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European & Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization, an intergovernmental organisation responsible for regional cooperation in #PlantHealth #PlantProtection
Standards in diagnostic, pest risk analysis, biological control, management of quarantine pests
Standards in diagnostic, pest risk analysis, biological control, management of quarantine pests
❓ Did you miss last week's Xylella seminar with EPPO Scientific Officers Charlotte Trontin and Rob Tanner?
➡️ You can now watch it on youtube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQF...
➡️ You can now watch it on youtube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQF...
🗓️ Have you seen? Charlotte Trontin and Rob Tanner, Scientific Officers at EPPO, will be presenting next week's Xylella seminar!
🔗 Join the seminar on zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8681527594...
🔗 Join the seminar on zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8681527594...
February 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
❓ Did you miss last week's Xylella seminar with EPPO Scientific Officers Charlotte Trontin and Rob Tanner?
➡️ You can now watch it on youtube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQF...
➡️ You can now watch it on youtube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQF...
📢 LE NOUVEAU SERVICE D’INFORMATION EST DISPONIBLE!
📖 Découvrez les dernières actualités phytosanitaires pour la région OEPP.
🔓 Lire en français ici - gd.eppo.int/media/data/r...
📖 Découvrez les dernières actualités phytosanitaires pour la région OEPP.
🔓 Lire en français ici - gd.eppo.int/media/data/r...
January 29, 2026 at 1:41 PM
📢 LE NOUVEAU SERVICE D’INFORMATION EST DISPONIBLE!
📖 Découvrez les dernières actualités phytosanitaires pour la région OEPP.
🔓 Lire en français ici - gd.eppo.int/media/data/r...
📖 Découvrez les dernières actualités phytosanitaires pour la région OEPP.
🔓 Lire en français ici - gd.eppo.int/media/data/r...
📢 January's Reporting Service is OUT NOW!
📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in November's reporting service.
🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in November's reporting service.
🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
January 29, 2026 at 1:41 PM
📢 January's Reporting Service is OUT NOW!
📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in November's reporting service.
🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in November's reporting service.
🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
🌱 Web report now online for the 25th EPPO Panel on Efficacy Evaluation of Herbicides and Plant Growth Regulators.
👍 The meeting covered new and updated Standards on efficacy evaluation, PGRs and general Standards.
➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
👍 The meeting covered new and updated Standards on efficacy evaluation, PGRs and general Standards.
➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 AM
🌱 Web report now online for the 25th EPPO Panel on Efficacy Evaluation of Herbicides and Plant Growth Regulators.
👍 The meeting covered new and updated Standards on efficacy evaluation, PGRs and general Standards.
➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
👍 The meeting covered new and updated Standards on efficacy evaluation, PGRs and general Standards.
➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
❓ Have you visited the EPPO Platform on PRAs recently?
🆕 New PRAs from EFSA, the UK, the Netherlands and the USDA have been recently added!
➡️ See more at pra.eppo.int
🆕 New PRAs from EFSA, the UK, the Netherlands and the USDA have been recently added!
➡️ See more at pra.eppo.int
January 26, 2026 at 9:54 AM
❓ Have you visited the EPPO Platform on PRAs recently?
🆕 New PRAs from EFSA, the UK, the Netherlands and the USDA have been recently added!
➡️ See more at pra.eppo.int
🆕 New PRAs from EFSA, the UK, the Netherlands and the USDA have been recently added!
➡️ See more at pra.eppo.int
⏰ REGISTRATION CLOSES NEXT WEEK for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW Conference ‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)’
🔗Find out more and register here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗Find out more and register here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
January 22, 2026 at 8:17 AM
⏰ REGISTRATION CLOSES NEXT WEEK for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW Conference ‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)’
🔗Find out more and register here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗Find out more and register here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🦠 Last week, EPPO Scientific Officer Ms Trontin gave an update on EPPO’s activities in virology and phytoplasmology to the 7th workshop of the EURL for Pest of Plants on Viruses, Viroids and Phytoplasmas.
🙏 Thanks to the EURL for the opportunity to present EPPO activities.
🙏 Thanks to the EURL for the opportunity to present EPPO activities.
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🦠 Last week, EPPO Scientific Officer Ms Trontin gave an update on EPPO’s activities in virology and phytoplasmology to the 7th workshop of the EURL for Pest of Plants on Viruses, Viroids and Phytoplasmas.
🙏 Thanks to the EURL for the opportunity to present EPPO activities.
🙏 Thanks to the EURL for the opportunity to present EPPO activities.
🗓️ Have you seen? Charlotte Trontin and Rob Tanner, Scientific Officers at EPPO, will be presenting next week's Xylella seminar!
🔗 Join the seminar on zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8681527594...
🔗 Join the seminar on zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8681527594...
January 20, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🗓️ Have you seen? Charlotte Trontin and Rob Tanner, Scientific Officers at EPPO, will be presenting next week's Xylella seminar!
🔗 Join the seminar on zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8681527594...
🔗 Join the seminar on zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8681527594...
🔊 Web report for the EPPO Webinar on Mapping and Modelling in EPPO PRAs is now online!
📽️ The webinar shared tools, data, and experiences from across the EPPO region, with a focus on strengthening future PRA work.
➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
📽️ The webinar shared tools, data, and experiences from across the EPPO region, with a focus on strengthening future PRA work.
➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
January 19, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🔊 Web report for the EPPO Webinar on Mapping and Modelling in EPPO PRAs is now online!
📽️ The webinar shared tools, data, and experiences from across the EPPO region, with a focus on strengthening future PRA work.
➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
📽️ The webinar shared tools, data, and experiences from across the EPPO region, with a focus on strengthening future PRA work.
➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
❓ Preparing communication material for the new year and seeking inspiration?
🔎 We have added new filtering features to help users find communication campaigns and activities on the EPPO Platform on Communication Material
➡️ Visit the EPPO Platform on Communication Material - media.eppo.int
🔎 We have added new filtering features to help users find communication campaigns and activities on the EPPO Platform on Communication Material
➡️ Visit the EPPO Platform on Communication Material - media.eppo.int
January 16, 2026 at 8:17 AM
❓ Preparing communication material for the new year and seeking inspiration?
🔎 We have added new filtering features to help users find communication campaigns and activities on the EPPO Platform on Communication Material
➡️ Visit the EPPO Platform on Communication Material - media.eppo.int
🔎 We have added new filtering features to help users find communication campaigns and activities on the EPPO Platform on Communication Material
➡️ Visit the EPPO Platform on Communication Material - media.eppo.int
📚 HAVE YOU SEEN? Issue 55-3 of the EPPO Bulletin is now online!
🗝️ All EPPO Standards and several articles are free to access!
🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652338...
🗝️ All EPPO Standards and several articles are free to access!
🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652338...
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
📚 HAVE YOU SEEN? Issue 55-3 of the EPPO Bulletin is now online!
🗝️ All EPPO Standards and several articles are free to access!
🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652338...
🗝️ All EPPO Standards and several articles are free to access!
🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652338...
📸 In 2025, 1500+ new photos were added to the EPPO Global Database (gd.eppo.int), bringing the total to over 16000!
🤳 Images are freely available for educational purposes (with proper citation)
🙏 Thank you very much to all photographers and experts supporting #planthealth!
🤳 Images are freely available for educational purposes (with proper citation)
🙏 Thank you very much to all photographers and experts supporting #planthealth!
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
📸 In 2025, 1500+ new photos were added to the EPPO Global Database (gd.eppo.int), bringing the total to over 16000!
🤳 Images are freely available for educational purposes (with proper citation)
🙏 Thank you very much to all photographers and experts supporting #planthealth!
🤳 Images are freely available for educational purposes (with proper citation)
🙏 Thank you very much to all photographers and experts supporting #planthealth!
✨ New cases added to the EPPO Database on Resistance Cases✨
249 new cases of resistance have been validated on the EPPO Database on Resistance Cases since October 2025. resistance.eppo.int/index
🔎 Read more here resistance.eppo.int/latest_news?...
249 new cases of resistance have been validated on the EPPO Database on Resistance Cases since October 2025. resistance.eppo.int/index
🔎 Read more here resistance.eppo.int/latest_news?...
January 12, 2026 at 12:23 PM
✨ New cases added to the EPPO Database on Resistance Cases✨
249 new cases of resistance have been validated on the EPPO Database on Resistance Cases since October 2025. resistance.eppo.int/index
🔎 Read more here resistance.eppo.int/latest_news?...
249 new cases of resistance have been validated on the EPPO Database on Resistance Cases since October 2025. resistance.eppo.int/index
🔎 Read more here resistance.eppo.int/latest_news?...
There is a lot on innovation in plant health. The IPPC Secretariat invites NPPOs, RPPOs, and accredited organizations to submit proposals for the Plant Health Innovation Fair (13 March 2026)
Apply by 30 January 2026.
www.ippc.int/en/calls/cal...
Apply by 30 January 2026.
www.ippc.int/en/calls/cal...
Call for Submissions to participate in the Plant Health Innovation Fair at CPM-20 - International Plant Protection Convention
www.ippc.int
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 AM
There is a lot on innovation in plant health. The IPPC Secretariat invites NPPOs, RPPOs, and accredited organizations to submit proposals for the Plant Health Innovation Fair (13 March 2026)
Apply by 30 January 2026.
www.ippc.int/en/calls/cal...
Apply by 30 January 2026.
www.ippc.int/en/calls/cal...
⏰ REGISTRATION CLOSES on 31st January for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW Conference ‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)’
🔗Find out more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗Find out more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 AM
⏰ REGISTRATION CLOSES on 31st January for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW Conference ‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)’
🔗Find out more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗Find out more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🎉 Happy New Year to all of our followers!
➡️ As we start the new year, why not take time to explore some of the tools we have on the EPPO Global Database?
📽️ Here is a video explaining the batch query tool on gd.eppo.int
➡️ As we start the new year, why not take time to explore some of the tools we have on the EPPO Global Database?
📽️ Here is a video explaining the batch query tool on gd.eppo.int
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🎉 Happy New Year to all of our followers!
➡️ As we start the new year, why not take time to explore some of the tools we have on the EPPO Global Database?
📽️ Here is a video explaining the batch query tool on gd.eppo.int
➡️ As we start the new year, why not take time to explore some of the tools we have on the EPPO Global Database?
📽️ Here is a video explaining the batch query tool on gd.eppo.int
📚 Issue 55-3 of the EPPO Bulletin is now online!
➡️ Read an Editorial, 7 Standards, 1 Datasheet, and 5 original articles, the EPPO Strategic Framework 2026-2030 and our Annual report and Council recommendations for 2024.
🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652338...
➡️ Read an Editorial, 7 Standards, 1 Datasheet, and 5 original articles, the EPPO Strategic Framework 2026-2030 and our Annual report and Council recommendations for 2024.
🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652338...
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📚 Issue 55-3 of the EPPO Bulletin is now online!
➡️ Read an Editorial, 7 Standards, 1 Datasheet, and 5 original articles, the EPPO Strategic Framework 2026-2030 and our Annual report and Council recommendations for 2024.
🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652338...
➡️ Read an Editorial, 7 Standards, 1 Datasheet, and 5 original articles, the EPPO Strategic Framework 2026-2030 and our Annual report and Council recommendations for 2024.
🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652338...
📢 OUT NOW: 9th Newsletter of the EPPO Network of experts working on surveillance, monitoring, and control of the Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis.
📖 Read here: www.eppo.int/media/upload...
📖 Read here: www.eppo.int/media/upload...
December 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📢 OUT NOW: 9th Newsletter of the EPPO Network of experts working on surveillance, monitoring, and control of the Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis.
📖 Read here: www.eppo.int/media/upload...
📖 Read here: www.eppo.int/media/upload...
🔊 In 2025 the EPPO Reporting Service reported information from over 129 countries, see some of the highlights below!
🔗All information is stored in gd.eppo.int and an index for 2025 is also available at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
🙏Thank you to all our readers and contributors!
🔗All information is stored in gd.eppo.int and an index for 2025 is also available at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
🙏Thank you to all our readers and contributors!
December 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🔊 In 2025 the EPPO Reporting Service reported information from over 129 countries, see some of the highlights below!
🔗All information is stored in gd.eppo.int and an index for 2025 is also available at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
🙏Thank you to all our readers and contributors!
🔗All information is stored in gd.eppo.int and an index for 2025 is also available at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...
🙏Thank you to all our readers and contributors!
Two 2025 EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Plant Health Fellowships have been awarded for 2025: Ms Songül Erken Meral and Mr Barendinus van Doorn will benefit from this fellowship to gain international experience in plant health.
➡️See successful applicants: www.eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/s...
➡️See successful applicants: www.eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/s...
December 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Two 2025 EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Plant Health Fellowships have been awarded for 2025: Ms Songül Erken Meral and Mr Barendinus van Doorn will benefit from this fellowship to gain international experience in plant health.
➡️See successful applicants: www.eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/s...
➡️See successful applicants: www.eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/s...
❄️☃️ Season's Greetings from the EPPO Secretariat ☃️❄️
Thank you to all of our experts and member countries for your hard work throughout 2025!
⚠️ Please note the EPPO Secretariat will be closed over the Christmas period, from Monday 22nd December until the morning of Monday 5th January.
Thank you to all of our experts and member countries for your hard work throughout 2025!
⚠️ Please note the EPPO Secretariat will be closed over the Christmas period, from Monday 22nd December until the morning of Monday 5th January.
December 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
❄️☃️ Season's Greetings from the EPPO Secretariat ☃️❄️
Thank you to all of our experts and member countries for your hard work throughout 2025!
⚠️ Please note the EPPO Secretariat will be closed over the Christmas period, from Monday 22nd December until the morning of Monday 5th January.
Thank you to all of our experts and member countries for your hard work throughout 2025!
⚠️ Please note the EPPO Secretariat will be closed over the Christmas period, from Monday 22nd December until the morning of Monday 5th January.
🔊 Web report for the 6th Webinar for EPPO Codes Users is now online!!
📽️ Recordings of all the presentations are available too!
➡️ Read and watch here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
📽️ Recordings of all the presentations are available too!
➡️ Read and watch here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🔊 Web report for the 6th Webinar for EPPO Codes Users is now online!!
📽️ Recordings of all the presentations are available too!
➡️ Read and watch here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
📽️ Recordings of all the presentations are available too!
➡️ Read and watch here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
➡️Don't forget to REGISTER for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW Conference ‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)’
🔗Find out more and register by 31st December here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗Find out more and register by 31st December here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
➡️REGISTRATION OPEN for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW Conference ‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers'
❓The conference is for NPPOs and academia.
🌲The focus is the protection of European forests against quarantine forest pests.
🔗See more www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
❓The conference is for NPPOs and academia.
🌲The focus is the protection of European forests against quarantine forest pests.
🔗See more www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
December 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
➡️Don't forget to REGISTER for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW Conference ‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)’
🔗Find out more and register by 31st December here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔗Find out more and register by 31st December here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
🔊 Web report for the Expert Working Group for a Pest Risk Analysis on Clavibacter nebraskensis, Goss’s bacterial wilt and leaf blight is now online!
➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🔊 Web report for the Expert Working Group for a Pest Risk Analysis on Clavibacter nebraskensis, Goss’s bacterial wilt and leaf blight is now online!
➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
📢 Web report now online for the 54th meeting of the Panel for the Efficacy Evaluation of Fungicides and Insecticides.
➡️ Read about NEW and revised Standards that were discussed!
🔗 Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
➡️ Read about NEW and revised Standards that were discussed!
🔗 Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📢 Web report now online for the 54th meeting of the Panel for the Efficacy Evaluation of Fungicides and Insecticides.
➡️ Read about NEW and revised Standards that were discussed!
🔗 Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...
➡️ Read about NEW and revised Standards that were discussed!
🔗 Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...