Description
The PNI is a programme to control the places where vegetative material is produced (RUOP registered companies) and the territory in areas where the presence of quarantine organisms, which are priority and relevant for the European Union and Italy, is not known, in order to detect their introduction in a timely manner.
For planning purposes, several aspects have been identified, including
- the main areas where surveys should be carried out, such as cultivated areas, forest areas, green areas, nurseries/gardens and other survey sites;
- the host species for each pest
- survey measures suitable for surveillance including sampling and trapping;
- diagnostic techniques for pest identification.