Last update: January 15, 2008

Book review

Rice Black Bugs: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Management of Invasive Species (Philippine Rice Research Institute)

Recent data entry

Ralstonia solanacearum race 4 in Japan (New)

Erythrina gall wasp in Mainland, China (New)

Alfalfa weevil in Japan (updated, addition of data in host species)

Meetings

APASD update history

Copyright statement revised (January 15, 2008)

News Archive

Updated on 1, February, 2007

New and updated data (since 2005)

31, January, 2006 6 photos were added.
golden apple snail (other animal), Pomacea canaliculata /Philippines/ By R.C. Joshi (PhilRice)

The list of the countries inputting Data.
Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

4, January, 2006 Renewal
"What is APASD?" and "How to use APASD?" were renewed.

1, December, 2005 New
water hyacinth (plant), Eichhornia crassipes /Viet Nam/ by Le Dinh Don (University of Agriculture and Forestry Hochiminh City, Vietnam)

24, November, 2005 Version up of the database

• The design of the database was renewed.
• The page for retrieving the species became new one.
• The item to describe taxonomic characteristics was added.
• The data in "Details" of the "Situation of establishment" was transferred to "Expansion of distributuion area".

7, November, 2005 Updated
tropical fire ant (insect), Solenopsis geminata /Japan/ By Masaharu Matsui (NIAES)
A new link was added

10, October, 2005 Updated (addition of data in countermeasure)
silverleaf whitefly (insect), Bemisia argentifolii /Japan/ By Masaharu Matsui (NIAES)
A new link was added and an unconnected link was repaired

27, July, 2005 New
giant African snail (other animal), Achatina fulica /Japan/ by Shinji Koyano (Ogasawara Subtropical Agriculture Center, Bureau of General Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government)

7, July, 2005 New
tropical fire ant (insect), Solenopsis geminata /Japan/ by Masaharu Matsui (NIAES)

18, June, 2005 Updated (addition of literatures)
American crayfish (other animal), Procambarus clarkii /Japan/ by Masaharu Matsui (NIAES)

23, May, 2005 New
vegetable leafminer, (tomato leafminer) (insect), Liriomyza sativae /Japan/ by Susumu Tokumaru (Kyoto Prefectural Agricultural Research Institute)

20, May, 2005 New Six plant species from Thailand
goosegrass (plant), Acrachne racemosa /Thailand/ by Siriporn Zungsontiporn (Plant Protection Research and Development Office)

giant star grass, (stargrass, African star grass, robust star grass) (plant), Cynodon nlemfensi /Thailand/ by Siriporn Zungsontiporn

heartleaf drymary (plant), Drymaria cordata /Thailand/ by Siriporn Zungsontiporn

gallant-soldier (plant), Galinsoga parviflora /Thailand/ by Siriporn Zungsontiporn

giant sensitive plant, (giant false sensitive plant) (plant), Mimosa invisa /Thailand /by Siriporn Zungsontiporn

narrowleaf cattail (plant), Typha angustifolia /Thailand / by Siriporn Zungsontiporn

(Presented at the Workshop in 2004)

21, April, 2005 New
romerillo (bidens) (plant), Bidens pilosa var radiata /Thailand/ by Siriporn Zungsontiporn (Plant Protection Research and Development Office)
(Presented at the Workshop in 2004)

15, April, 2005 New
red imported fire ant (insect), Solenopsis invicta /Taiwan/ by Meng-Hao Hsu (BAPHIQ)
A very ambitious trial of the eradication project against the red imported fire ant in Taiwan

3, April, 2005 Renewal by another writer
velvetleaf (plant), Abutilon theophrasti /Japan/ by Akihiro Konuma (NIAES)
(Presented at the Workshop in 2004)

28, March, 2005 Updated (Countermeasure)
silverleaf whitefly (insect), Bemisia argentifolii /Japan/ by Masaharu Matsui (NIAES)

17, March, 2005 New
Argentine ant (insect), Linepithema humile /Japan/ by Mamoru Terayama (University of Tokyo)

10, March, 2005 Updated (Growth)
greenhouse whitefly (insect), Trialeurodes vaporariorum /Japan/ by Masaharu Matsui (NIAES)

6, February, 2005 New
raccoon (mammal), Procyon lotor /Japan/ by Makoto ASANO (Gifu University)

25, January, 2005 New
mango seed weevil (insect), Sternochetus mangiferae /Philippines/ by Josie Lynn A. Catindig and Kong Luen Heong (IRRI)
(Presented at the Workshop in 2004)

24, January, 2005 Photo addition
rice black bug (insect), Scotinophara coarctata /Philippines/ by Josie Lynn A. Catindig and Kong Luen Heong (IRRI)
(Presented at the Workshop in 2004)

20, January, 2005 New
mango pulp weevil (insect), Sternochetus frigidus /Philippines/ by Josie Lynn A. Catindig and Kong Luen Heong (IRRI)
(Presented at the Workshop in 2004)

15, January, 2005 New
rice black bug (insect), Scotinophara coarctata /Philippines/ by Josie Lynn A. Catindig and Kong Luen Heong (IRRI)
(Presented at the Seminar in 2003 and at the Workshop in 2004)

12, January, 2005 New
nutria (mammal), Myocastor coypus /Japan/ by MORI, I. (Okayama Pref. Nature Conservation Center)

Total listed alien species in this database now

Bacterium: Greening bacterium

Fungus: potato late blight fungi

Insect: Agromyzid fly, alfalfa weevil, Argentine ant, fall webworm, greenhouse whitefly, large white butterfly (large white), mango pulp weevil, mango seed weevil, melon thrips, potato tuber moth (potato tuberworm, potato splitworm), ragweed beetle, red imported fire ant, rice black bug, rice water weevil, serpentine leafminer (legume leaf miner, Florida mining fly), silverleaf whitefly, sweetpotato weevil, tropical fire ant, vegetable leafminer (tomato leafminer), West Indian sweetpotato weevil, western flower thrips

mammal: nutria, raccoon

Nematode: potato cyst nematode

other animals: American crayfish, giant African snail, golden apple snail, tadpole shrinp, Uchida crayfish

Plant: Carolina horsenettle, gallant-soldier, giant ragweed, giant sensitive plant, giant star grass, goosegrass, heartleaf drymary, jungle rice, narrowleaf cattail, tall goldenrod, romerillo (bidens), velvetleaf, water hyacinth

Virus: tomato yellow leaf curl virus, papaya ringspot virus, tomato spotted wilt virus

Contributors input data in this database now
Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

News
"The Invasive Alien Species Act" translated by Ministry of the Environment is introduced at the "Link" of this database.

3, June, 2005
"The Invasive Alien Species Act" in Japan was enforced on 1, June, 2005. The 37 Invasive Alien Species (categories) to be regulated under the Act were decided as follows.

Mammal (11 species): Macaca cyclopis, Macaca fascicularis (no establishment), Macaca mulatta, Procyon lotor, Procyon cancrivorus (no establishment), Herpestes javanicus, Callosiurus erythraeus including C. erythraeus thaiwanensis, Sciurus carolinensis (no establishment), Mycastor coypus, Trichosurus vulpecula (no establishment), Muntiacus reevesi

Bird (4 species): Leiothrix lutea, Garrulax canorus, Garrulax perspicillatus, Garrulax sannio

Reptile (6 species): Chelydra serpentina, Anolis carolinensis, Anolis sagrei (no establishment), Boiga irregularis (no establishment), Elaphe taeniura friesi, Protobothrops mucrosqamatus

Amphibian (1 species): Bufo marinus

Fish (3 species): Micropterus salmoides, Micropterus dolomieu, Lepomis macrochirus, Ictalurus punctatus

Insect (3 species): Solenopsis invicta (no establishment), Solenopsis geminata, Linepithema humile

Invertebrate (1 family and 4 genus): Latrodectus spp. / L. hasseltii, L. geometricus, L. mactans, L. tredecimguttatus (no establishment). Loxosceles spp./ L.reclusa, L. laeta, L. gaucho (these three species have not established). Family Hexathelidae / Atrax spp., Hadronyche spp. (these two genuses have not established). Family Buthidae (no establishment)

Plant (3 species): Alternanthera philoxeroides, Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, Gymnocoronis spilanthoides (these are aquatic plants.)

International Workshop on the Development of Database for Biological Invasion in the Asian and Pacific Region

November 16 - 19, 2004 in Taiwan

Cosponsored by FFTC, BAPHIQ, ARI COA of Taiwan and NIAES of Japan

A brief report of the International Workshop
The Workshop was held at Agricultural Research Institute of Taiwan. About 40 persons attended the workshop including persons from 8 countries (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia and New Zeeland). The workshop opened with opening remarks from the chiefs of the 4 cosponsored organizations. There was a keynote speech, 4 technical reports and 7 country reports on the first day. On the second day, there was the demonstration of the databases, Asian-Pacific Alien Species Database and Lucid identification keys. At the last time, the participants discussed about various problems of developing databases.

Keynote speech:
Invasive species, databases and decision making: critical issues
Geoff Norton, University of Queensland, Australia

Technical report:
Invasive species: the role of Lucid identification keys
Geoff Norton, University of Queensland, Australia

Causes, prevention and cure of invasive weed problems in New Zeeland: cytisus scoparius, a case study
Paynter Quentin, Fowler, Simon V. and Hayes, Lynley M., Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.

The current status and management of invasive species in Taiwan
Ying Yeh, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ), COA, Taiwan ROC

Development of the Asian-Pacific Alien Species Database (APASD)
Masaharu Matsui, Nishiyama Kousi, Ogawa Yasuo, Shiomi Toshiki, Konuma Akihiro and Yasuda Kohji. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan

Country report:
Invasive alien weeds in Thailand and case study on Bidens pilosa L. var. radiata Shultz-Bip.
Siriporn Zungsontiporn, Plant Protection Research and Development Office, Department of Agriculture, Thailand

Current status on researches of biological invasion agents in Vietnam
Don, Le Dinh, Department of Biotechnology, Department of Plant Protection, University of Agriculture and forestry, Vietnam

A review of the four importnant alien invasive species on rice and mango in the Philippines
Josie Lynn A. Catindig and Kong Luen Heong, Entomology and Plant Pathology Division, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines

Invasive Alien Species in Korea
Byeong-Chul Moon, Chang Sug Kim and Se-Mun Oh, Dept. of Crop Protection, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Korea

Exotic plant pathogen in Japan
Ikuko Okabe, Department of Biological Safety, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan

Current status of invasive plants in Japan
Akihiro Konuma(1) and Tomoko Nishida(2), (1)Department of Biological Safety, national Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan, (2)Department of Grazing Animal Production, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Japan

Alien insect and mite species of Taiwan
Chyi-Chen Ho, Applied Zoology Division, Agricultural Research Institute, Taiwan

Discussion:
Following subjects were disscussed.
(1) The matters pointed out in the International Seminar held in 2003 in Tsukuba City, Japan (for example: open of the APASD to the Internet in early time, necessity of the database using local languages, relationship between the APASD and the other international databases) was reported and discussed.
(2) To make the list of invasive alien species in each country is important for inputting the data into the APASD and should be completed.
(3) To inform on invasive alien species and the database each other, for example, by building up a network among countries and by using the Mailing list is very important.
(4) A new version of the APASD using each local language was reported and discussed about the possibility of the adoption by the countries which will be more familiar to the people, for example farmers, local government officers etc., in each country than English version APASD.
(5) The other subjects were commented such as to clarify the stakeholders of the APASD, to emphasize the features of the APASD more, to strengthen the association with the other international databases, and to add a function for displaying distribution maps of invasive alien species in the APASD, etc.

International Workshop on the Development of Database for Biological Invasion in the Asian and Pacific Region

November 16 - 19, 2004 in Taiwan

Cosponsored by FFTC, BAPHIQ, ARI COA of Taiwan and NIAES of Japan

A brief report of the International Workshop
The Workshop was held at Agricultural Research Institute of Taiwan. About 40 persons attended the workshop including persons from 8 countries (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia and New Zeeland). The workshop opened with opening remarks from the chiefs of the 4 cosponsored organizations. There was a keynote speech, 4 technical reports and 7 country reports on the first day. On the second day, there was the demonstration of the databases, Asian-Pacific Alien Species Database and Lucid identification keys. At the last time, the participants discussed about various problems of developing databases.

Keynote speech:
Invasive species, databases and decision making: critical issues
Geoff Norton, University of Queensland, Australia

Technical report:
Invasive species: the role of Lucid identification keys
Geoff Norton, University of Queensland, Australia

Causes, prevention and cure of invasive weed problems in New Zeeland: cytisus scoparius, a case study
Paynter Quentin, Fowler, Simon V. and Hayes, Lynley M., Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.

The current status and management of invasive species in Taiwan
Ying Yeh, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ), COA, Taiwan ROC

Development of the Asian-Pacific Alien Species Database (APASD)
Masaharu Matsui, Nishiyama Kousi, Ogawa Yasuo, Shiomi Toshiki, Konuma Akihiro and Yasuda Kohji. National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan

Country report:
Invasive alien weeds in Thailand and case study on Bidens pilosa L. var. radiata Shultz-Bip.
Siriporn Zungsontiporn, Plant Protection Research and Development Office, Department of Agriculture, Thailand

Current status on researches of biological invasion agents in Vietnam
Don, Le Dinh, Department of Biotechnology, Department of Plant Protection, University of Agriculture and forestry, Vietnam

A review of the four importnant alien invasive species on rice and mango in the Philippines
Josie Lynn A. Catindig and Kong Luen Heong, Entomology and Plant Pathology Division, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines

Invasive Alien Species in Korea
Byeong-Chul Moon, Chang Sug Kim and Se-Mun Oh, Dept. of Crop Protection, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Korea

Exotic plant pathogen in Japan
Ikuko Okabe, Department of Biological Safety, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan

Current status of invasive plants in Japan
Akihiro Konuma(1) and Tomoko Nishida(2), (1)Department of Biological Safety, national Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan, (2)Department of Grazing Animal Production, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Japan

Alien insect and mite species of Taiwan
Chyi-Chen Ho, Applied Zoology Division, Agricultural Research Institute, Taiwan

Discussion:
Following subjects were disscussed.
(1) The matters pointed out in the International Seminar held in 2003 in Tsukuba City, Japan (for example: open of the APASD to the Internet in early time, necessity of the database using local languages, relationship between the APASD and the other international databases) was reported and discussed.
(2) To make the list of invasive alien species in each country is important for inputting the data into the APASD and should be completed.
(3) To inform on invasive alien species and the database each other, for example, by building up a network among countries and by using the Mailing list is very important.
(4) A new version of the APASD using each local language was reported and discussed about the possibility of the adoption by the countries which will be more familiar to the people, for example farmers, local government officers etc., in each country than English version APASD.
(5) The other subjects were commented such as to clarify the stakeholders of the APASD, to emphasize the features of the APASD more, to strengthen the association with the other international databases, and to add a function for displaying distribution maps of invasive alien species in the APASD, etc.

The International Seminar titled "Environmental Impacts and the Develoment of a Database for the Asian-Pacific Region" held for 3 days (on 13-15, Nov., 2003) in Tsukuba cosponsored by NIAES and FFTC.

Background and purpose

Increasing worldwide trade and travel have increased the numbers of alien invasive organisms. Pest plants, animals (including insects), and microbes have invaded many countries. Such alien species not only cause direct damage to crops, but also cause imbalances in indigenous ecosystems. The control of invasive species is urgently required, but control often causes environmental problems and increases production costs through the additional use of various chemicals.
Alien invasive species cause many problems in the Asia-Pacific region. In order to establish countermeasures to prevent their spread and to minimize their economic and environmental impacts, it is necessary to examine the expansion of serious invasive species and to predict their population dynamics in the region. For this purpose, it is very important to discuss the current situation of alien invasive species and their environmental impacts or risk of impacts, and to develop a database of recent information on invasive species that Asia-Pacific countries can share via the Internet.

Sessions for presentation and discussion

At the international seminar, presentations and discussion concerned with alien invasive species in the Asia-Pacific region addressed the following issues:

• Problems caused by alien invasive species.
• A list of such species by country.
• Environmental impact and risk assessment of invasive species in agro-ecosystems.
• Molecular and ecological analysis to study the process of expansion of invasive species.
• Theory and practice of the control of alien invasive species.
• Structure of the database.

Some questions and comments were made on the database by the speakers and participants in the Seminar. Those opinions will be discussed and considered enough afterward by the Secritariat. A recommendation was proposed in the Seminar from NIAES on the workshop of the database development and usage which will be held in Taiwan next year.

http://www.fftc.agnet.org/library/article/ac2003c.html

Welcome your description on invasive alien species in your country for the APASD!

If you want to describe on invasive alien species in your country, please add those descriptions to this database as useful ones for the people of Asia Pacific region. Many people will see and know about invasive alien species using a tool "APASD" on the Internet. The method for the description is shown at "How to use?; Submission of data", where you can enter from the top page of the APASD. And please send us usefull information to increase descriptions in the APASD (to the E-mail address indicated below). The secritariat of the APASD will input your information into the database.

December, 2004.
URL of the APASD was changed from "http://apasd-niaes.dc.affrc.go.jp/apasd2/" to "http://apasd-niaes.dc.affrc.go.jp/".

November 4, 2004.
Asian-Pacific Alien Species Database (APASD) was opened to the Internet.

August, 2004.
The fouth version up (ver.5) of this databese system was made. The name of URL was changed from "apasd-niaes.dc.affrc.go.jp" to "apasd-niaes.dc.affrc.go.jp/apasd2/".
New functions were added to search for literatures from the whole list registered, to input and search for synonym name, and to compare the data on a species among countries more easily.

December, 2003.
The third version up (ver.4) of this database system was made. The speed of searching data was improved remarkably.

November, 2003.
The second version up (ver.3) of this database system was made.