Phylogenetic relationships of invasive plants are useful criteria for weed risk assessments
Conservation Letters, 2023 Risk assessments are conservation tools used to prevent the introduction of invasive species. Many assessments ask whether a taxon has invasive close relatives, but it is unclear whether this phylogenetic information is useful, and which taxonomic scales
D. M. Buonaiuto +5 more
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Temperature but Not Photoperiod Can Predict Development and Survival of an Invasive Apple Pest
Insects, 2023 The apple leaf-curling midge, Dasineura mali Kieffer (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), is an invasive pest of apple, and can contaminate fresh fruit for export, causing biosecurity problems.
Xiong Z. He, Qiao Wang
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Competition: A Missing Component of Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Risk Assessment and Planning
Insects, 2022 Tephritid fruit flies are internationally significant pests of horticulture. Because they are also highly invasive and of major quarantine concern, significant effort is placed in developing full or partial pest risk assessments (PRAs) for fruit flies ...
Anthony R. Clarke, Penelope F. Measham
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Insects, 2022 Massicus raddei (Blessig) is a serious trunk borer of oak species, currently widespread only in eastern Asia. A better understanding of the invasive potential of this borer across other distribution-free areas is further needed to prevent its invasion ...
Yufan Zhang, Yingqiao Dang, Xiaoyi Wang
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Proposal of a ranking methodology for plant threats in the EU
EFSA Journal, 2022 Following a request of the European Commission, EFSA and ANSES, beneficiary of the EFSA tasking grant on horizon scanning for plant pests (GP/EFSA/ALPHA/2017/02), developed a methodology to order by risk non‐regulated pests recently identified through ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) +9 more
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Quantifying uncertainty in pest risk maps and assessments : adopting a risk-averse decision maker’s perspective [PDF]
, 2013 Pest risk maps are important decision support tools when devising strategies to minimize introductions of invasive organisms and mitigate their impacts.
Koch, Frank H. +20 more
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SCAN‐Clim: a tool to support pest climate suitability analysis based on climate classification
EFSA Journal, 2022 EFSA pest categorisations and pest risk assessments include the assessment of the potential establishment of plant pests. Together with the presence of host plants, climate suitability analysis is an important element to analyse the likelihood of ...
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Predicting hotspots for invasive species introduction in Europe
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Plant pest invasions cost billions of Euros each year in Europe. Prediction of likely places of pest introduction could greatly help focus efforts on prevention and control and thus reduce societal costs of pest invasions.
Kevin Schneider +2 more
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Grapevine roditis leaf Discoloration-associated virus: express pest risk analysis for Ukraine
Agricultural Science and Practice, 2022 Aim. To conduct an express pest risk analysis of Grapevine Roditis leaf discoloration-associated virus (GRLDaV) for Ukraine, a virus that has been related to a grapevine disease and was included in the EPPO Alert List in 2018. Methods.
Yu. Klechkovskyi +3 more
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Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM) for diagnosis of Terebrantia (Thysanoptera)
Journal für KulturpflanzenThrips, insects from the order Thysanoptera, are often intercepted in consignments sent from third countries into the European Union. Rapid species identification is needed in order to quickly decide, whether phytosanitary measures are required or a ...
Matthias Becker +5 more
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