Pest risk assessment of Radopholus similis for the EU territory.

ABSTRACT: 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 plants, the main pathways for entry of R. similis into the EU. Infested consignments are expected to enter the risk assessment area on ornamentals under all scenarios. For citrus, which is a closed pathway for entry, outdoor establishment was assessed. Establishment may only take place after successful transfer from ornamental plants to citrus production systems. This event is called 'shift' in this assessment, to indicate that this is an unusual transfer. It has been estimated that establishment of this nematode in the open field in the EU citrus produc

SUBMITTER: EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7009971 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature