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UK Risk Register Details for Trichodorus cedarus

This record was last updated on 22/06/2022

Common Names

  • Stubby-root nematode

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
  • Agricultural machinery
  • Plant waste

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated 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

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Prohibition of soil and requirements for soil/growing medium associated with plants.

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 1
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 30

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
Spain Unknown cf. cedarus
Asia
China Present
South Korea Present
Japan Present

Type of Pest

  • Nematode (Triplonchida)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Forestry and horticulture

Major Hosts

  • Abies Miller
  • Acer L.
  • Brassica oleracea L.
  • Callicarpa L.
  • Camellia L.
  • Carpinus L.
  • Castanea Mill.
  • Castanopsis cuspidata (Thunb.) Schottky
  • Celtis L.
  • Cercidiphyllum Sieb. & Zucc.
  • Chaenomeles Bartl.
  • Chamaecyparis Spach
  • Cinnamomum Schaeffer
  • Cornus L.
  • Cotoneaster Ehrh.
  • Cunninghamia R.Br.
  • Daphniphyllum Blume
  • Diospyros L.
  • Enkianthus Lour.
  • Euonymus L.
  • Eurya Thunb.
  • Fatsia Decne. & Planch.
  • Hordeum vulgare L. em. Lam.
  • Ilex L.
  • Juniperus L.
  • Kerria Dc.
  • Larix Mill.
  • Magnolia L.
  • Malus Mill.
  • Neolitsea (Benth.) Merr.
  • Picea A.Dietr.
  • Pinus L.
  • Prunus L.
  • Pyracantha M.J.Roem.
  • Pyrus L.
  • Quercus L.
  • Rhododendron L.
  • Rhus L.
  • Taxus L.
  • Torreya Arn.
  • Zelkova Spach
  • Cryptomeria D. Don

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Both protected crops and outdoor production

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved & Coniferous

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (2011)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings

General Comments

Polyphagous nematode pest from Asia, occasionally intercepted by the UK. Causes direct feeding damage on plant roots and has the potential to vector viruses.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Current distribution (worldwide)

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

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