EUROPEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN PLANT PROTECTION ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE ET MEDITERRANEENNE POUR LA PROTECTION DES PLANTES 15-20714 Pest Risk Analysis for Alternanthera philoxeroides September 2015 EPPO 21 Boulevard Richard Lenoir 75011 Paris www.eppo.int
[email protected] This risk assessment follows the EPPO Standard PM PM 5/5(1) Decision-Support Scheme for an Express Pest Risk Analysis (available at http://archives.eppo.int/EPPOStandards/pra.htm) and uses the terminology defined in ISPM 5 Glossary of Phytosanitary Terms (available at https://www.ippc.int/index.php). This document was first elaborated by an Expert Working Group and then reviewed by the Panel on Invasive Alien Plants and if relevant other EPPO bodies. Cite this document as: EPPO (2015) Pest risk analysis for Alternanthera philoxeroides. EPPO, Paris. Available at http://www.eppo.int/QUARANTINE/Pest_Risk_Analysis/PRA_intro.htm Photo: Alternanthera philoxeroides stands in the Arno river. CourtesyLorrenzo Cecchi (IT) 15-20714 (15-20515) Pest Risk Analysis for Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. This PRA follows EPPO Standard PM 5/5 Decision-Support Scheme for an Express Pest Risk Analysis. PRA area: EPPO region Prepared by: EWG on Alternanthera philoxeroides and Myriophyllum heterophyllum Date: 2015-04-20/24 Composition of the Expert Working Group (EWG) ANDERSON Lars W.j. (Mr) Waterweed Solutions, P.O. Box 73883, CA 95617 Davis, United States Tel: +01-9167157686 -
[email protected] FRIED Guillaume (Mr) ANSES - Laboratoire de la santé des végétaux, Station de Montpellier, CBGP, 755 Avenue du Campus Agropolis Campus International de Baillarguet - CS 30016, 34988 Montferrier-Sur- Lez Cedex, France Tel: +33-467022553 -
[email protected] GUNASEKERA Lalith (Mr) Biosecurity Officer, Central Region, Invasive Plants Animals, Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 30 Tennyson Street, P.O.