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UK Risk Register Details for Phymatotrichopsis omnivora

This record was last updated on 14/06/2022

Common Names

  • Phymatotrichum root rot
  • Root rot of conifers
  • Root rot of soybean
  • Soft rot of cotton
  • Texas root rot of alfalfa
  • Texas root rot of bean
  • Texas root rot of cotton
  • Texas root rot of grapevine

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)

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] 1
Spread [1 - 5] 1
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 2
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 10

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 1
Spread [1 - 5] 1
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 2
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 10

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
North America
United States Present (Limited)
Mexico Present (Limited)

Type of Pest

  • Fungus

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Total protected cultivation

Major Hosts

  • Carya illinoinensis K.Koch
  • Gossypium L.
  • Gossypium barbadense L.
  • Gossypium herbaceum L.
  • Helianthus annuus L.
  • Malus domestica Borkhausen
  • Mangifera indica L.
  • Medicago sativa L.
  • Persea americana Mill.
  • Prunus persica Batsch
  • Ulmus L.
  • Vitis vinifera L.
  • Gossypium hirsutum

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Only protected crops

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest. EPPO A1

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings - but proposed for deregulation in Great Britain

General Comments

Fungal pest of a large number of crops largely limited to south-western USA and northern Mexico. Unlikely to establish in UK because it requires much warmer temperatures.

Risk Records for this Pest