun (PL) - Tel +48-566391110 - Fax +48-566391111 - w.karnkowski@piorin.gov.pl

LENNE Nicolas (Mr)
Pôle Inspections Mutualisées, DRAAF/SRAL Picardie, Service Régional de l'Alimentation, 518 rue St Fuscien, 80092 Amiens cedex 3 (FR) - Tel +33-22335597 - Fax +33-22335556 - nicolas.lenne@agriculture.gouv.fr

MICHELANTE David (Mr)
FSC - 5ème étage, Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, 55, 1000 Bruxelles (BE) - Tel +32-22118610 - Fax +32-22118630 - david.michelante@afsca.be

MÜLLER Petra (Ms)
Julius Kühn Institut (JKI), Institute for National and International Plant Health, Stahnsdorfer Damm 81, 14532 Kleinmachnow (DE) - Tel +49-3320348377 - Fax +49-3320348385 - petra.mueller@jki.bund.de

NIERE Bjorn (Mr)
Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for National and International Plant Health, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig (DE) - Tel +49-5312993382 - Fax +49-5312993007 - bjoern.niere@jki.bund.de

POTOCNIK Andrej (Mr)
MAFF Phytosanitary Inspection Service, Zgornji Brnik 130/E, SI-2410 Brnik-Aerodrom (PL) - Tel +386-42018630 - Fax +386-42018632 - andrej.potocnik@gov.si

SACCARDI Alberto (Mr)
Servizio Fitosanitario Regionale, Regione del Veneto, Viale dell' Agricultura 1/a, 37060 Buttapietra-Verona (IT) - Tel +39-0458676927 - Fax +39-0458676937 - alberto.saccardi@regione.veneto.it

SÖLLINGER Josef (Mr)
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Institute for Potato and Plant Genetic Resources, Wieningerstrasse 8, A-4020 Linz (AT) - Tel +43-50555 41211 - Fax +43-50555 41119 - Josef.soellinger@ages.at

VAN DER GAAG Dirk Jan (Mr)
Plant Protection Service, Geertjesweg 15, 6706 EA Wageningen (NL) - Tel +31-317496823 - Fax +31-317421701 - d.j.van.der.gaag@minlnv.nl

ZITKUVIENE Rasa (Ms)
State Plant  Service under the Ministry of Agriculture, Phytosanitary Department, Kalvariju str. 62, LT-09304 Vilnius (LT) - Tel +370-52754353 - Fax +370-52752128 - rasa.zitkuviene@vatzum.lt

DE HOOP Manuel Bram (Mr)
Plant Protection Service of the Netherlands, P.O.Box 9102, 6700 HC Wageningen (NL) - Tel +31-651584878 - Fax +31- 317421701 - m.b.de.hoop@minlnv.nl

EPPO Secretariat
ARNITIS Ringolds (Mr)
SUFFERT Muriel (Ms)

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