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UK Risk Register Details for Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi

This record was last updated on 09/02/2022

Common Names

  • Bacterial canker of olive
  • Olive knot

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)

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 2
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 9
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 18

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated non quarantine pest (Northern Ireland)

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 2
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 9
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 18

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
Austria Present
Cyprus Present
France Present
Germany Present
Greece Present
Italy Present
Montenegro Present
Netherlands Present
Norway Present
Poland Present
Portugal Present
Serbia Present
Slovenia Present
Spain Present
Sweden Present
Switzerland Present
Türkiye Present
North America
Mexico Present
United States Present
South America
Argentina Present
Brazil Present
Colombia Present
Peru Present
Uruguay Present
Oceania
Australia Present
New Zealand Present
Africa
Algeria Present
Egypt Present
Libya Present
Morocco Present
South Africa Present
Tanzania Present
Tunisia Present
Asia
Iran Present
Iraq Present
Jordan Present
Lebanon Present
Nepal Present
Syria Present
Israel Present
Japan Present

Type of Pest

  • Bacterium

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Olea

Major Hosts

  • Fraxinus L.
  • Nerium oleander L.
  • Olea europaea Linnaeus

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • N/A

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated non quarantine pest (Northern Ireland)

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action in line with regulations in Northern Ireland. No statutory action in Great Britain.

General Comments

Bacterium mainly affecting olive trees where it causes galls of branches and occasionally other parts of the tree. Present in many regions of the world, including parts of Europe, but considered to be absent from the UK.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Rates of spread, host distribution.

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution