空運輸入花卉作物中檢出之重要疫病害蟲

Detection of important diseases and pests carried with flowering plants by air flight into Taiwan

自2001年1月起至2002年12月止，凡自中正國際機場空運輸入之花卉苗木、種球或切花，經發現罹染疫病蟲害評定檢疫不合格，或以檢疫處理後放行者，取其罹染疫病蟲害之部分；及逢機取樣方式取樣經臨場檢疫合格後放行者，皆置入密封塑膠袋中帶回實驗室作偵測及診斷鑑定。

"We analyzed our quarantine inspection records of imported flowering plants and their products through C.K.S. International Airport collected from January 2001 to December 2002. The result shows that we totally intercepted and detected 37 different kinds of plant pathogens and pests in all inspected cases during the period of time. There were 9 species of pests which had not previously been listed in publications of Taiwan, including Rhizoglyphus echinopus, Frankliniella occidentallis, Aptinothrips apteris, Aeolothrips faurei, Glaucothrips glaucus, Thrips fuscipennis, T. atratus, T. meridionalis, and T. imagines.."