Programme of special supervision over the presence of nematodes in plant production in the Republika Srpska in 2021.

This Programme, based on the provisions of the Law on plant health protection (Republic of Srpska), determines the measures, deadlines, manner of implementation of measures, area of activity, entities that implement them, sources and manner of providing and using funds, as well as the manner of control over the implementation of special supervision measures as regards the presence of nematodes in plant production in Republika Srpska in 2021. The goal of this Programme is to determine the presence, i.e. absence of nematodes at places of production of planting material, in production plantations of host plants, import consignments, and places engaged in trading with planting material and seeds. The subject of monitoring are nematode vectors of the virus of the family Longidoridae, the stem nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci, apple nematode Meloidogyne mali and nematode species Meloidogyne incognita M. javanica, M. hapla, M. arenaria, Pratylenchus penetrans and P. vulnus (host plants are defined in article 4).