National phytosanitary alert issued to prevent the entry of a weed that affects sunflowers

Published Nov 9, 2024

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Argentina's National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Service (Senasa) has initiated a nationwide alert for the parasitic pest, Orobanche cumana, previously detected in Bolivia but not yet present in Argentina. This pest poses a significant threat to sunflower cultivation, potentially leading to substantial production losses, increased costs, and negative impacts on both national and international trade. In response, Senasa has published Resolution 1347/2024, aimed at strengthening public-private collaborations to monitor, respond, and communicate the pest's status. The resolution outlines prevention, detection, containment, and eradication measures, including mandatory reporting of pest encounters and the formation of an Interinstitutional Technical Committee to oversee pest management efforts. Additionally, Senasa has implemented special import restrictions for sunflower seeds from countries where the pest is prevalent to prevent its entry into Argentina.

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Senasa declared a phytosanitary alert for the entire national territory regarding Orobanche cumana, a quarantine pest absent in Argentina - but detected in Bolivia - and which represents a great risk for sunflower cultivation, due to the losses it can generate in the production of grains and seeds, increasing production costs and with negative impacts on national and international trade. The provision, established in Resolution 1347/2024 published this Friday in the Official Gazette, aims to strengthen public-private inter-institutional actions to determine the situation of the pest in the country, achieve a rapid response to an eventual detection and inform researchers, producers and society in general of the situation. In this sense, it establishes the measures for prevention, detection, containment and eradication of the weed as well as mandatory reporting upon detection of the presence and/or suspicious damage. Likewise, the Interinstitutional Technical Committee on Orobanche ...

Source: Agromeat