📣 Job offer: The EURL Nematodes is still recruiting a Bioinformatics Project Manager in Nematology/Plant pathology to join our team at ANSES, based in Le Rheu/Rennes (France). Deadline for application: 28/08/2026. The job offer (in French and English): Click and apply. www.anses.fr/fr/content/b...

!📣 Job offer: The EURL is currently seeking a Project Manager in Bioinformatics to join our team at ANSES, based in Le Rheu (Brittany, France) Deadline for application: 11/05/2026 Click the link below to download the job offer (in French and English), and to apply. www.anses.fr/fr/content/c...

The #PestSurveyCard on #Meloidogyne enterolobii has been published. Check out how to perform surveys for this root-knot nematode species🔍: link.europa.eu/T9PWCb @eurl-ppns.bsky.social @son-nemaweb.bsky.social @nememerge.bsky.social @agricoedu.bsky.social

🌱 Great energy at EFSA’s 140th Plant Health Plenary! Experts and partners came together to discuss plant health priorities, the Plant Health for Life campaign and what’s coming next — with Pesty adding a playful touch to the moment. 💚 www.efsa.europa.eu/en/plh4l #PlantHealth #PlantHealthForLife

Folcher, L., H.Hotte, A. M.Chappé, et al. 2026. “First Report of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Associated With Pinus pinaster in France.” New Disease Reports53, no. 1: e70110. doi.org/10.1002/ndr2... #PWN #PinewoodNematode #PineWiltDisease #PWD #FirstReport #EUPriorityPest #France #EU #PlantHealth

First Report of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Associated With Pinus pinaster in France

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Two #PestSurveyCard are now available on nematodes of the Xiphinema americanum group: ➡️ link.europa.eu/jQk6pY ➡️ link.europa.eu/DYQBTB These pests can transmit #viruses that are also regulated, see: bsky.app/profile/efsa... @son-nemaweb.bsky.social @eurl-ppns.bsky.social @agricoedu.bsky.social

NEW - Xiphinema rivesi (non-EU populations)

Updated 30 January 2026 (Version 1). Taxonomy: nematodes (XIPHRI). Host plants: berries, grape, pome fruits, stone fruits). Regulation: quarantine pests.

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EFSA Plants@efsa-plants.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢New EFSA Pest Survey Cards: Surveillance of regulated #viruses, #viroids and #phytoplasmas of Cydonia, Fragaria, Malus, Prunus, Pyrus, Ribes, Rubus and Vitis in the EU Here is the guide for using these pest survey cards🍎🍏: link.europa.eu/TTpgVh #PlantHealth #PestSurveyCard #SurveillanceNetwork

The #PestSurveyCard on Longidorus diadecturus is available here: ➡️ link.europa.eu/v8MgHG This nematode can vector the peach rosette mosaic virus (PRMV), also a Union Quarantine pest, see: bsky.app/profile/efsa... @son-nemaweb.bsky.social @eurl-ppns.bsky.social @agricoedu.bsky.social

Longidorus diadecturus

Updated 03 December 2025 (Version 1). Taxonomy: nematodes (LONGDI). Host plants: berries, broadleaved trees, fruit-bearing vegetables, grape, stone fruits. Regulation: quarantine pests.

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EFSA Plants@efsa-plants.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢New EFSA Pest Survey Cards: Surveillance of regulated #viruses, #viroids and #phytoplasmas of Cydonia, Fragaria, Malus, Prunus, Pyrus, Ribes, Rubus and Vitis in the EU Here is the guide for using these pest survey cards🍎🍏: link.europa.eu/TTpgVh #PlantHealth #PestSurveyCard #SurveillanceNetwork

Join us as an observer at the 139th Plenary meeting of the Panel on Plant Health (PLH). 💻 Online 🗓 18 February 2026, 09:00–13:30 (CET) ✍️ Register by 9 February 2026 More: link.europa.eu/HxtKbm #OpenEFSA #PlantHealth | @efsa-plants.bsky.social

🪱 Last week EPPO took part in the Annual Workshop of the European Reference Laboratory for Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Zagreb. The workshop covered EURL activities, methods validation, emerging and regulated nematodes, and general updates in nematology.

🔬🌾 6th EURL Annual Workshop held in @HAPIH Croatia, covered topics: PT Performances, Method Validation, Nematode Outbreak Response, Tracing/Tracking, NRL–NPPO Communication, and Emerging Threats +more! Sharing knowledge across our network #PlantHealth @anses-fr.bsky.social @ILVO @USDA @ec.europa.eu

👋"EURL Recommended Methods" are public & available on the EURL website. New Diagnostic Protocol on Meloidogyne graminicola is there + others covering the diagnostics of other Q Meloidogyne spp., Globodera spp., B. xylophilus, & culturing of some PPNs 🔬🌾 #planthealth sitesv2.anses.fr/en/minisite/...

Check out the publication 👋 doi.org/10.1016/j.je... 5 waste disinfection methods were tested on Globodera, or Meloidogyne spp.🌱🔬 Encouraging results for both Composting & for Methanation methods are interpreted and discussed. @anses-fr.bsky.social @fnpppt #Nemalliance #circulareconomy #PlantHealth

Pleased to announce 👋🌾 The new EURL Diagnostic Protocol: "Identification of Meloidogyne graminicola; Morphological & Molecular Methods", is now public & available on the EURL website: sitesv2.anses.fr/en/minisite/... Along with the other EURL Recommended Methods. #PlantHealth #RiceRootKnotNematode

Last week, EPPO participated in the 5th annual workshop of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Plant Parasitic Nematodes, held at the Anses Plant Health Laboratory in Le Rheu, France (19–21 November). Yassine Aoutil updated the participants on EPPO activities in nematology.

You can now register and attend remotely on 📆 26 February 2025, 9am - 1pm (CET) the #PlantHealth Panel Plenary Meeting, to learn more about #RiskAssessment and especially #Commodity Risk Assessment in relation to plant health. Please register by 21 Feb 2025 → www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/13...