EPPO Bulletin (2010) 40, 176-187

D.J. van der Gaag, G. Sinatra, P.F. Roversi, A. Loomans, F. Hérard and A. Vukadin (2010)
Evaluation of eradication measures against Anoplophora chinensis in early stage infestations in Europe
EPPO Bulletin 40 (2), 176-187
Abstract: Eradication efforts are described at 5 sites where infestations of Anoplophora chinensis have been detected in Europe since 2003. The infestations were in France (declared eradicated in 2006), in Croatia, in Italy (Rome) and in the Netherlands (Westland and Boskoop). Each of these infestations was on or nearby a nursery or location where plants originating from Eastern Asia had (probably) been stocked or sold. Infested plants were all found within a distance of 30 m from the presumed source of infestation except in the Rome-infestation where infested plants, in total 40, were found within 500 m of the presumed source of infestation. The history of plant imports and local observations at 3 sites (France, Croatia and Westland in the Netherlands) suggests that larvae arrived in imported plants and adults emerged and laid eggs on plants in the surroundings between 1 and 5 years before the infestation was detected. It was not possible to make such an estimate for the Boskoop infestation in the Netherlands and the Rome infestation in Italy.
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Database assignments for author(s): Dirk Jan Van Der Gaag, Pio Federico Roversi, Franck Herard, Antoon J.M. Loomans

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general
quarantine treatments/regulations/aspects

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Anoplophora chinensis		France	Yes
	Anoplophora chinensis		Italy	Yes
	Anoplophora chinensis		Netherlands	Yes