Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Pest Report to support the ranking of EU candidate priority pests
Abstract In 2022, EFSA was mandated by the European Commission's Directorate‐General for Health and Food Safety (M‐2022‐00070) to provide technical assistance regarding the list of Union quarantine pests qualifying as priority pests, as specified in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against plant pests. As part of Task C, EFSA conducted comprehensive expert knowledge elicitations on candidate priority pests, focusing on the lag period, rate of expansion and impact on production (yield and quality losses) and the environment. This report provides the rationale for the dataset on Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, delivered to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, to feed into the Impact Indicator for Priority Pest (I2P2) model and complete the pest prioritisation ranking exercise.
Authors
- Gianni Gilioli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-2577)
- Alexandre Nougadère
- Sara Tramontini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6557-6700)
- Massimo La Scala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7257-2599)
- Chiara Sciandra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8684-2716)
- Sybren Vos
- Berta Sánchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9865-9318)
- Francesco Paoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7915-3832)
- Andrea Maiorano
- Federica Baldassarre
Institutions
- European Food Safety Authority (IT)
- Cereal Research Centre (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- EFSA Supporting Publications
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.en-9323
- Primary Topic
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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