The European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (L.) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a highly destructive pest of cherries (Prunus spp.) (Rosaceae) in Europe and Asia. In 2016, R. cerasi was detected i...

The fungus Eutypella parasitica is endemic in the USA and Canada and does already occur in the EU and Germany. So far, it is listed neither in the Annexes of Directive 2000/29/EC nor by EPPO. The f...

The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the weevil Anthonomus quadrigibbus Say, (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), for the EU. A. quadrigibbus is a well‐defined and distinguishable s...

The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the fungus Apiosporina morbosa, the causal agent of black knot, for the EU. The identity of the pest is well established and reliable me...

The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of ‘Blight and blight-like’ for the EU territory. Blight is a major disease of citrus. Similar ‘blight-like’ diseases are also known (...

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) performed a pest categorisation of Mycodiella laricis-leptolepidis, a well-defined and distinguishable fungal ...

The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Nacobbus aberrans(Nematoda: Pratylenchidae), the false root-knot nematode, for the EU. The nematode was originally described from the Am...

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Plant Health Panel performed a pest categorisation of Sphaerulina musiva, a well-defined and distinguishable fungal species of the family ...

Assignment

It is suggested that Ulmus spp. should be regulated as a “High Risk Plant” in the new PHR, due to its association with Saperda tridentata, and that it should be regulated through a tempor...