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Pest categorisation of Leptinotarsa decemlineata
- Source :
- EFSA Journal, EFSA Journal, Vol 18, Iss 12, Pp n/a-n/a (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2020.
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Abstract
- The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) for the EU. L. decemlineata is primarily known as a major defoliator of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum); feeding damage can result in significant yield loss. Field grown tomatoes and eggplants can be attacked and wild solanaceous species are also hosts. Having first established in Europe from North America in the early 20th century, L. decemlineata is now distributed in 21 EU Member States and is regulated in the EU by Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/2072, (Annex III) with protected zones in place for Cyprus, Ireland, Malta, Northern Ireland, parts of Spain (Ibiza and Menorca) and Portugal (Azores and Madeira), seven districts of Finland and five counties in Sweden. Adults occasionally enter some protected zones due to wind currents that carry flying adults; pathways are also provided by plant produce moved in trade. The availability of hosts and suitable climate make establishment of the pest possible in protected zones in the EU, especially in the southern EU. Spread within the protected zones could occur via adult flight and via leafy vegetables moved in trade. Impacts on potato yields would be expected within the protected zones; outdoor grown tomatoes and eggplants could be impacted in the protected zones of southern Member States too. Previous incursions into the current protected zones have been eradicated. L. decemlineata satisfies all of the criteria that are within the remit of EFSA to assess, to conclude that it is a potential protected zone quarantine pest. L. decemlineata does not satisfy all of the criteria that are within the remit of EFSA to assess with respect to regulated non‐quarantine pest status, specifically plants for planting are not the main means of spread.
- Subjects :
- 040301 veterinary sciences
Veterinary (miscellaneous)
Plant Science
TP1-1185
010501 environmental sciences
Northern ireland
01 natural sciences
Microbiology
law.invention
0403 veterinary science
plant pest
law
Quarantine
Colorado potato beetle
TX341-641
Leptinotarsa
pest risk
plant health
protected zone
quarantine
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
biology
Agroforestry
Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Member states
Chemical technology
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Solanum tuberosum
biology.organism_classification
Geography
Scientific Opinion
Animal Science and Zoology
Parasitology
PEST analysis
Leafy vegetables
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18314732
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- EFSA Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....87aff46cc9a82a489a3528be4de716e6