Q-DETECT WP 4 Trapping Q-pests Report to the 6 th meeting Zurich 22 nd October Introduction and aims - Key results at month 32/36 - Progress against deliverables Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services

Objectives 1.To identify trapping methods that are easy-to-use by NPPO officers for pests and vectors of Q diseases 2.To develop generic traps, possibly integrating different cues 3.To make on-site identification through coupling automatic trap with diagnostic tools 4.To deliver a trapping guide for NPPO officers that complements all other detection methods available Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services

Results 1.To identify trapping methods that are easy-to-use by NPPO officers for pests and vectors of Q diseases De Kogel W. J., Battisti A. et al A list of methods to detect arthropod quarantine pests in Europe. EPPO/OEPP Bulletin DOI: /epp.2523  Feed the last deliverable (Trapping guide)

– Wood beetles: paper under submission – Bemisia tabaci: report delivered, paper in preparation – Monochamus: one paper published and one in preparation (trapping + LAMP for beetle species and nematodes) – Lepidoptera: included in the review and in modelling (WP2) – Fruit flies: tested in 2012 with smart traps in Italy and NZ Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services Results 2. To develop generic traps, possibly integrating different cues

Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services Results 3. To make on-site identification through coupling automatic trap with diagnostic tools: prototype available and tested in Italy and NZ

Results 4. To deliver a trapping guide for NPPO officers that complements all other detection methods available In preparation for the final meeting, info partly from a paper in EPPO Bulletin (in press): A review of pest surveillance techniques for detecting quarantine pests in Europe + Protocol for deployment of smart traps, alone and in combination with LAMP detection of vectors and diseases

Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services DeliverableCurrent statusRisks and actions D 4.1 Provide information to WP2 on the cost, time, skill of detection method by inspectors (Month 12) Delivered D 4.2 Testing the best methods to trap quarantine pests over a range of conditions (Month 24) Delivered D 4.3 Strategy to trap insects vectors of quarantine diseases (Month 30) Delivered

DeliverableCurrent statusRisks and actions D 4.4 Provide information to WP2 on sampling quality (sensitivity/specificity) and a full protocol for trapping (Month 30) Work in progressSlight delay D 4.5 Trapping guide for quarantine pests directed to NPPO officers (Month 36) Writing document for the final meeting Development of detection methods for quarantine plant pests for use by Plant Health Inspection Services