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UK Risk Register Details for Eurytoma schreineri

This record was last updated on 13/08/2021

Common Names

  • plum eurytoma
  • plum seed wasp

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
  • Hitchhiking
  • Natural spread
  • natural dispersal

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 3
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 18

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 3
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 18

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
Bulgaria Present
Czech Republic Present
Greece Present
Moldova Present
Romania Present
Slovakia Present
Türkiye Present
Ukraine Present
United Kingdom Absent
Asia
Russia Present
Armenia Present
Georgia Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Hymenoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Prunus

Major Hosts

  • Prunus L.
  • Prunus armeniaca L.
  • Prunus avium ssp./var. avium L.
  • Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
  • Prunus cerasus L.
  • Prunus domestica ssp. domestica L.
  • Prunus domestica ssp. insititia L.
  • Prunus spinosa L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • N/A

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.

General Comments

Wasp whose larvae feed on stones of Prunus fruit, causing premature fruit drop or, in some cases, withering on the tree. Present in parts of Europe but pathways considered unlikely.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Volume of trade of Prunus from EU Member States

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

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