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Perception of Mealybug Wilt Effect and Management among Pineapple Farmers in Ghana

Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2017
Mealybug wilt of pineapple (MWP) is a major viral disease of pineapple [Ananas comosus (L) Merr.] in Ghana. Its incidence and extent of damage have not been extensively studied in the country.
Mark Tutu Sarpong, Elvis Asare-Bediako, Lawrence Acheampong   +2 more
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Pest categorisation of Paracoccus marginatus. [PDF]

EFSA J, 2023
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae), the papaya scale, for the EU. It is native to Central America and since the 1990s, it has spread rapidly in mainly tropical areas of the Caribbean, islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Africa and southern ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas-Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke HH, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire JC, Malumphy C, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, MacLeod A.   +24 more
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The potential global distribution of the papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus, a polyphagous pest. [PDF]

Pest Manag Sci, 2021
In the present study we present, for the first time, the potential global distribution of Paracoccus marginatus in order to highlight areas which are suitable for invasion. Abstract BACKGROUND The papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus, is a highly polyphagous invasive pest that affects more than 200 plants, many of which are of economic importance. We
Finch EA, Beale T, Chellappan M, Goergen G, Gadratagi BG, Khan MAM, Rehman A, Rwomushana I, Sarma AK, Wyckhuys KA, Kriticos DJ.   +10 more
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Commodity risk assessment of Persea americana from Israel. [PDF]

EFSA J, 2021
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant health was requested to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in the relevant Implementing Acts as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’ (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 establishing a provisional list of high risk plants, plant products or other objects, within the
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Bragard C, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jacques MA, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas-Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Thulke HH, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Zappalà L, Gómez P, Lucchi A, Urek G, Tramontini S, Mosbach-Schulz O, de la Peña E, Yuen J.   +25 more
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Commodity risk assessment of Ficus carica plants from Israel. [PDF]

EFSA J, 2021
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. This Scientific Opinion covers the plant health risks posed by the following commodities: i) dormant and ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Bragard C, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Di Serio F, Jacques MA, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas-Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Thulke HH, van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Mosbach-Schulz O, Gonthier P.   +23 more
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Commodity risk assessment of Petunia spp. and Calibrachoa spp. unrooted cuttings from Kenya. [PDF]

EFSA J
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to evaluate the probability of entry of pests (likelihood of pest freedom at entry), including both regulated and non‐regulated pests, associated with unrooted cuttings of the genera Petunia and Calibrachoa produced under physical isolation in Kenya. The relevance of any pest for
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas-Cortes JA, Parnell S, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke HH, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Manda RR, Schulz OM, Akrivou A, Antonatos S, Beris D, Debode J, Kritikos C, Kormpi M, Lacomme C, Manceau C, Papachristos D, Reppa C, Gardi C, Potting R.   +33 more
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Commodity risk assessment of Acer palmatum plants grafted on Acer davidii from China. [PDF]

EFSA J, 2022
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. This Scientific Opinion covers plant health risks posed by 2‐year‐old bare rooted plants for planting of ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas-Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke HH, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach-Schulz O, Stergulc F, Gonthier P.   +28 more
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Setting of import tolerances, modification of existing maximum residue levels and evaluation of confirmatory data following the Article 12 MRL review for flupyradifurone and DFA. [PDF]

EFSA J, 2020
Abstract In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicants Bayer CropScience AG and Bayer SAS submitted two requests to the competent national authority in the Netherlands to set import tolerances and to modify existing EU maximum residue levels (MRLs) for the active substance flupyradifurone and its metabolite difluoroacetic ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Anastassiadou M, Bernasconi G, Brancato A, Carrasco Cabrera L, Greco L, Jarrah S, Kazocina A, Leuschner R, Magrans JO, Miron I, Nave S, Pedersen R, Reich H, Rojas A, Sacchi A, Santos M, Stanek A, Theobald A, Vagenende B, Verani A.   +20 more
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Commodity risk assessment of maple veneer sheets from Canada. [PDF]

EFSA J
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to deliver a risk assessment on the likelihood of pest freedom from Union quarantine pests and pests subject to measures adopted pursuant to Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/2031 for the maple veneer sheets manufactured according to the process set out by Canada, with ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas-Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke HH, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Christoph E, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach-Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P.   +29 more
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First report of Pineapple mealybug wilt associated virus‐2 infecting pineapple in Ghana [PDF]

New Disease Reports, 2020
Mealybug wilt of pineapple (MWP) is a major viral disease of pineapple (Ananas comosus) worldwide, including Ghana (Sether & Hu, 2002; Sarpong et al., 2017). In Ghana, MWP causes yield loss estimated at about US$248 per hectare…
E. Asare‐Bediako, J. Nyarko, G.C. van der Puije   +2 more
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