Pest categorisation of Hishimonus phycitis
Abstract The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Hishimonus phycitis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) for the EU. H. phycitis is a well‐defined species, occurring in tropical and subtropical Asian countries from Iran to Malaysia. H. phycitis is polyphagous. Hosts of particular relevanc...
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| author | EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) Michael Jeger Claude Bragard David Caffier Thierry Candresse Elisavet Chatzivassiliou Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz Gianni Gilioli Jean‐Claude Gregoire Josep Anton Jaques Miret Maria Navajas Navarro Björn Niere Stephen Parnell Roel Potting Trond Rafoss Vittorio Rossi Gregor Urek Ariena Van Bruggen Wopke Van der Werf Jonathan West Stephan Winter Ciro Gardi Mitesha Aukhojee Filippo Bergeretti Alan MacLeod |
| author_facet | EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) Michael Jeger Claude Bragard David Caffier Thierry Candresse Elisavet Chatzivassiliou Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz Gianni Gilioli Jean‐Claude Gregoire Josep Anton Jaques Miret Maria Navajas Navarro Björn Niere Stephen Parnell Roel Potting Trond Rafoss Vittorio Rossi Gregor Urek Ariena Van Bruggen Wopke Van der Werf Jonathan West Stephan Winter Ciro Gardi Mitesha Aukhojee Filippo Bergeretti Alan MacLeod |
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| description | Abstract The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Hishimonus phycitis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) for the EU. H. phycitis is a well‐defined species, occurring in tropical and subtropical Asian countries from Iran to Malaysia. H. phycitis is polyphagous. Hosts of particular relevance to the EU include Citrus spp. and Solanum melongena. While harmful in its own right as a leafhopper extracting host nutrients through feeding, it is regarded in the Middle East more significantly as a vector of Witches' broom disease of lime phytoplasma, which limits production of Citrus aurantifolia, and in India as a vector of brinjal little‐leaf phytoplasma impacting S. melongena yields. H. phycitis is currently regulated by Council Directive 2000/29/EC, listed in Annex II/AI as Hishomonus phycitis (sic). Eggs planted on host plants for planting could provide a pathway for entry into the EU. The EU has eco‐climatic conditions that are also found in countries where H. phycitis occurs although it is unknown whether H. phycitis occurs in those areas. There is therefore considerable uncertainty around EU establishment. Any establishment is likely to be limited to the warmest areas around the Mediterranean. As a free‐living organism with adults capable of flight, spread within the EU would be possible but confined to the limited area where establishment could occur. Measures are available to inhibit entry via traded commodities (e.g. prohibition on the introduction of Citrus plants for planting; sourcing other hosts from pest free areas). H. phycitis does satisfy all of the criteria that are within the remit of EFSA to assess to be regarded as a Union quarantine pest. It is uncertain if eggs of H. phycitis would carry phytoplasmas into the EU as transovarial transmission from infected females to eggs has not been demonstrated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ab3cb7b980242e18edb2a936d3563ef2022-12-21T19:46:56ZengWileyEFSA Journal1831-47322017-10-011510n/an/a10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5037Pest categorisation of Hishimonus phycitisEFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)Michael JegerClaude BragardDavid CaffierThierry CandresseElisavet ChatzivassiliouKatharina Dehnen‐SchmutzGianni GilioliJean‐Claude GregoireJosep Anton Jaques MiretMaria Navajas NavarroBjörn NiereStephen ParnellRoel PottingTrond RafossVittorio RossiGregor UrekAriena Van BruggenWopke Van der WerfJonathan WestStephan WinterCiro GardiMitesha AukhojeeFilippo BergerettiAlan MacLeodAbstract The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Hishimonus phycitis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) for the EU. H. phycitis is a well‐defined species, occurring in tropical and subtropical Asian countries from Iran to Malaysia. H. phycitis is polyphagous. Hosts of particular relevance to the EU include Citrus spp. and Solanum melongena. While harmful in its own right as a leafhopper extracting host nutrients through feeding, it is regarded in the Middle East more significantly as a vector of Witches' broom disease of lime phytoplasma, which limits production of Citrus aurantifolia, and in India as a vector of brinjal little‐leaf phytoplasma impacting S. melongena yields. H. phycitis is currently regulated by Council Directive 2000/29/EC, listed in Annex II/AI as Hishomonus phycitis (sic). Eggs planted on host plants for planting could provide a pathway for entry into the EU. The EU has eco‐climatic conditions that are also found in countries where H. phycitis occurs although it is unknown whether H. phycitis occurs in those areas. There is therefore considerable uncertainty around EU establishment. Any establishment is likely to be limited to the warmest areas around the Mediterranean. As a free‐living organism with adults capable of flight, spread within the EU would be possible but confined to the limited area where establishment could occur. Measures are available to inhibit entry via traded commodities (e.g. prohibition on the introduction of Citrus plants for planting; sourcing other hosts from pest free areas). H. phycitis does satisfy all of the criteria that are within the remit of EFSA to assess to be regarded as a Union quarantine pest. It is uncertain if eggs of H. phycitis would carry phytoplasmas into the EU as transovarial transmission from infected females to eggs has not been demonstrated.https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5037leafhopperpest riskphytoplasmaplant pestquarantinevector |
| spellingShingle | EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) Michael Jeger Claude Bragard David Caffier Thierry Candresse Elisavet Chatzivassiliou Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz Gianni Gilioli Jean‐Claude Gregoire Josep Anton Jaques Miret Maria Navajas Navarro Björn Niere Stephen Parnell Roel Potting Trond Rafoss Vittorio Rossi Gregor Urek Ariena Van Bruggen Wopke Van der Werf Jonathan West Stephan Winter Ciro Gardi Mitesha Aukhojee Filippo Bergeretti Alan MacLeod Pest categorisation of Hishimonus phycitis EFSA Journal leafhopper pest risk phytoplasma plant pest quarantine vector |
| title | Pest categorisation of Hishimonus phycitis |
| title_full | Pest categorisation of Hishimonus phycitis |
| title_fullStr | Pest categorisation of Hishimonus phycitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pest categorisation of Hishimonus phycitis |
| title_short | Pest categorisation of Hishimonus phycitis |
| title_sort | pest categorisation of hishimonus phycitis |
| topic | leafhopper pest risk phytoplasma plant pest quarantine vector |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5037 |
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