Glossary of Terms
Biotype – A group of organisms having an identical genetic constitution.
CAPRA – Computer-assisted pest risk analysis. This is software to assist with performing PRAs.
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) – A global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future.
EPPO – European Plant Protection Organization
FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
IPPC – International Plant Protection Convention, the group responsible for making international guidelines on phytosanitary actions.
Monetize – Convert into or express in the form of currency.
NPPO – National Plant Protection Organization
Pathovars – A bacterial strain or set of strains with the same or similar characteristics that is differentiated at the infrasubspecific level from other strains of the same species or subspecies on the basis of distinctive pathogenicity to one or more plant hosts.
Phytopathogenic – An organism that is pathogenic to a plant.
Phytophagous – Feeding on plants.
Quarantine pest – A pest of potential economic importance to the area endangered thereby and not yet present there or present but not widely distributed and being officially controlled.
Technically justified – Justified on the basis of conclusions reached by using an appropriate pest risk analysis or, where applicable, another comparable examination and evaluation of available scientific information [IPPC, 1997]
UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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