Five technical panels have been set up under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). One of these, the Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP), produces diagnostic protocols for specific pests, often involving use of morphological and molecular/biochemical diagnostic techniques. The report of the TPDP meeting held on 24-28 September 2007 in Buenos Aires, Argentina is now available. See https://www.ippc.int/id/59235?language=en or contact [email protected] for more information. The IPPC is an international treaty relating to plant health, to which 169 governments currently adhere, and its Secretariat is based at FAO Headquarters, Rome.

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