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Here you can find examples of assignments and publications that SLU Risk assessment of plant pests are working with.
Risk assessments are frequently conducted as so-called Pest Risk Analyses (PRAs). A PRA can be described as a scientifically based formalized process of evaluating all information influencing the risk that a pest constitutes to a specific area. PRAs are for example used as a basis for deciding whether a plant pest should be regulated and to justify protective measures that affect trade. International standards with guidelines for how a PRA should be performed can be found in so-called ‘International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures’ (e.g. ISPM 2 and ISPM 11) and methods are developed in standards by e.g. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO). A PRA can, for example, be initiated if a new species of plant pest, which could potentially meet the requirements for being regulated as a quarantine pest, is found during inspections, surveys or identified through external monitoring.
Risk assessments conducted upon requests from the Swedish Board of Agriculture.
SLU Risk assessment of plant pests provides support to the Swedish Board of Agriculture's development of risk-based survey plans for the priority quarantine pests.
New pathotypes of the fungus Synchytrium endobioticum that causes potato wart disease were discovered in Sweden in 2017. In the same year, the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne chitwoodi was found and the following year the closely related species Meloidogyne fallax was detected. Following these outbreaks, SLU Risk Assessment of Plant Pests was requested to review the available scientific information relevant for the Swedish Board of Agriculture's decisions on management and control measures.
SLU Risk assessment of plant pests conduct assessments in relation to risk management options upon request from the Swedish Board of Agriculture.
Diaprepes abbreviatus - An evaluation of the information regarding its presence in Sweden
Feedback Feedback on a list of plant pests with candidates for risk assessments – Batch 8
Feedback on a list of plant pests with candidates for risk assessments – Batch 7
Feedback on a list of plant pests with candidates for risk assessments – Batch 6
Feedback on a list of plant pests with candidates for risk assessments – Batch 5
Feedback on a list of plant pests with candidates for risk assessments – Batch 4
Feedback on a list of plant pests with candidates for risk assessments – Batch 3
Feedback on a list of plant pests with candidates for risk assessments – Batch 2
Is Garella musculana or Pochazia shantungensis present in Sweden?
Feedback on a list of plant pests with candidates for risk assessments
Follow up assessment – future regulatory status of Phytophthora ramorum
Saperda tridentata - risks associated with trade of wood of Ulmus spp.
Evaluation of the methodology proposed for identifying priority pests in EU
Utlåtande om Aromia bungii med anledning av förslag till nödåtgärdsbeslut
Maňák, V., Björklund, N., Sundberg, S. and Boberg, J. 2024. Biodiversity and ecosystem service contributions of trees - a review for environmental risk assessments of non-native plant pests in Sweden. Technical report. SLU Risk assessment of plant pests, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala
Szyniszewska, A. M., Akrivou, A., Björklund, N., Boberg, J., Bradshaw, C., Damus, M., Gardi, C.Hanea, A., Kriticos, J., Maggini, R., Musolin, D.L. & MacLeod, A. (2024). Beyond the present: How climate change is relevant to pest risk analysis. EPPO Bulletin, 54, 20-37.
Rosace, M. C., Björklund, N., Boberg, J., Bradshaw, C. D., Camac, J., Damus, M., Kompas, T., Li, C., MacLeod, A., Maggini, R., Rossi, E., Szyniszewska, A.M., Ruomola, J. & Gardi, C. (2024). Including climate change in pest risk assessment: current practices and perspectives for future implementation. EPPO Bulletin, 54, 52-72
Björklund, N & Boberg, J. (2022) Nya växtskadegörare – varför utgör de ett växande problem och vad kan vi göra åt det? KSLAT nr 7-2022, sid 44 – 47. ISBN: 978-91-88567-76-5.
Widenfalk, O., Jakobsson, M., Hammarström, A., Widenfalk, L., Josefsson, J., Keith, S., Vanduijn, B. (2022). Trade and production of plants and plant products in Sweden - A knowledge base for pest risk analysis – Update 2022. Technical Report, External project leaders Björklund, N., Boberg, J. Greensway and SLU, pp 46.
johanna.boberg@slu.se, 018-671804
niklas.bjorklund@slu.se, 018-672879, 070-5082879