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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON THE STANDARDISATION OF SEED POTATOES REPORT TO THE WORKING PARTY ACTIVITY 2008. Pier Giacomo Bianchi Chairman of the Specialised Section Geneva 4 november 2008. UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES. MEETINGS 2008 CHANGINS (14 FEBRUARY): BUREAU - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Pier Giacomo BianchiChairman of the Specialised
Section
Geneva4 november 2008
UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON THE STANDARDISATION OF SEED POTATOES
REPORT TO THE WORKING PARTYACTIVITY 2008
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
MEETINGS 2008
• CHANGINS (14 FEBRUARY): BUREAU
• GENEVA (17 - 19 MARCH): ANNUAL MEETING (38th session)
• GENEVA (1 JUNE): ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE KISLOVODSK SEMINAR
• KYSLOVODSK (8 – 12 SEPTEMBER): SEMINAR
• EMMELORD (20 – 21 OCTOBER): EXTENDED BUREAU
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
ACTIVITY 2008 FOCUS ON:
• DEVELOPMENT
• PROMOTION
OF THE STANDARD
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
DEVELOPMENT OF THE STANDARD
• PROPOSAL OF AMENDMENTS
• ITEMS BEING DISCUSSED
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
PROPOSAL OF AMENDMENT OF THE STANDARD
ASSESSMENT KEYFOR NETTED SCAB
-ANNEX VIII- (estimated 33.3%)
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
UPDATED LIST OF PESTS AND DISEASES
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
COMMON POSITION ADOPTED BY THE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES VIGOR
• PLANT VIGOUR IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUALITY ASPECT OF SEED POTATOES, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN REGIONS WITH HIGHER TEMPERATURES.
• GENOTYPE DETERMINES LOSS OF VIGOUR; SOME VARIETIES ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE, WHILE OTHERS ARE MORE TOLERANT. GROWING AND STORAGE CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY TEMPERATURE, INFLUENCE PLANT VIGOUR.
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
COMMON POSITION ADOPTED BY THE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES VIGOUR (cont.)
• DETERMINING PLANT VIGOUR IS STILL VERY DIFFICULT IN SEED LOTS.
• THE ONLY INDIRECT REFERENCE TO VIGOUR IN THE UNECE STANDARD IS A TOLERANCE FOR SHRIVELLED TUBERS.
• STRICTER REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANT VIGOUR CANNOT YET BE PRESCRIBED BY THE STANDARD
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
DEVELOPMENT OF THE STANDARD
ITEMS BEING DISCUSSED :• QUESTIONNAIRES TO COLLECT
INFORMATION ON CROP INSPECTION PRACTICES AND POST-HARVEST TESTS;
• PROCEDURES FOR ASSESSMENT OF NON-COMPLIANCE AT DESTINATION;
• LIST OF DISEASES AND PESTS
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
PROMOTION OF THE STANDARD
• SEMINAR IN KISLOVODSK
• UNECE WEEKLY
• PROMOTIONAL LEAFLET
• BOOK ON POTATO RECIPES FOR THE FAO YEAR OF POTATO
• CO-OPERATION WITH OECD, EU AND IPPC
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
FUTURE WORK
• PROCEDURES FOR ASSESSMENT OF NON-COMPLIANCE AT DESTINATION
• PTNRD (TUBER NECROTIC RINGSPOT DISEASE)
• IMAGES FOR THE LIST OF DISEASES AND PESTS
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
FUTURE WORK (cont.)
• ERWINIA (PECTOBACTERIUM – DICKEYA)
• PCN (POTATO CYSTS NEMATODE)
• TUBER MOTH (PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA)
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
FUTURE WORK (cont.)
• INTERNAL QUALITY• CROP INSPECTION PRACTICES • ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION • POST-HARVEST TESTS• QUESTIONNAIRE ON VARIETAL IDENTITY• COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT ISPMS OF
IPPC ON “PEST FREE POTATO MICROPROPAGATIVE MATERIAL AND MINITUBERS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE”
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
NEXT MEETINGS • EXTENDED BUREAU - CHANGINS January
2009• SEMINAR FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE
STANDARD & EXTENDED BUREAU - CAIRO 17-20 March 2009
• EXTENDED BUREAU – Belgium & Luxembourg October 2009
• SPECIALISED SECTION – Geneva March 2010• EXTENDED BUREAU – Canada October 2010
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UNECE SPECIALISED SECTION ON SEED POTATOES
Thank you, for your kind attention