Special surveillance program for the presence of Fusarium circinata Niernberg et O'Donnell in the Republika Srpska in 2024.

This program establishes measures, deadlines, the method of implementing measures, entities implementing them, sources and the method of providing and using funds, as well as the method of controlling the implementation of special surveillance measures over the presence of Fusarium circinata Niernberg et O` Donnell, the causative agent of corn fusarium wilt on the territory of the Republic of Srpska in 2024. The objective of this program is to determine the presence, or rather the absence, of the quarantine harmful organism Fusarium circinata in corn producers. The host plant species of Fusarium circinata in the Republic of Srpska is corn, as well as other plants listed in Annex 1. Special surveillance shall be conducted to investigate a wider area, i.e. localities where host plants are grown, in order to determine the status of the investigated area for the specified organism, and to determine possible routes of entry or spread.