Guidance on quantitative pest risk assessment [PDF]
EFSA Journal, 2018 This Guidance describes a two‐phase approach for a fit‐for‐purpose method for the assessment of plant pest risk in the territory of the EU. Phase one consists of pest categorisation to determine whether the pest has the characteristics of a quarantine ...
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A suite of models to support the quantitative assessment of spread in pest risk analysis.
PLoS ONE, 2012 Pest Risk Analyses (PRAs) are conducted worldwide to decide whether and how exotic plant pests should be regulated to prevent invasion. There is an increasing demand for science-based risk mapping in PRA.
Christelle Robinet +14 more
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Response to a report published by the Office for Risk Assessment & Research of the Netherlands Food and Product Safety Authority on three EFSA quantitative pest risk assessments [PDF]
EFSA JournalA report commenting on three quantitative pest risk assessments (qPRA) of the EFSA PLH Panel (Panel) was published in November 2025 by the Office for Risk Assessment & Research (BuRO) of the Netherlands Food and Product Safety Authority.
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European agricultural pest management practices following the Green Deal – gaps and challenges [PDF]
Frontiers in Insect ScienceThe European Green Deal, the main aim of which is to substantially change the agricultural production systems through the Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy, has caused the most significant reconsideration of pest management in the European Union (EU) in a ...
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Pest risk assessment of Amyelois transitella for the European Union
EFSA Journal, 2022 Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest risk assessment of Amyelois transitella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), the navel orangeworm, for the EU. The quantitative assessment considered two scenarios: (i)
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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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Risk assessment in support of plant health [PDF]
EFSA Journal, 2012 <p>With the establishment of the Plant Health Panel in 2006, EFSA became the body responsible for risk assessment in the plant health area for the European Union (EU).
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Risk assessment of Citripestis sagittiferella for the EU
EFSA Journal, 2023 Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a risk assessment of Citripestis sagittiferella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), the citrus pulp borer, an oligophagous pest reported from South‐East Asia and restricted ...
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Assessing the probability of freedom from pine wood nematode based on 19 years of surveys [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2020 Many quarantine pests, such as the pine wood nematode (PWN, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus), are surveyed annually in all EU countries. Although a lot of resources are spent in the surveys, the confidence in pest freedom achieved with them is not commonly ...
Salla Hannunen, Juha Tuomola
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Risk assessment of Xanthomonas citri pv. viticola for the EU
EFSA Journal, 2022 Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a risk assessment of Xanthomonas citri pv. viticola (Xcv). This pest causes bacterial canker of grapevine and is reported from Brazil and India. Two scenarios were
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