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UK Risk Register Details for Potato leaf roll virus (non-European)

This record was last updated on 19/10/2020

Common Names

  • potato leafroll virus
  • potato phloem necrosis virus

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Bulbs or tubers

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Bulbs or tubers

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 4
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 60

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest and prohibition of key pathway (non European isloates).

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 1
Spread [1 - 5] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 4
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 4
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 20

Proposed Actions

Proposed Actions

Regulation

Deregulation

Management By Industry

Targeted Survey

PRA

Contingency Plan

Publicity

Research

Distribution and Pest Details

Distribution

Country / Territory Status Notes
Europe
Türkiye Present
United Kingdom Absent Non-European isolates are absent
North America
Canada Present
United States Present
Mexico Present
South America
Argentina Present
Bolivia Present
Brazil Present
Colombia Present
Guyana Present
Peru Present
Oceania
Australia Present
New Zealand Present
Africa
Algeria Present
Kenya Present
Morocco Present
South Africa Present
Sudan Present
Tanzania Present
Tunisia Present
Asia
Bangladesh Present
China Present
India Present
Israel Present
Iran Present
Japan Present
South Korea Present
Lebanon Present
Pakistan Present
Syria Present
Central America
Costa Rica Present
Cuba Present
Dominican Republic Present
Saint Kitts and Nevis Present

Type of Pest

  • Virus or Viroid

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Solanum tuberosum

Major Hosts

  • Solanum L.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest (non-European isolates). Regulated non quarantine pest (European isolates).

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings.

General Comments

Virus of potatoes. Further research may be needed on the taxonomic variation to confirm if distinction between European/non-European isolates exists.