Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance <i>Phthorimaea operculella</i> granulovirus.

ABSTRACT: The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State, The Netherlands for the pesticide active substance Phthorimaea operculella granulovirus are reported. The context of the peer review was that required by Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The conclusions were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of Phthorimaea operculella granulovirus as an insecticide on tomato (field and greenhouse uses) and on potato (field use) via spraying (tractor drawn or knapsack sprayers) or overhead irrigation. The reliable endpoints, appropriate for use in regulatory risk assessment are prese

SUBMITTER: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11319919 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature