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UK Risk Register Details for Monilinia polystroma

Pest has been archived

This pest has been assessed for the Risk Register and is considered to pose a low risk to the UK. The information on this pest was correct as of 27/07/2020, but is no longer actively maintained. It will only be updated if new information is received which indicates the potential for a significant increase in risk to the UK.

This record was last updated on 27/07/2020

Common Names

  • Asiatic Brown Rot

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)
  • Fruits or vegetables

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 32

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 32

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
Czech Republic Present
Hungary Present
Italy Present
Poland Present
Slovenia Present
Serbia Present
Switzerland Present
Netherlands Present
Asia
Japan Present
China Present

Type of Pest

  • Fungus

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Orchard crops

Major Hosts

  • Cydonia Mill.
  • Cydonia oblonga Mill.
  • Malus Mill.
  • Malus domestica Borkhausen
  • Malus pumila Mill.
  • Prunus L.
  • Prunus armeniaca L.
  • Prunus avium L.
  • Prunus domestica L.
  • Prunus persica Batsch
  • Pyrus communis L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

No statutory action against findings

General Comments

Fungal pathogen causing brown rot in stone fruit. Unlikely to be more damaging than a closely related native species if introduced to the UK. Current management practices against the related species would help with control.