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View article: Pest risk assessment of Spodoptera frugiperda for the European Union
Pest risk assessment of Spodoptera frugiperda for the European Union Open
EFSA was asked for a partial risk assessment of Spodoptera frugiperda for the territory of the EU focussing on the main pathways for entry, factors affecting establishment, risk reduction options and pest management. As a polyphagous pest,…
View article: Guidance on quantitative pest risk assessment
Guidance on quantitative pest risk assessment Open
This Guidance describes a two-phase approach for a fit-for-purpose method for the assessment of plant pest risk in the territory of the EU. Phase one consists of pest categorisation to determine whether the pest has the characteristics of …
View article: Pest categorisation of Melampsora medusae
Pest categorisation of Melampsora medusae Open
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Plant Health Panel performed a pest categorisation of Melampsora medusae, a well-defined and distinguishable fungal species of the family Melampsoraceae. The pathogen is regulated …
View article: Pest categorisation of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens
Pest categorisation of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens Open
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the seed-borne bacterium Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens. The pest is regulated in Council Directive 2000/…
View article: Pest categorisation of ‘Blight and blight‐like’ diseases of citrus
Pest categorisation of ‘Blight and blight‐like’ diseases of citrus Open
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of 'Blight and blight-like' for the EU territory. Blight is a major disease of citrus. Similar 'blight-like' diseases are also known (e.g. declinio, declinamiento) and are addr…
View article: Pest categorisation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis
Pest categorisation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis Open
The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis, the causal agent of Fusarium wilt of date palm, for the EU. The identity of the pest is well established and reliable m…
View article: Evaluation of a paper by Guarnaccia et al. (2017) on the first report of Phyllosticta citricarpa in Europe
Evaluation of a paper by Guarnaccia et al. (2017) on the first report of Phyllosticta citricarpa in Europe Open
The Plant Health Panel reviewed the paper by Guarnaccia et al. (2017) and compared their findings with previous predictions on the establishment of Phyllosticta citricarpa. Four species of Phyllosticta were found by Guarnaccia et al. (2017…
View article: Pest categorisation of small‐spored Alternaria carrying the genes for the AM‐ or AK‐toxin biosynthesis
Pest categorisation of small‐spored Alternaria carrying the genes for the AM‐ or AK‐toxin biosynthesis Open
The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of small-spored Alternaria carrying the genes for the AM- or AK-toxin biosynthesis, for the EU. The identity of the pests is clearly defined and reliable methods exist for their det…
View article: Pest categorisation of Citrus leprosis viruses
Pest categorisation of Citrus leprosis viruses Open
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the Citrus leprosis viruses for the EU territory and identified five distinct viruses, Citrus leprosis virus C (CiLV-C), Citrus leprosis virus C2 (CiLV-C2), Hibiscus green s…
View article: Pest categorisation of naturally‐spreading psorosis
Pest categorisation of naturally‐spreading psorosis Open
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of naturally-spreading psorosis of citrus for the European Union. Naturally-spreading psorosis is poorly defined, because the status of both the disease and its causal agent(s)…
View article: Pest categorisation of Beet curly top virus (non‐EU isolates)
Pest categorisation of Beet curly top virus (non‐EU isolates) Open
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of non-EU isolates of Beet curly topvirus (BCTV) for the European Union territory. The virus causes severe diseases in beet, tomatoes andpepper crops, occurs predominantly in w…
View article: Pest risk assessment of Eotetranychus lewisi for the EU territory
Pest risk assessment of Eotetranychus lewisi for the EU territory Open
Following the 2014 EFSA's Panel on Plant Health scientific opinion on the pest categorisation of the spider mite Eotetranychus lewisi, the European Commission requested the Panel to perform a pest risk assessment and evaluate the risk redu…
View article: Pest categorisation of Satsuma dwarf virus
Pest categorisation of Satsuma dwarf virus Open
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Satsuma dwarf virus (SDV) for the EU territory. SDV is a well-known pathogen and the type species of the genus Sadwavirus in the family Secoviridae. SDV is now considered to…
View article: Pest categorisation of Tatter leaf virus
Pest categorisation of Tatter leaf virus Open
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Citrus tatter leaf virus (CTLV) for the EU territory. This virus is the causal agent of tatter leaf and graft incompatibility in trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata) and …
View article: Pest categorisation of Citrus tristeza virus (non‐European isolates)
Pest categorisation of Citrus tristeza virus (non‐European isolates) Open
The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of non-European isolates of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) for the EU territory. CTV is a well characterised virus for which efficient detection assays are available. It is transmitted…
View article: Pest categorisation of Witches' broom disease of lime (Citrus aurantifolia) phytoplasma
Pest categorisation of Witches' broom disease of lime (Citrus aurantifolia) phytoplasma Open
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation for the Witches' broom disease of lime (Citrus aurantifolia) phytoplasma for the EU territory. The pest has been reported in a few countries in the Middle East and is not known…
View article: Pest categorisation of Palm lethal yellowing phytoplasmas
Pest categorisation of Palm lethal yellowing phytoplasmas Open
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Palm lethal yellowing phytoplasmas for the EU territory. This name is used to describe diseases that share the same succession of symptoms in palms that are caused by a numb…
View article: Pest risk assessment of Diaporthe vaccinii for the EU territory
Pest risk assessment of Diaporthe vaccinii for the EU territory Open
As requested by the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) Panel assessed the risk of Diaporthe vaccinii in the EU, focusing on entry, establishment, spread and impacts on cultivated and wild Vaccinium species, the princ…
View article: Pest risk assessment of Radopholus similis for the EU territory
Pest risk assessment of Radopholus similis for the EU territory Open
The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest risk assessment on Radopholus similis, the burrowing nematode for the EU. The quantitative assessment focused on entry, establishment, spread and impact on tropical and subtropical ornamental host…
View article: Pest categorisation of Little cherry pathogen (non‐EU isolates)
Pest categorisation of Little cherry pathogen (non‐EU isolates) Open
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of non-EU isolates of the Little cherry pathogen (LCP) for the European Union (EU) territory. LCP is now known to be in fact two distinct, well characterised viruses, Little ch…
View article: Pest risk assessment of Atropellis spp. for the EU territory
Pest risk assessment of Atropellis spp. for the EU territory Open
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Plant Health (PLH) Panel performed a risk assessment for Atropellis spp. in the EU focusing on the risk of entry, the host range and the potential impacts. Atropellis is a fungal p…
View article: Citrus junos as a host of citrus bacterial canker
Citrus junos as a host of citrus bacterial canker Open
Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Plant Health (PLH) Panel analysed a dossier submitted by the Japanese authorities in order to clarify the host status of Citrus junos with regard t…
View article: Risk to plant health of Ditylenchus destructor for the EU territory
Risk to plant health of Ditylenchus destructor for the EU territory Open
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest risk assessment onDitylenchus destructor, the potatorot nematode, for the EU. It focused the assessment of entry, establishment, spread and impact on twocrops: potato (Solanum tuberosum) and …
View article: Risk to plant health of Flavescence dorée for the EU territory
Risk to plant health of Flavescence dorée for the EU territory Open
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) performed a quantitative analysis of the risk posed by the Flavescence dorée phytoplasma (FDp) in the EU territory. Three scenarios were analysed, one w…