Commodity risk assessment of Prunus spp. plants from United Kingdom
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: grafted potted plants up to 15 years old or bundles of grafted bare root plants up to 3 years old or graftwood up to 2 years old of <i>Prunus armeniaca</i>, <i>P. cerasifera</i>, <i>P. domestica</i>, <i>P. incisa</i> or <i>P. persica</i> imported from the United Kingdom (UK), taking into account the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by the UK. All pests associated with the commodities were evaluated against specific criteria for their relevance for this opinion. Two quarantine pests, <i>Candidatus</i> Phytoplasma aurantifolia-related strains (Pear decline Taiwan II, Crotalaria witches' broom phytoplasma, Sweet potato little leaf phytoplasma) and <i>Scirtothrips dorsalis</i>, two protected zone quarantine pests, <i>Bemisia tabaci</i> (European population) and <i>Erwinia amylovora,</i> and two non-regulated pests, <i>Eulecanium excrescens</i> and <i>Colletotrichum aenigma,</i> that fulfilled all relevant criteria were selected for further evaluation. The risk mitigation measures proposed in the technical Dossier from the UK were evaluated, taking into account the possible limiting factors. For these pests, expert judgement is given on the likelihood of pest freedom, taking into consideration the risk mitigation measures, including uncertainties associated with the assessment. The degree of pest freedom varied among the pests evaluated, with <i>E. amylovora</i> being the most frequently expected pest on the imported potted plants. The expert knowledge elicitation indicated with 95% certainty that between 9956 and 10,000 potted plants per 10,000 would be free from the above-mentioned bacterium.
Authors
- Nik J. Cunniffe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3533-8672)
- Andrea Lucchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9379-6495)
- Giovanni Bubici (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9143-2711)
- David Makowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6385-3703)
- Cristina Marzachì (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1084-6048)
- Hervé Jactel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8106-5310)
- Paula Baptista (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6331-3731)
- Paraskevi Kariampa
- Jonathan Yuen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2944-9226)
- Panagiotis Milonas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-7750)
- Roel Potting (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8331-9997)
- Blanca B. Landa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9511-3731)
- Anna Vittoria Carluccio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6887-5792)
- Anna Berlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9518-5719)
- Agata Kaczmarek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7463-5821)
- Lucia Zappalà (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2804-3980)
- Nicolas Desneux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8171-3154)
- Hanna Susi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6814-9205)
- Pedro Gómez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2830-4105)
- Elisavet Chatzivassiliou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9194-7894)
- Elena Fanelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3132-3908)
- Dirk Jan van der Gaag
- Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8267-023X)
- Annemarie Fejer Justesen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7969-8760)
- Nikos T. Papadopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2480-8189)
- Antonio Vicent Civera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3848-0631)
- Umberto Bernardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8190-2177)
- Anna Filipiak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7307-5116)
- Jaime Cubero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4314-857X)
- Lara Maistrello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2996-8993)
- Michela Chiumenti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8412-3037)
- Eduardo de la Peña (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6057-6664)
- Paolo Gonthier
- Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz
- Gregor Urek
- Francesco Di Serio
- Louise Matic
Institutions
- Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia (KH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- EFSA Journal
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9306
- Primary Topic
- Research on scale insects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Food Safety Authority