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32nd Annual Meeting October 20 - 24, 2008 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
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| Annual Meeting | Panel Reports | Comings & Goings | ||
| NAPPO Evaluation | Meetings | International Workshop | Irradiation Workshop | |
| Faces of NAPPO | SAMs | Clean Plant Network | Cactoblastis Award | |
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What do you get when you cross a potato with an onion? A potato with watery eyes! |
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The meeting will be held in Guadalajara which is known worldwide for its traditional hospitality, a wide variety of cultural and recreational attractions and delicious cuisine. Guadalajara represents Mexican culture with its folklore, the renowned Mariachi, handcrafts, tequila and the popular sport, charreria. Guadalajara is in the State of Jalisco located on the Western side of the Mexican Republic.
Guadalajara’s International Airport “Miguel Hidalgo” connects major cities in Mexico and the United States including Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
More details on NAPPO’s Annual Meeting
and venue will be presented in the next issue of the Newsletter. Source: SAGARPA |
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The independent evaluation has been completed as planned.
The
results and conclusions were presented to the Executive Committee during
its first meeting which was held
March, 11 – 14 in Mexico. The recommendations of the evaluation will be reported in
future newsletters. Source: Ian McDonell, NAPPO |
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Hector Sanchez
Hector is an Agronomist specialized in Phytotechnics.
He graduated from the National School of Agriculture in Chapingo, known
today as Autonomus University of Chapingo, in 1976. He received a
specialization in citriculture from the Valencian Institute on
Agricultural Research in Moncada, Valencia, Spain. From 1978 to
2000 he represented Mexico at the Internacional Society of Citriculture.
From 1978 to 1984 he was professor at the University of
Colima. In 2001 he joined the Plant Health Directorate as Director of
Phytosanitary Protection. Since 2002 he is the Chair of the Citrus Panel.
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Pedro Luis Robles
Pedro was born in Chihuahua, Mexico. He graduated as an Agronomist in
Parasitology from the Autonomous University of Chapingo in 1997. He
received his Masters in Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures from the
Graduate School of Mexico in 2003. Since 2000 he has worked for the Plant
Health Directorate as Head of the Department of National Priority
Campaigns. Pedro coordinates campaigns on lethal yellowing in coconut
palm, citrus tristeza and leprosis viruses. At present he also participates in
the implementation of prevention and management strategies for
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Marie-Pierre Mignault
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Georgios Vidalakis Georgios joined the NAPPO Citrus Panel in the summer of 2005 at the time he assumed directorship of Citrus Clonal Protection Program CCPP. In 2004 he earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside (UCR) Department of Plant Pathology studying citrus virology. In 1998 he completed his studies at the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece (AUA) on Plant Protection and Environment with specialization in plant virology. His research activities include among others, the biological and molecular characterization of citrus viruses and viroids with emphasis in mixed infection and their effect on biodiagnosis of citrus diseases. During the last three years he has collaborated with AUA, the Greek Government, and the European Union for the establishment of the Greek citrus certification program. In 2007 he assumed the position of the Secretary of the International Organization of Citrus Virologists (IOCV). |
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Jose Hernandez Jose graduated as an Agronomist from the Faculty of Agronomy and Animal Sciences of National University of Tucuman, Argentina in 1992 and taught plant pathology mainly on citrus and tropical fruit diseases to undergraduates at the same University. In 2001 he received his Ph.D. in Biology. From 2001 to 2006 he was a visiting scientist and a postdoctoral researcher at the USDA-ARS, Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland. His research centered on diseases of economically important crops caused by rust fungi. Since 2006 he has been working as a Risk Manager for the USDA-APHIS for imported commodities into the United States, including citrus fruit. Return to Index |
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Robert Krueger
Robert
received his BS in Biology in 1977, his M.Sc. in Plant Science and his Ph.D. in
Plant Physiology in 1993, all from the University of California, Davis.
Since 1994 Robert has been the Horticulturist and Curator, USDA-ARS
National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Riverside, California responsible
for the introduction, sanitation, maintenance, distribution, and
evaluation of germplasm of citrus, date palms, and related taxa. Robert
maintains and distributes clean stock propagative materials, evaluates
accessions and documents germplasm characteristics. He also provides
support and recommendations for the establishment or improvement of other
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Standards Panel RSPM 6 “Guidelines for the Development and Amendment of NAPPO Standards for Phytosanitary Measures” was reviewed by the Standards Panel and approved by the Working Group on January 2008. The new version of the RSPM includes a flow chart of NAPPO’s standard setting process and clarification of the terms “Annex” and “Appendix” in line with IPPC usage. |
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Citrus Panel RSPM 16 “Guidelines for the Importation of Citrus Propagative Material into a NAPPO Member Country” was reviewed by the Citrus Panel and approved by the Working Group on January 2008. The new version of the RSPM includes updated versions of Annex 1 “Significant Diseases and Pathogens of Citrus Propagative Material: Presence or Absence in Citrus Producing NAPPO Member Countries and Acceptable Diagnostic Tests” and of Annex 2 “Insects, Mites and Nematodes of Importance for Citrus Propagative Material: Presence or Absence in Citrus Producing NAPPO Member Countries and Acceptable Identification Tests”. |
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versions of the RSPM 6 and 16 have been published on the NAPPO website. Sincere thanks go to the Standards and Citrus Panels for their important work! |
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| Fruit |
March 31 to April 4, 2008 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico |
Fruit |
July 2008 Niagara, Ontario, Canada |
| Accreditation |
May
13 - 15, 2008
Mexico City, Mexico |
Executive Committee |
August 11, 2008
Solomons Island, Maryland, USA |
| Plants for Planting | Annual Meeting Panel |
October 19, 2008 Guadalajara, Mexico |
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| Working Group |
July
10 - 11, 2008 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Executive Committee |
October 20, 2008 Guadalajara, Mexico |
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Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) |
Inter-American Coordinating Group in Plant Protection |
Weeds Across Borders
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d American Lumber Standards Committee d American Seed Trade Association d California Avocado Commission d California Citrus Quality Council d California Dept. of Food & Agriculture d California Tree Fruit Agreement d Canadian Nursery and Landscape Association |
d Canadian Seed Trade Association d Canadian Horticultural Council d Foothills Landscaping Ltd. d National Plant Board d National Potato Council d Society of American Florists d Syngenta |
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| 8th NAPPO/EPPO Meeting | |
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Left to right front row: Blackie, Quebec, Piotr Wlodarczyk, Poland; Zdenek Chromy, Czech Republic; Ringolds Arnitis, Latvia; Roman Vagner, Belgium,-; Alba Campos, NAPPO; Julie Aliaga, US. Back Row left to right: Paul Bartlett, UK; Ebbe Norbdo, Denmark; Marie-Claude Forest, Canada; Vlasta Knapic, Slovenia; Nico van Opstal, EPPO; Walther Enkerlin, NAPPO; Ian McDonell, NAPPO; Jens Unger, Germany; Mario Puente, Mexico; Corné Van Alphen, Netherlands; Steve Ashby, UK;Laure le Bourgeois, France; Narcy Klag, US; Jane Chard, UK. |
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The 8th Meeting between the regional plant protection organizations of North America (NAPPO) and Europe and the Mediterranean (EPPO) was held from January 22-23, 2008 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The meeting was attended by 10 European countries (Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia, Poland, Scotland, and Slovenia, the European Commission; and the three NAPPO countries (Canada, USA and Mexico).
The meeting was opened by Mr. Ian McDonell, Executive Director of NAPPO. He pointed out that the meeting is aimed at discussing phytosanitary issues of common interest to the member countries of the two regional organizations and at seeking opportunities for collaboration.
Mr. Nico van Opstal, Director General of EPPO, pointed out that significant collaboration developed over the past 8 joint meetings and that the number of countries attending this meeting on the EPPO side underlined the relevance of this joint meeting.
Mr. Van Opstal presented a summary report of the EPPO activities. He mentioned that the number of member Countries is now 49. As a consequence this brings a broad diversity of phytosanitary issues to EPPO. He mentioned three strategic focus areas of EPPO work: Pest Risk Analysis (PRA), quality assurance of diagnostic laboratories and Invasive Alien Species (IAS). In regards to IAS he highlighted the collaboration with environmental organizations.
Mr. McDonell presented a summary of the NAPPO activities. He commented that NAPPO is undergoing an evaluation that will provide independent observations on the operation and effectiveness of NAPPO, and recommendations for the future.
These
recommendations will be used to renew the Strategic Plan for the
organization which was developed almost 10 years ago. He then presented
the assignments that the 18 NAPPO Panels have for the 2007-2008 fiscal
year. Mr. McDonell also commented on the first PRA being conducted using a NAPPO regional approach. The pest being addressed is the Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM), Lymantria dispar Linnaeus which poses a major threat to the forestry resources in North America.
Possible NAPPO-EPPO subjects for collaboration are:
1) Develop examples of specific
sampling protocols to complement the draft ISPM on “Methodologies for
Sampling of Consignments”; and 2) Collaboration on strategic issues of the CPM such as implementation of ISPMs. Although the outside temperature was quite shocking to those more accustomed to milder European and Mexican winters, the atmosphere inside the meeting was warm and collaborative. On a frigid afternoon following the meeting everyone enjoyed (survived?) a snowmobile and sleigh ride and a traditional meal at a maple syrup production site (Certainly a pest free production site in January).
Source: Walther Enkerlin, NAPPO |
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Huanglongbing (HLB)/Citrus Greening and The Asian Citrus Psyllid)
NAPPO is collaborating with the Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal of Mexico to organize an International Workshop on the citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB) also known as citrus greening (Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticum) and its vector, the Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri), to be held in the City of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, from May 7-9, 2008. The main objectives of the Workshop are:
ü To raise awareness among government and industry in countries that produce citrus, on the risks of entry and establishment of this disease and its potential devastating damage; ü To expose participants to the necessary phytosanitary measures for detection and control of the disease and its vector; and ü To identify measures that could prevent establishment in the event of an outbreak
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Temperate tree fruits, nut and berry production in the U.S. is valued around $6 billion in 2004. Other specialty crops1 like citrus and hops add an additional $2.4 billion to the above (National Agricultural statistics service, 2004 and 2005). To sustain these industries availability of clean propagative materials devoid of latent diseases is very critical. It was estimated that clean plant programs alone would contribute $227 million annually to the country’s economy (Cebali et.al., 2004. Crop Protection 22:1149). Several such programs are operating in the country and a network with sustainable funding to facilitate the expansion of such programs has been proposed to serve the needs of nurseries and growers. With the support of specialty crops growers and nursery industry, a proposal to establish a National Clean Plant Network (NCPN) in the US was introduced in the 2007 Farm Bill under the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 with an annual funding of $ 4,000,000 for five years to provide reliable sources of propagative material that are free of propagative-borne pathogens. Many perennial specialty crops are included in this proposal. A National workshop was conducted during May, 2007 in Riverdale, Maryland, to formulate the NCPN’s strategy and governance. Representatives from USDA agencies, Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) and Agricultural research Services (ARS), State Departments of Agriculture along with Land Grant universities, nurseries and fruit production industries joined hands to develop operational guidelines for NCPN. The workshop identified the following goals and objectives and an operational plan is under development.The NCPN will:
The mission of the NCPN is to protect U.S. specialty crop agriculture and the environment from the spread, through asexual propagation, of targeted plant pathogens and pests that cause economic damage. To achieve its mission, the NCPN will establish and maintain regional centers for disease testing and elimination with regional blocks to house and distribute the clean stock and to encourage and facilitate the use of plants for planting that are pathogen and pest free. In addition these centers support research to improve its services in identification and elimination of the pathogens. 1Specialty crops are defined in the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 as “fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits and nursery crops (including floriculture). Source: Dr. Murali Bandla, Director, Plant Safeguarding & Pest Identification, Plant Health Programs, PPQ, USDA. |
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As they say at sporting events, you can’t tell the players without a program. Changes in duties/positions in the three National Plant Protection Organizations inevitably impact on NAPPO. We encourage you to consult our website to keep up-to-date with panel membership. Here are the changes since our October, 2007 Annual Meeting: |
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Greg Wolff, CFIA has changed duties and has been replaced by Marie-Claude Forest as a member of the Working Group on behalf of Canada. Olegario Barrera has left SAGARPA and has been replaced as Chairperson of the Pest Risk Analysis Panel by Louise Dumouchel, CFIA. Mario Puente Raya takes over the Chair of the Annual Meeting Panel as Mexico prepares to host in October, 2008 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Susan McCombs, APHIS is the new Chairperson of the Fruit Panel replacing Jose Manuel Gutierrez, SAGARPA Andrew Dawson, CFIA has replaced Alejandra Elizalde, SAGARPA as Chairperson of the Grains Panel. Steve Cote has passed his duties as Chairperson of the Standards Panel to Walther Enkerlin. Steve will continue on the Working Group. Thank you all for your contributions to NAPPO over the past few years. New Panel and Technical Advisory Group (TAG) members include: Robert Krueger, APHIS, Citrus Panel Robert Tichenor, APHIS, Biological Control Panel Craig Southwick , APHIS, Electronic Phytosanitary Certification Panel David Hanken and Mr. Michael Hennessey, APHIS, Pathways TAG – Invasive Species Panel Murali Bandla, APHIS, Grapevine Panel Heather Hartzog, APHIS, Pathology TAG - Grapevine Panel Hector Vega, SAGARPA, Arthropod TAG - Grapevine Panel Domingo Colmenares, SAGARPA, Nematode TAG - Grapevine Panel Anita Nolasco, SAGARPA, Accreditation Panel Ana Lilia Montealegre, SAGARPA, Working Group and Annual Meeting Panel Abel Lopez, SAGARPA, Grains Panel |
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The
Workshop was held in Mexico City from October 1-5, 2007. It was organized by the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in close collaboration with the Plant
Protection General Directorate (DGSV), Servicio Nacional de Sanidad,
Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASICA), of the Government of
Mexico.
The
Workshop was opened by the Director General of the DGSV, Dr. Javier
Trujillo, who pointed out that is time for this technology to be used more
widely in view of the increasing pressure to phase-out the use of Methyl
Bromide (MB) and the moral responsibility that we all have to find viable
alternatives. He also mentioned that the Mexican national legislation
supporting this nuclear application was expected to be published in the
coming days. During the opening ceremony, Mr. Allan Hruska, FAO Regional Plant Protection Specialist for Latina America and the Caribbean related the FAO interest and support for implementation of the technology. Ms. Tatiana Rubio, of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division and organizer of the event, pointed out the importance of post-harvest treatments and the need to develop cost-effective alternatives including the use of irradiation.
Eighteen countries from
Latin American and the Caribbean attended the workshop, a
clear indication of the interest for the application of this technology
that exists in the region. Three
Regional Plant Protection Organizations (COSAVE, NAPPO and OIRSA)
participated in the Workshop. A number of conclusions were reached:
The complete report of the Workshop is available at: www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/fep/index.html Source: Walther Enkerlin, NAPPO |
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Rebecca A. Bech, newly appointed Deputy Administrator, APHIS-PPQ recently announced the distinguished winners of the 2007 Deputy Administrator’s Safeguarding Awards. The awards highlight the important contributions that recipients have made in fulfilling PPQ’s mission to safeguard U.S. agriculture and plant resources. One of the distinguished winners was the Cactoblastis cactorum Cooperative Program of the USDA, APHIS, PPQ. The program has been successful in halting the westward movement of this pest population along the US Gulf Coast at its 2004 detected leading edge. At the rate C. cactorum was dispersing in Florida when the program began, it was expected to reach Texas by 2007, but the barrier created by host removal and sterile release has prevented it from moving past Dauphin Island, Alabama, thus protecting Opuntia resources in the Southwestern United States and Mexico. This is the first time the sterile insect technique has been successfully used against an invasive species that is not an agricultural pest. It is also the first time Mexico has provided funding to support a program in the United States. Until December 2007, when the award was presented, the population of C. cactorum had not been detected west of its 2004 location in Alabama, where efforts to establish a barrier are taking place. There is more awareness about the threat of C. cactorum to the Southwestern United States and Mexico, and APHIS has the attention of the conservation community for mitigating the effects of an invasive species that is largely an ecosystem pest in the United States. The cooperative program with ARS and SAGARPA has been successful in assisting in detection and eradication activities off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico where two C. cactorum outbreaks have been detected. Source: Joel Floyd, USDA-APHIS-PPQ |
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NAPPO Newsletter
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March 2008
