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UK Risk Register Details for Fusarium circinatum

This record was last updated on 21/02/2022

Common Names

  • Pitch canker of pine

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

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

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Seeds
  • Cut flowers or branches
  • Non-squared wood
  • Squared wood
  • Bark
  • Woodchip

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 30

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest.

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 30

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
United Kingdom Absent
Spain Present
Portugal Present
North America Present
United States Present
Mexico Present
South America
Chile Present
Uruguay Absent Eradicated
Africa
South Africa Present
Asia
Japan Present
South Korea Present
Central America
Haiti Present

Type of Pest

  • Fungus

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Pinus

Major Hosts

  • Pinus L.
  • Pinus contorta Dougl. Ex Loud.
  • Pinus densiflora Sieb. & Zucc.
  • Pinus elliottii Engelm.
  • Pinus greggii (Parl.) Engelm.
  • Pinus halepensis Mill.
  • Pinus nigra Arnold
  • Pinus palustris Mill.
  • Pinus patula Cham. & Schlecht.
  • Pinus pinaster Soland In Ait.
  • Pinus radiata D.Don
  • Pinus strobus L.
  • Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus
  • Pinus taeda L.
  • Pinus thunbergii Parl.
  • Pinus virginiana Mill.
  • Pinus pinaster subsp. escarena (Risso) K.Richt.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Coniferous

Further Information

PRA Availability

EFSA (2010)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest. EPPO A2

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings.

General Comments

Regulated pest causing significant damage in Spain. Regulations mitigate risk of introduction to the UK.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Climatic suitability of the UK for impacts.

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

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