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UK Risk Register Details for Xiphinema brevicolle

This record was last updated on 24/05/2023

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (with soil)

Common Pathways

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

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 5
Spread [1 - 5] 1
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 15
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 75

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Prohibition of key pathway (soil)

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 1
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 9
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 45

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
Germany Present
Slovakia Present
Austria Present
Spain Present
Bulgaria Present
Czech Republic Present
Hungary Present
Italy Present
Poland Present
Portugal Present
Romania Present
United Kingdom Absent
North America
United States Present
South America
Brazil Present
Africa Unknown
Asia
China Present
Israel Present
Pakistan Present
India Present

Type of Pest

  • Nematode (Dorylaimida)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Total outdoor production

Major Hosts

  • Anacardium occidentale L.
  • Coffea arabica L.
  • Ilex crenata Thunb.
  • Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.
  • Ligustrum L.
  • Litchi chinensis Sonnerat
  • Malus Mill.
  • Musa L.
  • Persea americana Mill.
  • Rosa L.
  • Vitis vinifera L.
  • Citrus

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (1996), UK (2014)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

No statutory action

General Comments

Polyphagous nematode pest present in parts of Europe and beyond. Non-European strains were previously regulated, but not European. Limited impacts seen in parts of Europe where this nematode is present.

Risk Records for this Pest