Australia – Proposed pest risk analysis for Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) host seed.

Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has issued notification pertains to pest risk analysis for Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) host seed.

As per notification pest risk analysis to review the scientific basis for Australian emergency measures to manage Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) seed-borne host seeds for sowing, including Citrullus lanatus, Cucumis melo, Cucumis sativus, Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita pepo, Lagenaria siceraria, Trichosanthes cucumerina and any hybrid of these species. This pest risk analysis proposes that the emergency measures become the standard import conditions for CGMMV host seeds.

Proposed date of publication: 8 April 2016

Final date for comments: 9 May 2016

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