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UK Risk Register Details for 'Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium'

This record was last updated on 26/05/2022

Common Names

  • Phytoplasma disease of almond

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] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 4
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 1
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 8

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 4
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 1
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 8

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
Asia
Iran Present
Lebanon Present

Type of Pest

  • Phytoplasma

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Prunus persica

Major Hosts

  • Anthemis L.
  • Prunus amygdalo-persica (P. x amygdalo-persica) (West.) Rehd.
  • Prunus armeniaca L.
  • Prunus domestica ssp. italica L.
  • Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A.Webb
  • Prunus persica Batsch
  • Prunus persica var. nucipersica Batsch
  • Prunus scoparia (Spach) Schneid.
  • Smilax aspera L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

EPPO (2017)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest. EPPO A1

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings

General Comments

Phytoplasma causing substantial damage to peach, nectarine and almond trees in Iran and Lebanon. Limited risk of introduction to the UK due to low import volumes of hosts from affected countries and current regulations, but statutory action would be taken against findings.