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UK Risk Register Details for Neonectria neomacrospora

This record was last updated on 05/02/2021

Common Names

  • Canker: balsam fir

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest spreads to maximum extent

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Cut flowers or branches

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Seeds
  • Cut flowers or branches
  • Non-squared wood
  • Squared wood
  • Firewood

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 3
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 36

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] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 3
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
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
France Present
United Kingdom Present (Unknown Distribution)
Denmark Present
Germany Present
Netherlands Present
Sweden Present
Norway Present
Belgium Present
Finland Present
North America
United States Present
Canada Present

Type of Pest

  • Fungus

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Christmas trees

Major Hosts

  • Abies alba Miller
  • Abies amabilis (Dougl. Ex Lood) Dougl. Ex Forbes
  • Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.
  • Abies borisii-regis Mattf.
  • Abies chensiensis V.Tiegh.
  • Abies cilicica (Ant. & Kotschy) Carr.
  • Abies concolor var. concolor (Gord. & Glend.)Lindl. Ex Hild.
  • Abies delavayi (Van Tiegh.) Franch.
  • Abies fargesii Franch.
  • Abies firma Sieb. & Zucc.
  • Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir.
  • Abies grandis (D.Don) Lindl.
  • Abies holophylla Maxim.
  • Abies kawakamii (Hayata) Ito
  • Abies koreana Wils.
  • Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt.
  • Abies magnifica A.Murr.
  • Abies nebrodensis (Lojac.) Mattei
  • Abies nordmanniana (Stev.) Spach
  • Abies numidica De Lannoy Ex Carr.
  • Abies pindrow (Lamb.) Royle
  • Abies pinsapo Boiss.
  • Abies procera Rehder
  • Abies recurvata Mast.
  • Abies sachalinensis (Fr.Schm.) Mast.
  • Abies sibirica Ledeb.
  • Abies spectabilis (D.Don) Spach
  • Abies squamata Mast.
  • Abies veitchii Lindl.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Coniferous

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 canker disease on firs, confirmed in 2015 at two sites in the UK, although likely to have been present for much longer. Significant damage has been observed in Norway and Denmark in recent years. Growers of fir trees may wish to monitor for its presence and take management action when found.

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