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UK Risk Register Details for 'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali'

This record was last updated on 08/12/2022

Common Names

  • Phytoplasma mali
  • Proliferation of apple
  • Witches broom of apple

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)

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 4
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 16
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 64

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest (Great Britain). Regulated non quarantine pest (Northern Ireland).

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 4
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
United Kingdom Absent
Belarus Present
Spain Present
Croatia Present
Austria Present
Belgium Present
Bulgaria Present
Czech Republic Present
France Present
Germany Present
Greece Present
Hungary Present
Italy Present
Netherlands Present
Poland Present
Romania Present
Slovakia Present
Slovenia Present
Albania Present
Bosnia-Herzegovina Present
Moldova Present
Serbia Present
Russia Present
Switzerland Present
Türkiye Present
Ukraine Present
Finland Present
North America
Canada Present (Limited)

Type of Pest

  • Phytoplasma

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Malus

Major Hosts

  • Dahlia Cav.
  • Forsythia suspensa var. suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl
  • Lilium hybrids
  • Malus Mill.
  • Malus domestica Borkhausen
  • Prunus avium ssp./var. avium L.
  • Prunus cerasus L.
  • Pyrus pyraster Burgsd.
  • Spiraea x vanhouttei (Briot) Zabel
  • Viburnum lantana L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

Norway (2012)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest (Great Britain). Regulated non quarantine pest (Northern Ireland). EPPO A2

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action on findings in Great Britain; statutory action on specified hosts in Northern Ireland

General Comments

Phytoplasma which causes apple proliferation disease in Europe.

Risk Records for this Pest