Russia will be banned from importing seeds from individual nurseries in Europe and Canada

Published 2022년 8월 12일

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From August 15, Russia will ban the import of seeds from several European nurseries and Canada due to non-compliance with phytosanitary requirements, as these seeds have been found to contain quarantine objects. The list of affected seeds includes tomato, pepper, carrot, and flower crops from Satimex Quedlinburg GmbH (Germany), corn seeds from Limagrain Europe (France), tomato seeds from Axia Vegetable Seeds (Netherlands), and soybean seeds from Semences will be Prograin Inc. (Canada). These countries have not taken necessary security measures, leading to the presence of harmful agents like the viroid of potato fusiform tubers, creeping mustard, corn leaf spot, and the pepino mosaic virus in the seeds. In response, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture is developing a strategy to shift to domestic seeds and will limit seed imports from unfriendly countries.

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From August 15, Rosselkhoznadzor will ban the import of seeds from a number of nurseries in European countries and Canada into Russia due to non-compliance with phytosanitary requirements by suppliers. In particular, the import of seeds of tomato, pepper, carrots and flower crops from the place of shipment of Satimex Quedlinburg GmbH (Germany), corn seeds for sowing from Limagrain Europe (France), tomato seeds from Axia Vegetable Seeds (Netherlands), soybean seeds from Semences will be prohibited. Prograin Inc. (Canada). The department explained that quarantine objects for Russia and the EAEU were found in these seeds, and the national organizations for quarantine and plant protection of these countries did not take urgent security measures. Thus, the viroid of potato fusiform tubers (capable of causing yield losses of nightshade crops up to 75%), creeping mustard (fills the fields by 50-80% and makes them unsuitable for agricultural use), corn leaf spot (crop shortfall can be 30 ...

Source: Zol