Management of plant pests is probably the most serious challenge in sustainable food production and the maintenance of food security. Due to the strict regulation of or ban on major categories of pesticide, the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida has b ...
The scope of this project was the collection of data and information on biology, phenology and control of vectors and potential vectors of Xylella fastidiosa (referred to, from now on, as Xf vectors). Systematic literature searches covering the different ...
This Guidance describes a two‐phase approach for a fit‐for‐purpose method for the assessment of plant pest risk in the territory of the EU. Phase one consists of pest categorisation to determine whether the pest has the characteristics of a quarantine pes ...
No abstract available. Keywords: media, monitoring, ontology, pest, plant health threat doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2016.EN-1118 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2013-00661 Adopted: 7 November 2016 Contact: alpha@efsa.europa.eu On request from: EFSA Type: External ...
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Plant Health Panel analysed a dossier submitted by Costa Rica Authorities to reach a conclusion on the host status of Phoenix roebelenii for Xylella fastidiosa. The Panel wishes first to stress t ...
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Plant Health Panel analysed a dossier submitted by the Italian Authorities to reach a conclusion on the status of Vitis spp., Citrus spp. and Quercus ilex as hosts for Xylella fastidiosa strain C ...
No abstract available. Keywords: commodity, pathway model, plant health, probability, quantitative pathway analysis, pest risk assessment doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2016.EN-1062 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2011-00396 Adopted: 23 June 2016 Contact: ALPHA@efsa.e ...
This opinion addresses a request from the European Commission to evaluate whether heterogeneous populations of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca have been found in Apulia (Italy) in addition to the strain named CoDiRO. After reviewing the most recent scient ...
This opinion addresses the question of the efficacy of current treatment solutions to cure Xylella fastidiosa diseased plants, and discusses the experimental treatments under evaluation by two research groups in Apulian olive orchards infected by strain C ...
No abstract available. Keywords: CoDiRO, Xylella fastidiosa, olives, pathogenicity, needle inoculations, vector transmission doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2016.EN-1013 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2014-00533 Adopted: 22 March 2016 Contact: alpha@efsa.europa.eu On ...