Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services
Q-DETECT WP 4 Trapping Q-pests
Report to the 6 th meeting
Zurich 22 nd October 2012
- Introduction and aims
- Key results at month 32/36
- Progress against deliverables

Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services
Objectives
1. To identify trapping methods that are easy-to-use by
NPPO officers for pests and vectors of Q diseases
2. To develop generic traps, possibly integrating different cues
3. To make on-site identification through coupling automatic trap with diagnostic tools
4. To deliver a trapping guide for NPPO officers that complements all other detection methods available

Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services
Results
1. To identify trapping methods that are easy-to-use by
NPPO officers for pests and vectors of Q diseases
De Kogel W. J. , Battisti A. et al. 2012. A list of methods to detect arthropod quarantine pests in Europe. EPPO/OEPP
Bulletin DOI: 10.1111/epp.2523
 Feed the last deliverable (Trapping guide)

Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services
Results
2. To develop generic traps, possibly integrating different cues
– Wood beetles: paper under submission
– Bemisia tabaci: report delivered, paper in preparation
– Monochamus: one paper published and one in preparation (trapping + LAMP for beetle species and nematodes)
– Lepidoptera: included in the review and in modelling (WP2)
– Fruit flies: tested in 2012 with smart traps in Italy and NZ

Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services
Results
3. To make on-site identification through coupling automatic trap with diagnostic tools: prototype available and tested in Italy and NZ

Results
4. To deliver a trapping guide for NPPO officers that complements all other detection methods available
In preparation for the final meeting, info partly from a paper in EPPO Bulletin (in press): A review of pest surveillance techniques for detecting quarantine pests in
Europe
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Protocol for deployment of smart traps, alone and in combination with LAMP detection of vectors and diseases

Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services
Risks and actions Deliverable
D 4.1 Provide information to WP2 on the cost, time, skill of detection method by inspectors (Month 12)
D 4.2 Testing the best methods to trap quarantine pests over a range of conditions
(Month 24)
D 4.3 Strategy to trap insects vectors of quarantine diseases
(Month 30)
Current status
Delivered
Delivered
Delivered

Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services
Deliverable
D 4.4 Provide information to WP2 on sampling quality
(sensitivity/specificity) and a full protocol for trapping (Month 30)
D 4.5 Trapping guide for quarantine pests directed to NPPO officers (Month
36)
Current status
Work in progress
Writing document for the final meeting
Risks and actions
Slight delay