New phytosanitary requirements established for the import of in vitro banana and plantain plants

The National Agricultural Health Service (Senasa) has established new mandatory phytosanitary requirements for the importation of in vitro banana and/or plantain plants (Musa spp.), which must come from the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Costa Rica and Israel. The new measure was made official through Directorial Resolution No. D000001-2025-Midagri-Senasa, published on January 12 in the Legal Standards Bulletin of the newspaper El Peruano, where directorial resolutions No. 04-2008-AG-Senasa-DSV, No. 31-2010-AG-Senasa-DSV, No. 34-2010-AG-Senasa-DSV and No. 0034-2015-Minagri-Senasa-DSV are also repealed. The in vitro plants must be sent as follows: – For Costa Rica: Musicola paradisiaca, Dickeya zeae, Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum. – For Honduras: Musicola paradisiaca, Dickeya zeae, Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae – For the Dominican Republic: Musicola paradisiaca. – For Israel: Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 4 Tropical. Likewise, the in vitro plants have been ...