Annex
Guideline: Pest management measures for approved stone fruit from China
Effective 10 August 2022
Risk management measures recommended for quarantine pests for fresh nectarines, peaches, plums and apricots from China
Pest |
Common name |
Agreed measures |
Amphitetranychus viennensis (EP) Pseudococcus comstocki (EP) Phenacoccus aceris (EP) Frankliniella intonsa (EP) Frankliniella occidentalis (EP, NT) Adoxophyes orana (EP) Argyrotaenia ljungiana (EP) Spilonota albicana (EP) |
hawthorn spider mite comstock mealybug apple mealybug Eurasian flower thrips western flower thrips summerfruit tortrix grape tortrix white fruit moth |
Visual inspection and if detected, remedial action. Commercial production practices and phytosanitary inspection by General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China (AQSIQ). *Note: Measures for Frankliniella occidentalis only required for nectarines exported to the Northern Territory. |
Bactrocera correcta (EP) Bactrocera dorsalis (EP) |
guava fruit fly oriental fruit fly |
Area freedom *Note: The department recognises that north of the latitude 33rd degree is free of tephritid fruit flies. OR Cold disinfestation treatment (undertaken either pre-shipment or in-transit) under the following schedule: At 3°C or below for 18 days OR Fumigation followed by preshipment cold treatment at one of the approved schedules |
Drosophila suzukii (EP) |
spotted wing drosophila (SWD) |
Area freedom *Note: The province of Xinjiang is currently the only approved pest free area. OR A systems approach including cold treatment |
Anarsia lineatella (EP) Carposina sasakii (EP) Grapholita funebrana (EP) Grapholita molesta (EP, WA) |
peach twig borer peach fruit borer plum fruit moth Oriental fruit moth |
Systems approach specific to these pests |
Monilinia fructigena (EP) Monilia mumecola (EP) Monilia polystroma (EP) Monilinia yunnanensis (EP) |
brown rot |
Systems approach specific to these pests |
Plum pox virus (EP) |
PPV |
Fruit sourced from a pest free area and recognised and approved by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. *Note: The department recognises all provinces in China, apart from the province of Hunan as free of PPV. |