Portugal: Contingency Plan for the Aromia bungii pest

To prevent the introduction of this pest in Portugal, the General Directorate of Food and Veterinary has released the Contingency Plan for the priority quarantine pest Aromia bungii, considered extremely dangerous for prunoids, which include fruit species such as plum, cherry, apricot, sour cherry and peach . The Aromia bungii Contingency Plan aims to define the actions to prevent the introduction of this pest in the national territory and establishes the necessary phytosanitary measures for its eradication, in case an outbreak is detected, thus preventing its spread. Originally from Asia, this emerging pest is considered extremely dangerous for fruit species of the genus Prunus, being capable of causing high damage to peach and apricot trees and being considered serious for plum and cherry trees. In the European Union, it has ...