Russia: Beans and pomegranates infected with quarantine pests were found in the hand luggage of Azerbaijani citizens

At the Astrakhan International Airport named after B. Kustodiev, during the inspection of hand luggage of citizens arriving from the Republic of Azerbaijan, the state inspector of the Rosselkhoznadzor Office for the Rostov, Volgograd, Astrakhan regions and the Republic of Kalmykia discovered batches of pomegranate (7.6 kg, 7 kg), persimmon (3 kg) and beans (3.2 kg). Quarantine pests also arrived along with the plant products. According to the results of laboratory tests in the Astrakhan branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Rostov Reference Center of Rosselkhoznadzor" it was established that one batch of pomegranate weighing 7.6 kg was infected with a quarantine object - the eastern codling moth (Grapholitha molesta Busck.), which was in a living state, and the beans were affected by four-spotted moth weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus F.). The Eastern codling moth is a dangerous and economically significant pest of fruit crops. It can damage up to 90% of peach fruits ...