EUPHRESCO IICopenhagen

24-25 March 2011

N. Sherokolava

ALL-RUSSIAN PLANT

QUARANTINE CENTER FGU VNIIKR

DIRECTORATE FOR PHYTOSANITARY SURVEILLANCE AND GRAIN QUALITY AND SAFETY CONTROL

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

FEDERAL SERVICE FOR VETERINARY AND PHYTOSANITARY SURVEILLANCE (ROSSELKHOZNADZOR)

(National Plant Protection Organization)

ROSSELKHOZNADZOR REGIONAL OFFICES(64 DIRECTORATES)

ALL-RUSSIAN PLANT QUARANTINE CENTER

(FGU VNIIKR)

ACCREDITED (REFERENCE)

CENTERS(27 CENTERS)

FGU VNIIKR BRANCHES(24 BRANCHES)

REFRESHER TRAINING FOR

NPPO’S SPECIALISTS

DESINFESTATION OF

REGULATED ARTICLES AND

MATERIALS

VNIIKR’S CORE ACTIVITIES

PROVIDING SCIENTIFIC AND

METHODOLOGICAL BACKGROUND FOR

NPPO’S ACTIVITIES

SYNTHESIS AND FIELD TRIAL OF

QUARANTINE INSECT

PHEROMONES

PARTICIPATING IN DETECTION SURVEYS OF

RUSSIA’S TERRITORIES

PLANT QUARANTINE DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY

Development of Containment and Eradication Methods for

Managing Quarantine Pest Outbreaks:

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL METHOD FOR THE POTATO COLORADO

BEETLE LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA SAY. AND THE

TWENTY-EIGHT SPOTTED LADYBIRD EPILACHNA

VIGINTIOCTOMACULATA MOTSCH. USING THE

ENTOMOPHAGOUS PREDATORY SHIELDBUG PICROMERUS

BIDENS L.

PRAs for Pests of Potential Quarantine Importance

RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMESSCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL BACKGROUND FOR NPPO’S

ACTIVITIES

Studieson 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

Studies on Factors Causing Pine Wilt Disease

FORMING A COLLECTION OF INSECTS (PRIMARILY, COLEOPTERA AND LEPIDOPTERA SPP.)

THROUGH STUDYING RUSSIA’S BIODIVERSITY

RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMESSCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL BACKGROUND FOR NPPO’S

ACTIVITIES

• 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.

IMPROVEMENT OF METHODS FOR DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF QUARANTINE PESTS:

RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMESPLANT QUARANTINE DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY

• 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.

IMPROVEMENT OF METHODS FOR DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF QUARANTINE PESTS:

RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMESPLANT QUARANTINE DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY

•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.

IMPROVEMENT OF METHODS FOR QUARANTINE PEST DETECTION AND OUTBREAK CONTAINMENT AND

ERADICATION USING PHEROMONES:

RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMESSYNTHESIS OF INSECT PHEROMONES

•Phytosanitary Monitoring of Grain Crops Growing on the Territory of the Russian

Federation

Phytosanitary Surveys:

RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMESDETECTION SURVEYS

•Phytosanitary Monitoring of Potato Crops for Detection of Quarantine Pests

•Phytosanitary Monitoring of Fire Blight Distribution on the Territory of the Russian

Federation

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 Methyl Ioidide for Quarantine Desinfestation against Orchard and Stored Product Pests

RUNNING PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAMMESDESINFESTATION

Trials of Sulfuryl Fluoride for Control of Stored Product Pests, Forest Pests and Pests of Wood Products

Studies on Communicative Peculiarities of Picromerus bidens for Optimizing the Rearing and Use of the

Entomophage

PLANNED THEMES FOR PHYTOSANITARY RESEARCH

Development of Phytosanitary Demarcation Methods to Be Used on the Territory of the Russian Federation

PARTNTERS

Russian State Agrarian University – K.A. Timiryazev MTAABioengineering Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences

All-Russian Research Institute for Phytopathology A.G.Lorkha Russian Potato Research Institute

Research Institutions:

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg)A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Geneva Natural History Museum, Switzerland

Nanjing Forestry University, China

St. Petersburg State Forest-Technical Academy Krasnodar Research Institute for Biological Protection of Plants

Plant Protection Institute, Bulgaria

Commercial Firms:

ZAO Syntol

Agrodiagnostics Ltd.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!