Commodity risk assessment of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare plants from the UK

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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 the evergreen Ligustrum ovalifolium and the semi-evergreen Ligustrum vulgare imported from the United Kingdom (UK) as: (a) bare root plants and (b) plants in pots, taking into account the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by the UK. The category (a) 'bare root plants' includes bundles of 1- to 3-year-old bare root whips or transplants and single 1- to 7-year-old bare root plants. The category (b) 'plants in pots' includes bundles of 1- to 2-year-old cell grown plants (only L. vulgare) and 1- to 5-year-old plants in pots. All pests associated with the commodities were evaluated against specific criteria for their relevance for this opinion. Two EU quarantine pests, Bemisia tabaci and Scirtothrips dorsalis, and one pest not regulated in the EU, Diaprepes abbreviatus, fulfilled all relevant criteria and were selected for further evaluation. For the selected pests, the risk mitigation measures proposed in the technical dossier from the UK were evaluated taking into account the possible limiting factors. For these pests, an expert judgement is given on the likelihood of pest freedom considering the risk mitigation measures acting on the pest, including uncertainties associated with the assessment. In the assessment of risk, the age of the plants was considered, reasoning that older trees are more likely to be infested mainly due to longer exposure time and larger size. The degree of pest freedom varies among the pests evaluated, with B. tabaci being the pest most frequently expected on the imported plants. The Expert Knowledge Elicitation indicated with 95% certainty that between 9915 and 10,000 per 10,000 bare root plants and plants in pots will be free from B. tabaci.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

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EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority - 22(2024), 3 vom: 24. März, Seite e8648

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) [VerfasserIn]
Bragard, Claude [VerfasserIn]
Baptista, Paula [VerfasserIn]
Chatzivassiliou, Elisavet [VerfasserIn]
Di Serio, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Jaques Miret, Josep Anton [VerfasserIn]
Justesen, Annemarie Fejer [VerfasserIn]
MacLeod, Alan [VerfasserIn]
Magnusson, Christer Sven [VerfasserIn]
Milonas, Panagiotis [VerfasserIn]
Navas-Cortes, Juan A [VerfasserIn]
Parnell, Stephen [VerfasserIn]
Potting, Roel [VerfasserIn]
Reignault, Philippe Lucien [VerfasserIn]
Stefani, Emilio [VerfasserIn]
Thulke, Hans-Hermann [VerfasserIn]
Van der Werf, Wopke [VerfasserIn]
Civera, Antonio Vicent [VerfasserIn]
Yuen, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Zappalà, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
Battisti, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Mas, Hugo [VerfasserIn]
Rigling, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Faccoli, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Mikulová, Alžběta [VerfasserIn]
Mosbach-Schulz, Olaf [VerfasserIn]
Stergulc, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Streissl, Franz [VerfasserIn]
Gonthier, Paolo [VerfasserIn]

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Commodity risk assessment
European Union
Journal Article
Plant health
Plant pest
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Date Revised 09.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8648

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NLM369448936