36Th Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures

EUROPEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN PLANT PROTECTION ORGANIZATION 05-12062 Erysiphe cf. euphorbiicola (euphorbia pulcherrima)

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36th meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures (Paris, EPPO headquarters, 2004-03-9/12) 8. Candidate Pests for EPPO listing 8.2 Review of pest risk assessments  Oidium sp. on Euphorbia pulcherrima. This pest had been added to the EPPO alert list at the request of the Swedish NPPO in 2002-02, as several countries in Europe had reported new outbreaks, and in addition since the 1990s this disease was causing problems in USA. The fungus only attacks Euphorbia pulcherrima. Mr Pfeilstetter presented a pest risk assessment performed for Germany which concluded that Oidium sp. did not qualify as a quarantine pest. Mr Pfeilstetter thought that the conclusion might be different in southern countries were Euphorbia spp. overwinter out of doors. Mr Finelli and Mrs Perez considered that the risk was low. Mr Bartlett thought that this pest was already present in Europe, because it was found several times in 2003 on plants coming from the Netherlands and Portugal. The Panel agreed and felt that the pest could be effectively controlled with fungicides. Mr Bartlett suggested that this pest could qualify as an RNQP because most poinsettia cuttings are traded by a small number of companies. The pest will be deleted from the Alert List and will be included in a list of potential RNQPs.

1 formerly called Specific Quarantine Requirements (SQR)