Commodity risk assessment of Prunus domestica plants from Ukraine

Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. This Scientific Opinion covers plant health risks pos...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz, Paula Baptista, Paolo Gonthier, Marie‐Agnès Jacques, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe L Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent, Lucia Zappalà, Andrea Lucchi, Pedro Gómez, Gregor Urek, Umberto Bernardo, Giovanni Bubici, Anna Vittoria Carluccio, Michela Chiumenti, Francesco Di Serio, Elena Fanelli, Cristina Marzachì, Ciro Gardi, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Eduardo de la Peña, Jonathan Yuen
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7391
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author EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)
Claude Bragard
Elisavet Chatzivassiliou
Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz
Paula Baptista
Paolo Gonthier
Marie‐Agnès Jacques
Josep Anton Jaques Miret
Annemarie Fejer Justesen
Alan MacLeod
Christer Sven Magnusson
Panagiotis Milonas
Juan A Navas‐Cortes
Stephen Parnell
Roel Potting
Philippe L Reignault
Emilio Stefani
Hans‐Hermann Thulke
Wopke Van der Werf
Antonio Vicent
Lucia Zappalà
Andrea Lucchi
Pedro Gómez
Gregor Urek
Umberto Bernardo
Giovanni Bubici
Anna Vittoria Carluccio
Michela Chiumenti
Francesco Di Serio
Elena Fanelli
Cristina Marzachì
Ciro Gardi
Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz
Eduardo de la Peña
Jonathan Yuen
author_facet EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)
Claude Bragard
Elisavet Chatzivassiliou
Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz
Paula Baptista
Paolo Gonthier
Marie‐Agnès Jacques
Josep Anton Jaques Miret
Annemarie Fejer Justesen
Alan MacLeod
Christer Sven Magnusson
Panagiotis Milonas
Juan A Navas‐Cortes
Stephen Parnell
Roel Potting
Philippe L Reignault
Emilio Stefani
Hans‐Hermann Thulke
Wopke Van der Werf
Antonio Vicent
Lucia Zappalà
Andrea Lucchi
Pedro Gómez
Gregor Urek
Umberto Bernardo
Giovanni Bubici
Anna Vittoria Carluccio
Michela Chiumenti
Francesco Di Serio
Elena Fanelli
Cristina Marzachì
Ciro Gardi
Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz
Eduardo de la Peña
Jonathan Yuen
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description Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. This Scientific Opinion covers plant health risks posed by plants of Prunus domestica grafted on Prunus cerasifera imported from Ukraine, taking into account the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by Ukraine. All pests associated with the commodity were evaluated against specific criteria for their relevance for this opinion. One quarantine pest (Lopholeucaspis japonica), two protected zone quarantine pests (Erwinia amylovora and Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni) and one non‐regulated pest (Eotetranychus prunicola) that fulfilled all relevant criteria were selected for further evaluation. For these four pests, the risk mitigation measures proposed in the technical dossier from Ukraine were evaluated taking into account the possible limiting factors. For the selected pests, an expert judgement is given on the likelihood of pest freedom taking into consideration the risk mitigation measures acting on the pest, including uncertainties associated with the assessment. The degree of pest freedom varies among the pests evaluated, with Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni being the pest most frequently expected on the imported plants. The Expert Knowledge Elicitation indicated with 95% certainty that between 9,870 and 10,000 bundles (consisting of 10 plants each) per 10,000 would be free from Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni.
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spelling doaj.art-45efe3692dbe482ab80a9b7edfd5037c2023-03-06T00:52:04ZengWileyEFSA Journal1831-47322022-06-01206n/an/a10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7391Commodity risk assessment of Prunus domestica plants from UkraineEFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)Claude BragardElisavet ChatzivassiliouKatharina Dehnen‐SchmutzPaula BaptistaPaolo GonthierMarie‐Agnès JacquesJosep Anton Jaques MiretAnnemarie Fejer JustesenAlan MacLeodChrister Sven MagnussonPanagiotis MilonasJuan A Navas‐CortesStephen ParnellRoel PottingPhilippe L ReignaultEmilio StefaniHans‐Hermann ThulkeWopke Van der WerfAntonio VicentLucia ZappalàAndrea LucchiPedro GómezGregor UrekUmberto BernardoGiovanni BubiciAnna Vittoria CarluccioMichela ChiumentiFrancesco Di SerioElena FanelliCristina MarzachìCiro GardiOlaf Mosbach‐SchulzEduardo de la PeñaJonathan YuenAbstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. This Scientific Opinion covers plant health risks posed by plants of Prunus domestica grafted on Prunus cerasifera imported from Ukraine, taking into account the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by Ukraine. All pests associated with the commodity were evaluated against specific criteria for their relevance for this opinion. One quarantine pest (Lopholeucaspis japonica), two protected zone quarantine pests (Erwinia amylovora and Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni) and one non‐regulated pest (Eotetranychus prunicola) that fulfilled all relevant criteria were selected for further evaluation. For these four pests, the risk mitigation measures proposed in the technical dossier from Ukraine were evaluated taking into account the possible limiting factors. For the selected pests, an expert judgement is given on the likelihood of pest freedom taking into consideration the risk mitigation measures acting on the pest, including uncertainties associated with the assessment. The degree of pest freedom varies among the pests evaluated, with Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni being the pest most frequently expected on the imported plants. The Expert Knowledge Elicitation indicated with 95% certainty that between 9,870 and 10,000 bundles (consisting of 10 plants each) per 10,000 would be free from Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni.https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7391PlumEuropean Unionpathway risk assessmentplant healthplant pestquarantine
spellingShingle EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)
Claude Bragard
Elisavet Chatzivassiliou
Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz
Paula Baptista
Paolo Gonthier
Marie‐Agnès Jacques
Josep Anton Jaques Miret
Annemarie Fejer Justesen
Alan MacLeod
Christer Sven Magnusson
Panagiotis Milonas
Juan A Navas‐Cortes
Stephen Parnell
Roel Potting
Philippe L Reignault
Emilio Stefani
Hans‐Hermann Thulke
Wopke Van der Werf
Antonio Vicent
Lucia Zappalà
Andrea Lucchi
Pedro Gómez
Gregor Urek
Umberto Bernardo
Giovanni Bubici
Anna Vittoria Carluccio
Michela Chiumenti
Francesco Di Serio
Elena Fanelli
Cristina Marzachì
Ciro Gardi
Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz
Eduardo de la Peña
Jonathan Yuen
Commodity risk assessment of Prunus domestica plants from Ukraine
EFSA Journal
Plum
European Union
pathway risk assessment
plant health
plant pest
quarantine
title Commodity risk assessment of Prunus domestica plants from Ukraine
title_full Commodity risk assessment of Prunus domestica plants from Ukraine
title_fullStr Commodity risk assessment of Prunus domestica plants from Ukraine
title_full_unstemmed Commodity risk assessment of Prunus domestica plants from Ukraine
title_short Commodity risk assessment of Prunus domestica plants from Ukraine
title_sort commodity risk assessment of prunus domestica plants from ukraine
topic Plum
European Union
pathway risk assessment
plant health
plant pest
quarantine
url https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7391
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