On June 2nd, an event will take place in the framework of the EIP-AGRI initiative organised by PRE-HLB partners. This event will be attended by different relevant entities in the field of plant health and regional governments to discuss the contingency plan and the early warning procedure to prevent the vectors and the spread…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emergency and Ecological Transition of the Government of Valencia will organize the second technical workshop on the threat of HLB in citrus farming. The webinar entitled ‘The HLB. Preventive management techniques’ will be divided between the 15th and 16th of June 2021 as part of the PRE-HLB project. This workshop is aimed…
Article by Antonio Vicent. The introduction and spread of plant pests, such as fungi, bacteria, viruses and insects, among food crops, natural vegetation and landscape plants is a serious threat that can have far-reaching economic, social and environmental consequences. Plant pests are often introduced to areas previously unaffected through plant imports. In European…
The Agricultural Innovation and Transfer Network (RITA) of Guadeloupe organised on February 4th of 2021 its first edition of the Bik’Agr’Innov’ event, intended to transmit knowledge, know-how and innovations in agroecology to the island’s (future) farmers. On this occasion, the Seapag team (CIRAD) and the Association of Fruit and Christophine Producers of Guadeloupe (Assofwi) joined…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emergency and Ecological Transition of the Government of Valencia will organize the first technical workshop on the threat of HLB in citrus farming. The webinar entitled ‘The HLB. Techniques and control of plant material‘ will be divided between the 10th and 11th of November 2020 as part…
Trioza erytreae, one of the vectors of Huanglongbing, was first detected in mainland Spain in 2014, in Galicia. The NPPO of Spain recently informed about the findings of the psyllid along the Atlantic coast in the neighbouring regions of Asturias, Cantabria, and País Vasco, and updated the situation in Galicia. An updated map about…
The African citrus psyllium, Trioza erytreae, is an insect whose presence in a territory can produce a very high impact, both because of the direct damage it causes but mainly because of its role as a vector of the “Huanglongbing” disease (HLB) or citrus greening, currently considered as the main threat to these plants…
Yesterday morning Alberto Fereres, entomologist, and partner of PRE-HLB project was in Novales (Cantabria, Spain) conducting a survey of Trioza erytreae for a study of genetic variability. At the end of June, the Spanish government warned of the presence in Mogro (Cantabria) of the first outbreak of Trioza erytreae, a sucking insect of sub-Saharan origin,…
PRE-HLB website has been nominated for the 2020th edition of EURid Awards. The competition, launched in 2014, is designed to acknowledge the best websites using the .eu, ею or .ευ extensions in five dynamic categories: Leaders, Rising Stars, Laurels, House of .EU and Better World. PRE-HLB competes in the Laurels category, which is for…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment has updated, by Royal Decree 491/2020 of 21 April 2020 (https://www.boe.es/eli/es/rd/2020/04/21/491), the national programme for the control and eradication of Trioza erytreae and the national programme for the prevention of Diaphorina citri and ‘Candidatus Liberibacter spp’ (CLs). The previous legislation of 2016 (https://www.boe.es/eli/es/rd/2016/01/22/23) established the phytosanitary measures…