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UK Risk Register Details for Xanthomonas campestris pv. fici

This record was last updated on 14/09/2021

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

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  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)

Common Pathways

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 1
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 4
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 4

Current Mitigations

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Key mitigation for pest

Regulated non quarantine pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 1
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 4
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 4

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
Italy Present
North America
United States Present
Oceania
Australia Present
Asia
India Present

Type of Pest

  • Bacterium

Host or Industry at Risk

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Ficus

Major Hosts

  • Ficus L.
  • Ficus benjamina L.
  • Ficus carica L.
  • Ficus microcarpa L.F.
  • Ficus natalensis ssp. leprieurii Hochst.
  • Ficus religiosa L.
  • Ficus retusa Linnaeus

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Both protected crops and outdoor production

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • N/A

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

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Regulated non quarantine pest

Actions Indicated

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Action

Statutory action

General Comments

Bacterial pathogen of various Ficus (fig) species, which produces blotches on the leaves but with no substantial impacts observed. The bacterium has a very scattered global distribution, including part of southern Europe.

Further Information

Uncertainty

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Key uncertainty for pest

Whether the pest is more widely distributed than currently recorded

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution