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The information in this standard is provided on the following basis. The phytosanitary requirements found in this standard may be used as the basis of export certification. However, requirements may be changed by importing countries at any time at short notice or with no notice to New Zealand. This information is provided strictly on the basis that the Crown, the Ministry for Primary Industries, its statutory officers, employees, agents and all other persons responsible for or associated with the compilation, writing, editing, approval or publication of the information:
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Last Updated: 15 June 2022
Commodities
All Commodities
AIRS is the automated import reference system of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
Search AIRS for your specific commodity requirements
Refer to the AIRS user guide for details on how to use the system.
Note:
- Search for “lumber” when looking for timber requirements in AIRS.
- Phytosanitary certificates must not be issued more than 14 days prior to export.
Wood/Timber
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Import Permits or Declarations |
Import permit NOT required. |
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Certification Requirements |
Phytosanitary certificate required. |
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Prohibited Importations |
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Bark |
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Insects |
Free of quarantine pests. |
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Fungi |
Free of quarantine pests. |
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Soil |
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Pre-Shipment Inspections |
Verification inspection required if a phytosanitary certificate is to be issued. |
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Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments |
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Fumigation |
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Antisapstain treatments |
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Insecticide treatments |
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Heat treatments |
Note: The following statement must be included under the treatment section of the phytosanitary certificate: “Each piece of wood attained a minimum temperature of 56◦C throughout the profile of the wood (including at its core) for a minimum of 30 minutes” |
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Preservative treatments |
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Concessional Release |
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General |
Shipments are subject to inspection upon arrival in Canada. |
Wood Products - Packaging
| Import Permits or Declarations |
Brokers/ Importers must attest to one of the following: "Wood packaging contained with shipment displays the ISPM No. 15 compliant stamp." |
| Certification Requirements |
Wood packaging material and dunnage should be marked in accordance with ISPM 15. |
| Prohibited Importations | - |
| Bark | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be made of debarked wood in accordance with ISPM 15. |
| Insects | Free of quarantine pests. |
| Fungi | Free of quarantine pests. |
| Soil | Other |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required if a phytosanitary certificate is to be issued. |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | - |
| Fumigation | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be treated in accordance with ISPM 15. |
| Antisapstain treatments | - |
| Insecticide treatments | - |
| Heat treatments | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be treated in accordance with ISPM 15 |
| Preservative treatments | - |
| Concessional Release | - |
| General | - |
Quarantine Pests
| Scientific name | Common name |
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Achatina achatina |
giant west African snail |
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Achatina fulica |
giant African snail |
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Acrobasis pyrivorella |
pear fruit moth |
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Acropolitis rudisana |
leafroller caterpillar |
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Adelges piceae |
balsam woolly adelgid |
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Adelges tsugae |
hemlock woolly adelgid |
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Adoxophyes orana |
sumer fruit tortrix moth |
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Agrilus planipennis |
emerald ash borer |
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Albino cherry agent |
albino cherry |
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Alternaria gaisen |
black spot of Japanese pear |
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Alternaria kikuchiana |
blackspot |
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American plum line pattern virus APLPV |
American plum line pattern virus |
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Amphitetranychus viennensis |
Hawthorn spider mite |
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Andean potato latent virus APLV |
Andean potato latent virus |
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Andean potato mottle virus APMoV |
Andean potato mottle virus |
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Anisogramma anomala |
eastern filbert blight |
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Anoplophora chinensis |
Citrus long-horned Beetle |
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Anoplophora glabripennis |
Asian long-horned beetle |
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Anoplophora nobilis |
yellow spotted starry sky beetle |
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Anoplophora spp. |
long-horned beetle |
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Apple chat fruit phytoplasma |
apple chat fruit phytoplasma |
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Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus ACLSV |
peach dark green sunken mottle apple chlorotic leaf spot virus |
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Apple flat limb agent |
apple flat limb agent |
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Apple green crinkle agent |
apple green crinkle agent |
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Apple proliferation phytoplasma AP |
apple proliferation phytoplasma |
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Apple ringspot agent |
apple ringspot agent |
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Apple rosette agent |
apple rosette agent |
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Apple rough bark agent |
apple rough bark agent |
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Apple rubbery wood phytoplasma ARW |
apple rubbery wood phytoplasma |
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Apple scar skin viroid ASSVd |
apple scar skin viroid |
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Apple star crack agent |
apple star crack agent |
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Apple stem grooving virus ASGV |
apple stem grooving virus |
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Apple stem pitting virus ASPV |
apple stem pitting virus |
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Apricot ringpox virus syn. apricot ringspot agent |
apricot ringpox virus |
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Archachatina degneri |
giant African land snail |
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Archachatina purpurea |
giant African land snail |
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Archachatina ventricosa |
giant African land snail |
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Argyrotaenia ljungiana |
Eurasian fruit roller moth |
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Arracacha virus B (Oca strain) |
Arracacha virus B (Oca strain) |
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Artichoke Italian latent virus |
artichoke Italian latent virus |
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Beet curly top virus BCTV |
beet curly top virus |
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Berberis spp. |
barberry |
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Bing spur virus (cherry compact virus) |
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Bing spur virus |
(cherry compact virus) |
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Black currant reversion virus (syn.blackcurrant reversion associated virus) |
black currant reversion disease |
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Bois-noir (Blackwood agent) |
black wood agent |
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Brenneria salicis |
watermark disease of willow |
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Cacoecimorpha pronubana |
carnation tortrix |
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Callipogon relictus |
boring beetle |
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Carposina sasakii |
peach fruit moth |
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Cepaea nemoralis |
banded wood snail |
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Ceratocystis fagacearum |
oak wilt |
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Ceratocystis (syn.Ophiostoma) ulmi |
Dutch elm disease |
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Charrinia (syn. Coniella) diplodiella |
white rot |
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Cherry compact agent (= spur cherry virus, Bing spur virus) |
cherry compact agent |
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Cherry green ring mottle virus |
cherry green ring mottle virus |
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Cherry leaf roll virus |
cherry leaf roll virus |
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Cherry mottle leaf virus CMLV |
cherry mottle leaf virus |
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Cherry necrotic rusty mottle virus CNRMV |
cherry necrotic rusty mottle virus |
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Cherry pink fruit agent |
cherry pink fruit agent |
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Cherry rasp leaf virus CRLV |
cherry rasp leaf virus |
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Cherry rough fruit agent |
cherry rough fruit agent |
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Cherry rusty mottle (European) |
cherry rusty mottle (European) |
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Cherry short stem agent |
cherry short stem agent |
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Cherry twisted leaf agent |
cherry twisted leaf agent |
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Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus |
bacterial ring rot |
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Colletotrichum panacicola |
ginseng anthracnose |
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Coniella diplodiella |
white rot of grape |
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Conogethes punctiferalis |
yellow peach moth |
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Contarinia nasturtii |
swede midge |
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Cuscuta spp. |
dodder |
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Cydia funebrana |
plum fruit moth |
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Cydia (syn. Grapholita) inopinata |
Manchurian codling moth |
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Cydia latiferreana |
filbertworm |
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Cydia pomonella |
codling moth |
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Daktulosphaira vitifoliae syn. Viteus vitifolia |
grape phylloxera |
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Diaporthe tanakae |
European pear dieback |
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Diaspidiotus pyri |
pear scale |
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Dichocrocis (syn. Conogethes) punctiferalis |
yellow peach moth |
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Ditylenchus destructor |
potato rot nematode |
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Ditylenchus dipsaci |
stem and bulb nematode, onion bulb nematode |
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Ditylenchus dipsaci (potato race) |
stem and bulb nematode |
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Dreyfusia piceae |
balsam woolly aphid |
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Elsinoe ampelina |
grapevine anthracnose |
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Epiphyas postvittana |
light brown apple moth |
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Eupoecilia ambiguella |
vine moth |
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Euproctis chrysorrhoea |
browntail moth |
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European stonefruit yellows phytoplasma |
peach or apricot chlorotic leafroll |
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Flavescence dorée MLO |
Flavescence dorée phytoplasma |
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Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cannabis |
Fusarium wilt |
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Globodera pallida |
pale cyst nematode |
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Globodera rostochiensis |
golden nematode |
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Grapevine asteroid mosaic virus |
grapevine asteroid mosaic virus |
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Grapevine Bulgarian latent virus GBLV |
grapevine Bulgarian latent virus |
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Grapevine chasselas latent agent (= grapevine fleck virus) |
grapevine chasselas latent agent |
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Grapevine (Hungarian) chrome mosaic virus GCMV |
grapevine chrome mosaic virus |
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Grapevine corky bark |
grapevine corky bark virus (non quarantine pest as of 2 September 2014) |
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Grapevine enation agent |
grapevine enation agent |
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Grapevine yellows disease |
grapevine yellows disease |
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Grapevine vein mosaic or necrosis virus |
grapevine vein mosaic or necrosis virus |
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Grapholita inopinata |
Manchurian codling moth |
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Grapholita molesta |
Oriental fruit moth |
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Gremmeniella abietina |
scleroderris canker |
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Gremmeniella abietina var abietina |
scleroderris canker (European race) |
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Guignardia baccae |
black rot of grape |
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Gymnosporangium fuscum |
pear trellis rust (non quarantine pest as of 24 July 2014) |
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Gymnosporangium yamadae |
Japanese apple rust |
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Helix aspersa syn. Cornu aspersum |
brown garden snail |
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Helix spp. |
terrestrial snails |
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Hesperophanes campestris |
hairy house longicorn |
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Hungarian chrome mosaic virus |
Hungarian chrome mosaic virus |
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Hylastes ater |
bark beetle |
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Ips typographus |
spruce bark beetle |
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Kober stem grooving |
Kober stem grooving |
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Lachnellula willkommii |
European larch canker |
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Leptinotarsa decemlineata |
Colorado potato beetle |
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Leucoptera malifoliella |
pear leaf blister moth |
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Little cherry virus,1 2 & 3 |
little cherry virus |
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LN33 stem grooving agent |
LN33 stem grooving agent |
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Lobesia botrana |
vine moth |
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Longidorus spp. |
needle nematode |
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Lymantria dispar |
gypsy moth |
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Lymantria mathura |
rosy gypsy moth |
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Lymantria monacha |
nun moth |
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Mahoberberis spp. |
barberry |
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Mahonia spp. |
barberry |
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Mayetiola destructor |
Hessian fly |
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Melissopus latiferreanus |
filbertworm |
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Meloidogyne chitwoodi |
Columbia root knot nematode |
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Monilia polystroma |
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Monilinia fructigena |
brown rot |
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Monilinia mali |
apple blossom blight |
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Monochamus alternatus |
dark pine longicorn |
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Monochamus spp. |
boring beetles |
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Naupactus xanthographus |
fruit tree weevil |
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Neovossia indica |
karnal bunt |
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Numonia pirivorella |
pear fruitworm |
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Nysius vinitor |
Rutherglen bug |
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Operophtera brumata |
winter moth |
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Ophiostoma novo-ulmi |
Dutch elm disease |
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Ophiostoma ulmi |
Dutch elm disease |
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Orgyia anartoides |
painted apple moth |
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Orobanche spp. |
broomrape |
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Ostrinia nubilalis |
European corn borer |
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Otala lactea |
milk snail |
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Otala vermiculata |
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Otiorhynchus corruptor |
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Otiorhynchus ligustici |
alfalfa snout beetle |
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Oulema melanopus |
cereal leaf beetle |
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Peach chlorotic leafroll phytoplasma |
peach chlorotic leafroll |
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Peach dark green sunken mottle virus |
peach dark green sunken mottle virus |
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Peach mosaic virus PMV |
peach mosaic virus |
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Peach rosette mosaic virus PRMV |
peach rosette mosaic virus |
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Peach wart |
peach wart |
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Peach X-disease phytoplasma |
Peach X-disease phytoplasma |
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peach yellows phytoplasma |
peach yellows phytoplasma |
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Pear blister canker PBCVd |
pear blister canker |
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Pear bud drop |
pear bud drop |
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Pear decline and moria phytoplasma |
pear decline and moria phytoplasma |
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Pear rough bark |
pear rough bark |
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Pear stony pit |
pear stony pit |
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Peronospora hyoscyami f. sp. tabacina |
tobacco blue mold |
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Phalaenoides glycinae |
grapevine moth |
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Phoma exigua var. foveata |
potato gangrene |
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Phomopsis viticola |
deadarm disease, Phomopsis cane and leaf spot |
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Phony peach |
Xylella fastidiosa |
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Phytophthora ramorum |
sudden oak death |
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Phytophthora spp. |
Phytophthora |
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Pierce's disease fastidiosa = Phony peach |
Pierce's disease bacterium (=Peach phony disease) |
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Plum pox virus or sharka PPV |
plum pox virus or sharka |
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Plum rusty blotch |
plum rusty blotch |
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Pogonomyrmex occidentalis |
harvester ants |
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Popillia japonica |
Japanese beetle |
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Potato deforming mosaic virus PDMV |
potato deforming mosaic virus |
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Potato mop top virus PMTV |
potato mop top virus |
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Potato spindle tuber viroid PSTVd |
potato spindle tuber viroid |
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Potato virus T |
potato virus T |
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Potato virus U |
potato virus U |
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Potato virus V |
potato virus V |
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Potato virus Y C strain (PVYC) |
potato virus Y strain (PVYC) |
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Potato virus Y NTN strain (PVYNTN) |
potato virus YNTN (PVYNTN) |
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Potato virus Y N strain (PVYN) |
potato virus YN (PVYN) |
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Potato yellow vein virus |
potato yellow vein virus |
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Potato yellowing virus |
potato yellowing virus |
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Proeulia spp. |
Chilean fruit leaf folders |
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Prune dwarf virus PDV |
prune dwarf virus |
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Prunus necrotic ringspot virus PNRSV |
Prunus necrotic ringspot virus |
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Pseudomonas solanacearum, race 3 |
brown rot |
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Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina |
bacteriosis of hemp |
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Pseudoperonospora cannabina |
downy mildew of hemp |
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Pseudopeziza tracheiphila |
grapevine red fire disease |
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Puccinia coronata |
crown rust of oats |
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Puccinia graminis |
black stem rust of wheat |
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Puccinia horiana |
chrysanthemum white rust |
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Quadraspidiotus pyri |
= Diaspidiotus pyri |
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Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 |
potato brown rot |
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Raspberry ringspot virus |
raspberry ringspot virus |
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Rhacodiella vitis |
grapevine spotted necrosis |
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Rhagoletis cerasi |
European cherry fruit fly |
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Rhagoletis mendax |
blueberry maggot |
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Rhagoletis pomonella |
apple maggot |
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Rhamnus spp. |
buckthorn |
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Rosellinia necatrix |
root rot |
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Sclerotinia fructigena |
brown rot |
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Sclerotinia pseudotuberosa |
acorn, rot chestnut rot |
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Sclerotium cepivorum |
white rot |
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Sesamia cretica |
durra stem borer |
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Sirex noctilio |
wood boring wasp, Sirex wasp |
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Spur cherry agent (Bing spur virus, cherry compact virus) |
spur cherry agent |
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Strawberry latent ringspot virus SLRV |
strawberry latent ringspot virus |
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Striga spp. |
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Synchytrium endobioticum |
potato wart disease |
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Teia anartoides |
painted apple moth |
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Tetranychus truncatus |
spider mite |
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Tetranychus viennensis |
hawthorn spider mite |
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Tetropium castaneum |
boring beetle |
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Tetropium fuscum |
brown spruce longhorn beetle |
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Theba pisana |
white garden snail |
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Thecaphora solani |
potato smut |
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Tilletia controversa syn. T. contraversa |
dwarf bunt of wheat |
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Tilletia indica |
karnal bunt |
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Tobacco rattle virus |
tobacco rattle virus |
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Tobacco ringspot virus (potato calico strain) TBRSV-CA |
tobacco ringspot virus (potato calico strain) |
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Tobacco ringspot virus TbRSV |
tobacco ringspot virus |
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Tomato black ring virus TBRV |
tomato black ring virus |
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Tomato black ring virus beet ringspot strain |
tomato black ring virus beet ringspot strain |
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Tomato bushy stunt virus TBSV |
tomato bushy stunt virus |
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Tomato ringspot virus TomRV |
apple union necrosis |
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Tomicus piniperda |
European pine shoot beetle |
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Trichodorus spp. |
stubby root nematode |
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Trichoferus campestris |
boring beetle |
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Trogoderma granarium |
khapra beetle |
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Urocystis agropyri |
flag smut of wheat |
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Venturia nashicola |
Asian pear scab |
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Vergilbungskrankheit |
Flavescence dorée, bois noir |
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Viteus vitifoliae |
grapevine phylloxera |
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Xanthomonas ampelina syn. Xylophilus ampelinus |
grapevine bacterial blight |
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Xanthomonas campestris pv. cannabis |
leaf spot of hemp |
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Xanthomonas populi |
bacterial canker of poplar |
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Xiphinema spp. |
dagger nematode |
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Xylella fastidiosa (= Pierce's disease bacterium, Prunus phony disease) |
phony disease of peach |
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Xylophilus (= Xanthomonas) ampelinus (ampelina) |
grapevine bacterial blight |
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Yponomeuta malinellus |
apple ermine moth |
