{"id":3206,"date":"2021-03-10T11:55:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T11:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/?p=3206"},"modified":"2025-05-08T13:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:41:26","slug":"updated-measures-against-citrus-greening","status":"publish","type":"eventos","link":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/eventos\/medidas-atualizadas-contra-o-greening-dos-citrinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated measures against citrus greening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The DGAV has announced new requirements for citrus production and marketing, due to the African citrus psyllid plague.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The technical requirements for the production and marketing of citrus fruits and other rutaceous plants in a place free from <em>Trioza erytreae<\/em>, the insect vector of the disease <em>citrus greening<\/em>, were recently updated and published by the Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dgv.min-agricultura.pt\/\">DGAV<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rutaceae are a family of trees in which the genus <em>Citrus<\/em> is imperative from the point of view of economic value. O <em>citrus greening<\/em>, <em>greening<\/em> citrus greening, Huanglongbing disease or citrus greening is caused by the African citrus psyllid (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/plagues-categories\/pragas-e-doencas-de-quarentena\/\">Trioza erytreae<\/a><\/em>), an insect vector that also causes direct damage to citrus fruits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn view of the detection of <em>Trioza erytreae<\/em> in some regions of the country and given the expansion that has already occurred in the area infested by this insect, we have tried to ensure a set of conditions to ensure the continuity of production and marketing of citrus propagating material in regions where the pest is present,\u201d explain the DGAV officials in a press release. <a href=\"http:\/\/srvbamid.dgv.min-agricultura.pt\/xeov21\/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=23690090&amp;att_display=n&amp;att_download=y\">document<\/a>. The update was motivated by \u201cexperience gained in the meantime\u201d and by the new legislation in force: <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/PT\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:32019R2072#d1e32-178-1\">Annex VIII<\/a> of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019\/2072 and <a href=\"https:\/\/dre.pt\/application\/file\/a\/135641855\">Ordinance no. 142\/2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Triozaeritreae-1.jpg?strip=all&resize=453%2C271\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2225\" width=\"453\" height=\"271\"\/><figcaption><span style=\"color:#009444\" class=\"has-inline-color\">A <em>Trioza erytreae<\/em> is a quarantine pest on national territory.&nbsp;<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <em>T. erytreae<\/em>, In addition to the obligatory declaration of mother or nursery plants, citrus and other rutaceous plants must be produced \u201cin a place with complete physical protection against this insect\u201d and have been subject to two official inspections in the last growing season without showing any symptoms of the pest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For marketing, the plants must also be kept in a place with complete physical protection against this insect \u201cand come from exempt areas (outside infested zones and buffer zones) or from nurseries located in demarcated zones\u201d, among other requirements, which aim to guarantee that no infestation occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>InPP has a cooperation project with the DGAV to take part in the <em>task force<\/em> phytosanitary measures and to support the biological control plan with a view to controlling the <em>Trioza erytreae<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Feature image: mac231\/ Pixabay<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A DGAV divulgou as novas exig\u00eancias para a produ\u00e7\u00e3o e comercializa\u00e7\u00e3o c\u00edtricolas, por causa da praga da psila africana dos citrinos. Os requisitos t\u00e9cnicos para a produ\u00e7\u00e3o e comercializa\u00e7\u00e3o de citrinos e outras rut\u00e1ceas em local livre de Trioza erytreae, inseto vetor da doen\u00e7a citrus greening, foram atualizados e publicados recentemente pela Dire\u00e7\u00e3o-Geral de Alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3207,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3206","eventos","type-eventos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/3206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eventos"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/3206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15109,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/3206\/revisions\/15109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}