Annex
Guideline: Pest risk management measures for quarantine pests for dragon fruit from Viet Nam
Effective 13 October 2021Table 1 – Pest Risk Management measures for quarantine pests of dragon fruit from Viet Nam
Pest |
Common name |
Agreed measure |
Fruit flies | ||
Bactrocera curcurbitae |
Melon fruit fly |
Mandatory pre-shipment Vapour Heat Treatment (VHT) for forty (40) minutes at a pulp temperature of 46.5°C or greater with relative humidity 90 per cent or above. |
Bactrocera correcta |
Guava fruit fly | |
Bactocera dorsalis |
Oriental fruit fly | |
Mealybugs | ||
Dysmicoccus neobrevipes |
Grey pineapple mealybug |
Consignment freedom verified by pre-export visual inspection and remedial action |
Planococcus lilacinus |
Coffee mealybug | |
Planococcus minor (WA) |
Pacific mealybug | |
Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi |
Jack Beardsley mealybug | |
(WA) Pest of quarantine concern for Western Australia.