TY - JOUR
T1 - Pest categorisation of Synchytrium endobioticum
AU - Jeger, Michael
AU - Bragard, Claude
AU - Caffier, David
AU - Candresse, Thierry
AU - Chatzivassiliou, Elisavet
AU - Dehnen-Schmutz, Katharina
AU - Gilioli, Gianni
AU - Grégoire, Jean-Claude
AU - Jaques Miret, Josep Anton
AU - Macleod, Alan
AU - Navajas Navarro, Maria
AU - Niere, Björn
AU - Parnell, Stephen
AU - Potting, Roel
AU - Rafoss, Trond
AU - Urek, Gregor
AU - Van Bruggen, Ariena
AU - Van Der Werf, Wopke
AU - West, Jonathan
AU - Winter, Stephan
AU - Vloutoglou, Irene
AU - Bottex, Bernard
AU - Rossi, Vittorio
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the fungus Synchytrium endobioticum, the causal agent of potato wart disease, for the European Union (EU). The identity of the pest is well established and reliable methods exist for its detection and identification. S. endobioticum is present in most continents. The pest is listed in Annex IAII of Directive 2000/29/EC and is present with a restricted and fragmentary distribution in the EU. The major host is Solanum tuberosum (potato), but in Mexico, the pest also affects wild Solanum spp. S. endobioticum could potentially enter the EU through multiple pathways associated with soil as substrate for non-host plants, contaminant or commodity. The presence of the pest in 16 EU Member States characterised by different climatic conditions suggests that it could establish in the rest of the EU. The disease induces the formation of warts on potato tubers, stolons and stem bases reducing plant growth and yield and making tubers unmarketable. Additional losses may occur during storage. The only available strategy to control the disease and prevent it from spreading is the application of strict phytosanitary measures and the cultivation of potato varieties resistant to the pathotype(s) present in the infested field(s). Specific phytosanitary measures exist (Council Directive 69/464/EEC) for the control of potato wart disease in the EU. The main uncertainties refer to the distribution and host range of the pest, and the importance of some pathways of entry. S, endobioticum meets all the criteria assessed by EFSA for consideration as potential Union quarantine pest. The criteria for considering S. endobioticum as a potential Union regulated non-quarantine pest are not met since, in addition to potato seed tubers, soil (as commodity, substrate or contaminant) and ware potato tubers are major means of spread. (C) 2018 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of European Food Safety Authority.
AB - The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the fungus Synchytrium endobioticum, the causal agent of potato wart disease, for the European Union (EU). The identity of the pest is well established and reliable methods exist for its detection and identification. S. endobioticum is present in most continents. The pest is listed in Annex IAII of Directive 2000/29/EC and is present with a restricted and fragmentary distribution in the EU. The major host is Solanum tuberosum (potato), but in Mexico, the pest also affects wild Solanum spp. S. endobioticum could potentially enter the EU through multiple pathways associated with soil as substrate for non-host plants, contaminant or commodity. The presence of the pest in 16 EU Member States characterised by different climatic conditions suggests that it could establish in the rest of the EU. The disease induces the formation of warts on potato tubers, stolons and stem bases reducing plant growth and yield and making tubers unmarketable. Additional losses may occur during storage. The only available strategy to control the disease and prevent it from spreading is the application of strict phytosanitary measures and the cultivation of potato varieties resistant to the pathotype(s) present in the infested field(s). Specific phytosanitary measures exist (Council Directive 69/464/EEC) for the control of potato wart disease in the EU. The main uncertainties refer to the distribution and host range of the pest, and the importance of some pathways of entry. S, endobioticum meets all the criteria assessed by EFSA for consideration as potential Union quarantine pest. The criteria for considering S. endobioticum as a potential Union regulated non-quarantine pest are not met since, in addition to potato seed tubers, soil (as commodity, substrate or contaminant) and ware potato tubers are major means of spread. (C) 2018 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of European Food Safety Authority.
KW - European Union
KW - Impacts
KW - Pathotypes
KW - Phytosanitary measures
KW - Potato wart
KW - Solanum tuberosum
KW - European Union
KW - Impacts
KW - Pathotypes
KW - Phytosanitary measures
KW - Potato wart
KW - Solanum tuberosum
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/143954
U2 - 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5352
DO - 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5352
M3 - Article
SN - 1831-4732
VL - 16
SP - 1
EP - 37
JO - EFSA Journal
JF - EFSA Journal
ER -