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UK Risk Register Details for Pepper chat fruit viroid

This record was last updated on 28/11/2023

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

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  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

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  • Seeds

Common Pathways

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Seeds

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 1
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 9
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 36

Current Mitigations

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Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest (Great Britain)

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 1
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 9
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 36

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
North America
Canada Present
Asia
Thailand Present

Type of Pest

  • Virus or Viroid

Host or Industry at Risk

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Solanum lycopersicum, Capsicum annum

Major Hosts

  • Capsicum annuum L.
  • Datura metel L.
  • Datura stramonium L.
  • Nicotiana benthamiana Domin
  • Nicotiana glutinosa L.
  • Nicotiana rustica L.
  • Nicotiana tabacum L.
  • Petunia x hybrida Horti Vilmorin-Andrieux
  • Physalis alkekengi L.
  • Solanum lycocarpum St.-Hil.
  • Solanum melongena L.
  • Solanum muricatum L'Herit. Ex Ait.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.
  • Solanaceae (family)

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Only protected crops

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

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Regulated quarantine pest (Great Britain)

Actions Indicated

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Action

Statutory action against findings in Great Britain

General Comments

Pospiviroid which can affect pepper and tomato and which can be spread by infected seed.

Risk Records for this Pest