ALL-RUSSIAN PLANT
QUARANTINE CENTER
FGU VNIIKR
EUPHRESCO II
Copenhagen
24-25 March 2011
N. Sherokolava
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
FEDERAL SERVICE FOR VETERINARY AND
PHYTOSANITARY SURVEILLANCE (ROSSELKHOZNADZOR)
(National Plant Protection Organization)
DIRECTORATE FOR PHYTOSANITARY SURVEILLANCE AND GRAIN
QUALITY AND SAFETY CONTROL
ROSSELKHOZNADZOR
REGIONAL OFFICES
(64 DIRECTORATES)
ALL-RUSSIAN PLANT
QUARANTINE CENTER
(FGU VNIIKR)
FGU VNIIKR BRANCHES
(24 BRANCHES)
ACCREDITED
(REFERENCE)
CENTERS
(27 CENTERS)
VNIIKR’S CORE ACTIVITIES
PROVIDING
SCIENTIFIC AND
METHODOLOGICAL
BACKGROUND FOR
NPPO’S ACTIVITIES
PLANT
QUARANTINE
DIAGNOSTIC
LABORATORY
SYNTHESIS AND
FIELD TRIAL OF
QUARANTINE
INSECT
PHEROMONES
PARTICIPATING
IN DETECTION
SURVEYS OF
RUSSIA’S
TERRITORIES
DESINFESTATION
OF REGULATED
ARTICLES AND
MATERIALS
REFRESHER
TRAINING FOR
NPPO’S
SPECIALISTS
RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMES
SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL BACKGROUND FOR NPPO’S ACTIVITIES
PRAs for Pests of Potential Quarantine Importance
Development
of Containment and Eradication Methods for Managing
Quarantine Pest Outbreaks:
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL METHOD FOR THE POTATO COLORADO
BEETLE LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA SAY. AND THE TWENTYEIGHT SPOTTED LADYBIRD EPILACHNA VIGINTIOCTOMACULATA
MOTSCH. USING THE ENTOMOPHAGOUS PREDATORY SHIELDBUG
PICROMERUS BIDENS L.
RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMES
SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL BACKGROUND FOR NPPO’S ACTIVITIES
Studies on Factors Causing Pine Wilt Disease
Studies
on Phytosanitary Peculiarities Related to the Biology of
Quarantine Pests:
THE ABILITY OF QUARANTINE DODDER PLANTS OF
CUSCUTA SPP. TO PRESERVE AND SPREAD QUARANTINE
PLANT PATHOGENS
FORMING A COLLECTION OF INSECTS
(PRIMARILY, COLEOPTERA AND LEPIDOPTERA SPP.)
THROUGH STUDYING RUSSIA’S BIODIVERSITY
RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMES
PLANT QUARANTINE DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY
IMPROVEMENT OF METHODS FOR DETECTION AND
IDENTIFICATION OF QUARANTINE PESTS:
• Genetic and Serological Diversity and Biochemical
Characteristics of the Russian Strains of Erwinia amylovora.
Optimization of Growth Medium for Enrichment of Erwinia
amylovora in a Sample.
• Optimization of Diagnostic Methods for Xanthomonas oryzae,
Search for Genetic Markers to Develop Diagnostic Kits for
Differentiation of Bacterial Rice Blight from Closely Related
Xanthomonas spp.
• Development of Diagnostic Methods for Phytophthora
fragarie Using Conventional and Real-Time PCR and Direct
Sequencing. Developing a Diagnostic Method Combining
Biobaits and Molecular Methods.
RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMES
PLANT QUARANTINE DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY
IMPROVEMENT OF METHODS FOR DETECTION AND
IDENTIFICATION OF QUARANTINE PESTS:
• Development and Improvement of Molecular Diagnostic
Methods for Potato Viruses: APMoV (Andean Potato Mottle
Virus), APLV (Andean Potato Latent Virus) and PYDV (Potato
Yellow Dwarf Virus).
• Development and Improvement of Molecular Diagnostic
Methods for Potentially Hazardous Viruses: Tomato Ringspot
Virus, Tobacco Ringspot Virus, Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein
Virus.
•Studies on the PPV (Plum Pox Virus) Strain Diversity in the
Russian Population of the Pathogen and Development of a
Multiplex Diagnostic Method with Real-Time PCR and PPV
Strain Identification.
RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMES
SYNTHESIS OF INSECT PHEROMONES
IMPROVEMENT OF METHODS FOR QUARANTINE PEST
DETECTION AND OUTBREAK CONTAINMENT AND
ERADICATION USING PHEROMONES:
•National Programme
for Detection of Quarantine Pests Using Pheromone and Coloured
Traps in the Areas of the Highest Phytosanitary Risk:
2011 - 2015.
• Studies on Pheromones of the Following Pests, Their Synthesis
and Field Trials:
 Carposina niponensis;
Ceratitis capitata;
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera;
Phthorimaea operculella;
Trogoderma granarium;
Quadraspidiotus perniciosus;
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona;
Hyphantria cunea;
Tuta absoluta.
RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMES
DETECTION SURVEYS
Phytosanitary Surveys:
•Phytosanitary Monitoring of Grain Crops Growing
on the Territory of the Russian Federation
•Phytosanitary Monitoring of Potato Crops for
Detection of Quarantine Pests
•Phytosanitary Monitoring of Fire Blight
Distribution on the Territory of the Russian
Federation
RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMES
DESINFESTATION
Trials of Methyl Ioidide for Quarantine Desinfestation against
Orchard and Stored Product Pests
Expanding the Use of Phosphine Preparations, Alternative to
Methyl Bromide; Development of Schedules and Techniques
for Application of These Preparations To Desinfest Fresh
Fruits, Plants for Planting and Wood Materials
Trials of Sulfuryl Fluoride for Control of Stored Product Pests, Forest
Pests and Pests of Wood Products
PLANNED THEMES
FOR PHYTOSANITARY RESEARCH
Studies on Communicative Peculiarities of Picromerus bidens
for Optimizing the Rearing and Use of the Entomophage
Development of Phytosanitary Demarcation Methods to Be
Used on the Territory of the Russian Federation
PARTNTERS
Research Institutions:
Russian State Agrarian University – K.A. Timiryazev MTAA
Bioengineering Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
All-Russian Research Institute for Phytopathology
A.G.Lorkha Russian Potato Research Institute
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg)
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
St. Petersburg State Forest-Technical Academy
Krasnodar Research Institute for Biological Protection of Plants
Plant Protection Institute, Bulgaria
Nanjing Forestry University, China
Geneva Natural History Museum, Switzerland
Commercial Firms:
ZAO Syntol
Agrodiagnostics Ltd.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!