Pest risk assessment of Eotetranychus lewisi for the EU territory
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Pest risk assessment of Eotetranychus lewisi for the EU territoryAuthor (s)
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JEGER, Michael; BRAGARD, Claude ; CAFFIER, David; CANDRESSE, Thierry; CHATZIVASSILIOU, Elisavet; DEHNEN-SCHMUTZ, Katharina; GILIOLI, Gianni; GRÉGOIRE, Jean-Claude; JAQUES, Josep A.; MACLEOD, Alan; NIERE, Björn; PARNELL, Stephen; POTTING, Roel; RAFOSS, Trond; ROSSI, Vittorio; UREK, Gregor; VAN BRUGGEN, Ariena ; VAN DER WERF, Wopke; WEST, Jonathan; WINTER, Stephan; BERGERETTI, Filippo; BJORKLUND, Niklas; MOSBACH-SCHULZ, Olaf; VOS, Sybren; NAVAJAS NAVARRO, María. Pest risk assessment of Eotetranychus lewisi for the EU territory. EFSA Journal (2017), v. 15, n. 10Type
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Following the 2014 EFSA’s Panel on Plant Health scientific opinion on the pest categorisation of the spider
mite Eotetranychus lewisi, the European Commission requested the Panel to perform a pest risk
assessment ... [+]
Following the 2014 EFSA’s Panel on Plant Health scientific opinion on the pest categorisation of the spider
mite Eotetranychus lewisi, the European Commission requested the Panel to perform a pest risk
assessment and evaluate the risk reduction options. A stochastic model was used to assess entry,
establishment and spread and related uncertainties. In the EU, E. lewisi has only been reported to occur
in Portugal (Madeira). Entry pathways assessed were strawberry plants for planting from the USA,
poinsettia and raspberry plants for planting, and orange and lemon fruits from third countries. Entry is
most likely via poinsettia. Under current EU phytosanitary requirements, there is around a one in ten
chance that E. lewisi will establish outdoors over the next 10 years. Although unlikely, establishment
would most likely occur in southern Europe where environmental conditions, temperature and host
density, are most suitable. If E. lewisi did establish, pest spread is expected to be mainly human assisted,
most likely the mite being transported long distances on plants for planting. Nevertheless, while
remaining a regulated pest, spread would be slow and most likely confined to one NUTS 2 area after
10 years. Under a scenario with enhanced measures (pest free place of production) at origin, the Panel’s
assessment indicate that it is extremely unlikely that E. lewisi would establish within 10 years hence
spread is also extremely unlikely. The absence of trade of host plants from Madeira to other parts of the
EU could explain why E. lewisi has not spread to other EU Member States. E. lewisi is reported as
reducing yield and quality of peaches and poinsettia and is regarded as a growing concern for strawberry
and raspberry growers in the Americas. The Panel concludes that should E. lewisi be introduced in the EU
similar impacts could be expected. [-]
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