TY - JOUR
T1 - Commodity risk assessment of Petunia spp. and Calibrachoa spp. unrooted cuttings from Costa Rica
AU - Civera, Antonio Vicent
AU - Baptista, Paula
AU - Berlin, Anna
AU - Chatzivassiliou, Elisavet
AU - Cubero, Jaime
AU - Cunniffe, Nik
AU - de la Peña, Eduardo
AU - Desneux, Nicolas
AU - Di Serio, Francesco
AU - Filipiak, Anna
AU - Gonthier, Paolo
AU - Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Beata
AU - Jactel, Hervé
AU - Landa, Blanca B.
AU - Maistrello, Lara
AU - Makowski, David
AU - Milonas, Panagiotis
AU - Papadopoulos, Nikos T.
AU - Susi, Hanna
AU - van der Gaag, Dirk Jan
AU - Debode, Jane
AU - Lacomme, Christophe
AU - Manceau, Charles
AU - Magnusson, Christer Sven
AU - Navas‐Cortes, Juan A.
AU - Kritikos, Christos
AU - Kormpi, Maria
AU - Papachristos, Dimitrios
AU - Reppa, Chrysavgi
AU - Schulz, Olaf Mosbach
AU - Gardi, Ciro
AU - Civitelli, Chiara
AU - Manda, Raghavendra Reddy
AU - Akrivou, Antigoni
AU - Antonatos, Spyridon
AU - Beris, Despoina
AU - Potting, Roel
PY - 2024/11
Y1 - 2024/11
N2 - The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to evaluate the probability of entry of pests (likelihood of pest freedom at entry), including both regulated and non-regulated pests, associated with unrooted cuttings of the genera Petunia and Calibrachoa produced under physical isolation in Costa Rica. The relevance of any pest for this opinion was based on evidence collected according to specific criteria, following the methodology used for high-risk plants adapted for the specificity of this assessment. Twenty-two EU regulated pests (beet curly top virus, Bemisia tabaci, Chloridea virescens, Eotetranychus lewisi, Epitrix cucumeris, Epitrix tuberis, euphorbia mosaic virus, Helicoverpa zea, Liriomyza huidobrensis, Liriomyza sativae, Liriomyza trifolii, pepper golden mosaic virus, potato spindle tuber viroid, Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum, Ralstonia solanacearum, Spodoptera ornithogalli, squash leaf curl virus, Thrips palmi, tomato golden mosaic virus, tomato leaf curl Sinaloa virus, tomato spotted wilt virus, tomato yellow leaf curl virus) and one pest that is not regulated in the EU (Aleurodicus dispersus) fulfilled all relevant criteria and were selected for further evaluation. For these pests, the risk mitigation measures proposed in the technical dossier from Costa Rica were evaluated taking into account possible factors limiting their efficacies. Additionally, an expert judgement is given on the likelihood of pest freedom taking into consideration the risk mitigation measures acting on the pest, including uncertainties associated with the assessment. The estimated degree of pest freedom varies among the pests evaluated, with tomato spotted wilt virus being the pest most frequently expected on the imported cuttings. The expert knowledge elicitation indicated, with 95% certainty that between 9927 and 10,000 bags containing unrooted cuttings of Petunia spp. and Calibrachoa spp. per 10,000 would be free of tomato spotted wilt virus.
AB - The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to evaluate the probability of entry of pests (likelihood of pest freedom at entry), including both regulated and non-regulated pests, associated with unrooted cuttings of the genera Petunia and Calibrachoa produced under physical isolation in Costa Rica. The relevance of any pest for this opinion was based on evidence collected according to specific criteria, following the methodology used for high-risk plants adapted for the specificity of this assessment. Twenty-two EU regulated pests (beet curly top virus, Bemisia tabaci, Chloridea virescens, Eotetranychus lewisi, Epitrix cucumeris, Epitrix tuberis, euphorbia mosaic virus, Helicoverpa zea, Liriomyza huidobrensis, Liriomyza sativae, Liriomyza trifolii, pepper golden mosaic virus, potato spindle tuber viroid, Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum, Ralstonia solanacearum, Spodoptera ornithogalli, squash leaf curl virus, Thrips palmi, tomato golden mosaic virus, tomato leaf curl Sinaloa virus, tomato spotted wilt virus, tomato yellow leaf curl virus) and one pest that is not regulated in the EU (Aleurodicus dispersus) fulfilled all relevant criteria and were selected for further evaluation. For these pests, the risk mitigation measures proposed in the technical dossier from Costa Rica were evaluated taking into account possible factors limiting their efficacies. Additionally, an expert judgement is given on the likelihood of pest freedom taking into consideration the risk mitigation measures acting on the pest, including uncertainties associated with the assessment. The estimated degree of pest freedom varies among the pests evaluated, with tomato spotted wilt virus being the pest most frequently expected on the imported cuttings. The expert knowledge elicitation indicated, with 95% certainty that between 9927 and 10,000 bags containing unrooted cuttings of Petunia spp. and Calibrachoa spp. per 10,000 would be free of tomato spotted wilt virus.
U2 - 10.2903/j.efsa.2024.9064
DO - 10.2903/j.efsa.2024.9064
M3 - A1: Web of Science-article
SN - 1831-4732
VL - 22
JO - EFSA Journal
JF - EFSA Journal
IS - 11
ER -