Lot 2 Pests of cereal and fibre crops

Objective:

Only competent organisations, based on designations by Member States, are eligible to apply to the call.

The purpose of this call is to develop pest survey cards to support the EU MSs in the preparation of pest surveys, specifically for Begomoviruses and their vector Bemisia tabaci (Lot 1) and for quarantine pests affecting cereal and fibre crops in the EU (lot 2). The work consists in characterising (i) the pests, (ii) the population of host plants targeted by the surveys and (iii) the methods of detection and identification for these pests.