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UK’s Fera adds new pests to the Plant Health Risk Register
Jul. 1, 2020
Fera has recently added a number of pests to the Risk Register. All of these pests were added due to their listing in the new Plant Health legislation which came into effect in December 2019. These pests were added in a different way to most new pests, in a series of workshops as part of Fera’s work reviewing the Risk Register in response to the new legislation.
Seven viruses, all vectored by Bemisia tabaci (with some also being vectored by other hemipteran insects)
Three viruses mainly affecting tomato:
Two viruses mainly affecting cucurbits:
Melon yellowing-associated virus
Two viruses affecting mainly sweet potato:
Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus
Sweet potato mild mottle virus
Fera has also added seven species in a genus of tortricid moths, Acleris. All the species added to the RR this month feed on broadleaved trees and shrubs of various hosts, though other species in the genus feed on many other hosts.
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