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UK Risk Register Details for Meloidogyne fallax

This record was last updated on 27/02/2024

Common Names

  • Root gall nematode
  • Root-knot nematode

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest spreads to maximum extent

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

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

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Bulbs or tubers
  • Fruits or vegetables
  • Soil/growing medium
  • Plant waste

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 1
Impact [1 - 5] 2
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 non quarantine pest (Great Britain). Regulated quarantine pest (Northern Ireland)

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 1
Impact [1 - 5] 2
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
Belgium Present
France Present
Germany Present
Netherlands Present
United Kingdom Present (Limited)
Switzerland Present
Sweden Present Under eradication
Oceania Present
Australia Present
New Zealand Present
Asia
Indonesia Present

Type of Pest

  • Nematode (Tylenchida)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Total outdoor production

Major Hosts

  • Allium porrum L.
  • Asparagus officinalis L.
  • Daucus carota L.
  • Daucus carota subsp. sativus
  • Fragaria x ananassa (Duchesne ex Weston) Duchesne ex Rozier
  • Poaceae (family)
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Scorzonera hispanica L.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • N/A

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • N/A

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated non quarantine pest (Great Britain). Regulated quarantine pest (Northern Ireland). EPPO A2

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings in seed potatoes in Great Britain. Statutory action against findings in Northern Ireland.

General Comments

Regulated pest on seed potatoes. Awareness raising will help promote good biosecurity practice across different settings.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Full extent of the distribution in UK and Europe

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

Risk Records for this Pest