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UK Risk Register Details for Ralstonia syzygii subsp. celebesensis

This record was last updated on 12/01/2021

Common Names

  • Banana blood disease
  • BDB
  • Blood disease bacterium

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Fruits or vegetables

Common Pathways

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

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

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

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

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
Indonesia Present
Malaysia Present

Type of Pest

  • Bacterium

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Syzygium

Major Hosts

  • Musa L.
  • Solanum L.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.
  • Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

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 quarantine pest

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action on interceptions and outbreaks.

General Comments

Quarantine listed bacterial pathogen. Due to regulation unlikely to be high risk to the UK.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Suitability of the UK climate for Ralstonia syzygii.

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution