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UK Risk Register Details for Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum

This record was last updated on 02/09/2022

Common Names

  • zebra chip

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced with vector or finds vector

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

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

Common Pathways

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

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 5
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 15
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 75

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated non quarantine pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 5
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 15
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 75

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
Türkiye Present (Limited) In carrot and parsley
United Kingdom Absent
Serbia Present (Limited) Present, restricted distribution
Spain Present (Limited) present In carrots and celery in some parts of Spain, absent, eradicated on potato.
Norway Present In carrots
Sweden Present In carrots
France Present In carrots
Finland Present In carrots
Italy Present In carrots
North America
United States Present
Mexico Present
South America
Ecuador Present
Oceania
New Zealand Present
Africa
Morocco Present In carrots
Central America
El Salvador Present
Guatemala Present
Honduras Present
Nicaragua Present

Type of Pest

  • Bacterium

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Solanum tuberosum

Major Hosts

  • Apium graveolens L.
  • Capsicum annuum L.
  • Capsicum frutescens L.
  • Daucus carota L.
  • Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Pastinaca sativa L.
  • Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman Ex A. W. Hill
  • Solanum dulcamara L.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

EPPO (2010), UK (2014)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated non quarantine pest, EPPO A1

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings and keep PRA up to date in light of developments. Priority for surveying carrot crops for the presence of the disease, and for the development of in field diagnostics.

General Comments

Damaging bacterial pest of potato which can also affect other solanaceous crops. Carrots thought to be affected by a different strain. Keep legislation under review to prevent introduction or spread of the bacterium and its vectors.