Detection, risk assessment, and containment of quarantine pest
2011
Cayabyab, B.F.
The survey showed that quarantine officers take care of the prevention of the entry of exotic pest through vigilance in reviewing legal documents of incoming plant and plant products and monitoring/detection and control when needed. Fumigation, cold treatment, burning/destruction or sending back the consignment to its country of origin are the present exotic pest management practices. Indigenous pests are also their concern especially the containment or prevention of the spread of new pests such as rice bugs, mango pulp weevil and others. As such they monitor vessels like ships, bancas, trucks and other vehicles that come from areas infested with new pest. The survey also revealed the following additional needs: Rest information and communication technology, updating of pest detection techniques, pest specimen for quick reference, strengthening of pest identification capability risk assessment know how and management options both for exotics, and new record of indigenous pest and pest outbreaks of exotic that have gained entry such as L. huidobrensis on white potato and L. trifolii on onion. Accomplishments for the last twelve months were presented and discussed.
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