Pest risk assessment of Diaporthe vaccinii for the EU territory.

ABSTRACT: 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 principal hosts being American and European cranberry and blueberry. Several outbreaks occurred in the EU since 1956, but most were eradicated except in Latvia. The Panel considered entry via fruits and plants for planting. The risk of establishment from discarded infected berries is much lower than from infected plants for planting, of which, potted plants and cuttings pose the greatest risk, while plug plants, derived from tissue culture and grown in pest free structures, pose a low risk. Nine per cent of the EU is highly suitable for establishment of the pa

SUBMITTER: EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7010004 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature