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Informational video about the almond wasp (Eurytoma amigdali)

#PlantHealth4Life is a multi-year, multinational campaign developed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) at the request of the European Commission, launched in 2023. In 2024, 21 Member States, including Spain, and one candidate country will participate.

Organism under community emergency measures that causes symptoms on leaves and damage to tomato fruits

A very voracious and polyphagous defoliating caterpillar that can affect both forage and horticultural crops, with prairies and grasslands, along with corn, being the most affected.

Tecia solanivora is considered a quarantine organism due to the potential phytosanitary risk it represents, constituting a serious threat to potato production by affecting and rendering tubers worthless, either during cultivation or in storage.

Recommendations for the release of Torymus sinensis, a biological control organism for the chestnut wasp

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), a member of the tobamovirus family, was first detected in tomato crops in Israel in 2014 and in Europe in Germany in 2018. In 2019, it experienced a significant expansion when it was isolated in Italy, the Netherlands, Greece, and other Member States.

The almond wasp (Eurytoma amigdali E) is a hymenopteran recently discovered in almond orchards in the Valencian Community. The adults are black and emerge in spring from the fruit they parasitized the previous season.

The potato flea beetle refers to several species of the Epitrix genus, which are primarily considered pests of potato crops, although they can also affect other Solanaceae crops such as peppers, tomatoes, and eggplants.

Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, known as chili thrips, tea yellows, or flower thrips, is a harmful organism classified as a quarantine pest. It is an insect native to southern and eastern Asia and has a wide range of host plants (more than 150 species), including commercial crops such as beans, tomatoes, eggplant, cucumber, onion, and peppers.

Pollinating insects are vitally important for the proper functioning of crops. Pollination is essential to ensuring the quantity and quality of crops and food production, directly linking wild ecosystems with agricultural production systems.

Defoliating beetle of American origin that owes its name to the ability of adults to jump when disturbed. It was detected in Europe in 2008, in Portugal. In Spain, it was detected in Galicia in 2009, and in Asturias in 2014. It is considered a quarantine organism due to the loss of commercial value of tubers.

Candidatus liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) is the bacterium that causes the potato disease known as "Zebra chip." Its name derives from the pattern of light and dark stripes on the tuber, resembling zebra stripes, which are more evident after frying. Five CLso haplotypes (A, B, C, D, E) have been described.

On February 12, 2019, a "Seminar on Xylella fastidiosa" was held in the Assembly Hall of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. This seminar is part of the measures adopted by the Ministry to disseminate information and raise awareness about the fight against and control of Xylella fastidiosa.

The "green gnat" pest is considered a secondary pest of vines. It includes a group of sucking insects from the leafhopper family that affect other cultivated and wild plants.

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (Tobamovirus, ToBRFV) was first identified in tomatoes in Jordan in 2015, and recent outbreaks have occurred in Italy, Mexico, Turkey, China, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Greece, Spain, and France, where the virus is of great concern to tomato and pepper growers.

The significant activity of protected horticulture in the province of Almería undoubtedly contributes to the supply of high-value products to domestic and export markets and generates significant social and economic benefits.

Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.) is a quarantine phytopathogenic bacterium that has a very wide range of host plants (more than 300 plant species), and can cause serious damage to the most important crops of the Balearic Islands, such as almond, vine, olive, citrus or fig trees, and to numerous species of ornamental plants (rosemary, lavender, polygala and acacia, among others).

Xylella fastidiosa is a bacterium that lives in the xylem of plants, preventing the normal flow of water and nutrients. It causes diseases in various economically important crops, depending on the subspecies and genetic group of the bacteria. The most characteristic symptoms are the scorched appearance of leaves and shoots.

Since its detection in mid-2006, it has been the most significant tomato pest due to damage to plants and fruit, difficulty in control, and rapid population growth.