Streamlining Pest Risk Assessment: The qPRAentry R Package for Assessing Potential Pest Entry
ABSTRACT Pests' incursions pose a significant threat to agriculture and ecosystem integrity worldwide. Robust quantitative pest risk assessment (qPRA) methodologies are essential for effective evaluation of plant health risks posed by nonindigenous species.
Maria Chiara Rosace +2 more
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Pest risk assessment of Elasmopalpus lignosellus for the European Union
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a quantitative pest risk assessment of Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), the lesser cornstalk borer, for the EU.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) +27 more
doaj +3 more sources
Guidance on a harmonised framework for pest risk assessment and the identification and evaluation of pest risk management options by EFSA [PDF]
Efsa Panel on Plant Health
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Database on apple fruit pests of the EU to support pest risk assessments [PDF]
In December 2013, EFSA received a first mandate from the European Commission DG SANTE to gather information on the pests of apple fruit (Malus domestica) in the EU territory (M-2014-0016). To satisfy the mandate, EFSA developed an overall approach to systematically collect information on EU apple pests and to organise it within a bespoke database with ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) +3 more
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Scientific Opinion on the risk of entry of Aethina tumida and Tropilaelaps spp. in the EU [PDF]
Small hive beetle (SHB) and Tropilaelaps are bee diseases considered exotic in the EU. SHBis a flying coleopteran that can be attracted to the odours of bees and bee products.
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
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SCAN‐Clim: a tool to support pest climate suitability analysis based on climate classification
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 ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) +1 more
doaj +1 more source
Scientific Opinion on the risk to plant health posed by Puccinia horiana Hennings for the EU territory, with the identification and evaluation of risk reduction options [PDF]
The Panel on Plant Health conducted a pest risk assessment for Puccinia horiana Hennings (the causal agent of chrysanthemum white rust) for the EU territory, identified risk management options and evaluated their effectiveness.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)
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Assessing the risk of invasion by a vineyard moth pest guild
Biological invasions are most effectively managed when identified in their early stages, which often hinges on robust surveillance programs. The recent invasion of the European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana) in California suggests that viticultural areas in the western United States may face severe economic consequences from this and other Tortricid ...
Hector Zumbado-Ulate +3 more
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Fresh strawberries are one of the most popular fruits in China and are vulnerable to microbial contamination. In this study, the behavior of Salmonella Typhimurium on fresh strawberries stored at refrigeration and room temperatures, as well as the ...
Wen Wang +9 more
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Commodity risk assessment of Nerium oleander plants from Turkey
The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation EU/2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) +24 more
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