Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Pest Report to support the ranking of EU candidate priority pests
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In 2022, EFSA was mandated by the European Commission's Directorate‐General for Health and Food Safety (M‐2022‐00070) to provide technical assistance regarding the list of Union quarantine pests qualifying as priority pests, as specified in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against plant pests. As part of Task C, EFSA conducted comprehensive expert knowledge elicitations on candidate priority pests, focusing on the lag period, rate of expansion and impact on production (yield and quality losses) and the environment. This report provides the rationale for the dataset on Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, delivered to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, to feed into the Impact Indicator for Priority Pest (I2P2) model and complete the pest prioritisation ranking exercise.
Source: EFSA Supporting Publications
Authors: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Sara Tramontini, Gianni Gilioli, Andrea Maiorano, Federica Baldassarre, Marica Scala, Berta Sánchez, Alexandre Nougadère, Sybren Vos, Chiara Sciandra, Francesco Paoli
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408387547