Amendment of Quarantine Pest List
Amendment of Quarantine Pest List
The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) in the Republic of Korea, has amended the quarantine pest list which is based on the result of a Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) and in accordance with the provisions of Articles 4 and 6 of the Ministerial Ordinance of the Plant Protection Act. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency notified to add 11 quarantine pest species as follows:
No. | Scientific name | Group | Category |
1 | Curvularia tuberculata | Fungi | Controlled Pest |
2 | Didymosphaeria futilis | Fungi | Controlled Pest |
3 | Drechslera neergaardii | Fungi | Controlled Pest |
4 | Exserohilum holmii | Fungi | Controlled Pest |
5 | Tomato brown rugose fruit virus | Viruses | Controlled Pest |
6 | Achyranthes aspera | Weeds | Controlled Pest |
7 | Calopogonium mucunoides | Weeds | Controlled Pest |
8 | Digitaria insularis | Weeds | Controlled Pest |
9 | Murdannia nudiflora | Weeds | Controlled Pest |
10 | Eremnus chevrolati | Coleoptera | Controlled Pest |
11 | Orgyia postica | Lepidoptera | Controlled Pest |