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UK Risk Register Details for Tomato yellow ring virus

This record was last updated on 13/07/2022

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

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  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)

Common Pathways

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Bulbs or tubers
  • Cut flowers or branches

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 48

Current Mitigations

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Key mitigation for pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 48

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
Poland Present (Unknown Distribution) Found in 2013 and 2014 at one place of production. No symptoms were observed following year
United Kingdom Absent
Africa
Kenya Present
Asia
Iran Present

Type of Pest

  • Virus or Viroid

Host or Industry at Risk

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Total protected cultivation

Major Hosts

  • Alstroemeria L.
  • Anemone L.
  • Arum L.
  • Capsicum annuum L.
  • Cineraria L. em. Less.
  • Glycine max (L.) Merr.
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Nicotiana Linnaeus
  • Pericallis cruenta (Masson Ex L'Heritier) Bolle
  • Petunia Juss.
  • Solanum melongena L.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.
  • Taraxacum officinale Weber In Wiggers

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Both protected crops and outdoor production

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

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Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

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Action

Statutory action against findings

General Comments

Virus with a broad host range, but found most commonly on tomato. Detected in Europe for the first time in 2013/14, on tomato plants in Poland.

Risk Records for this Pest