Red rust thrips in smallholder organic export banana in Latin America and the Caribbean: pathways for control, compatible with organic certification

Serio³

et al. 2021

EFS2

The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as 'High risk plants, plant products and other objects'. Momordica fruits originating from countries where Thrips palmi is known to occur qualify as high-risk plants. This Scientific Opinion covers the introduction risk for T. palmi posed by fruits of Momordica charantia L. imported from Thailand, taking into account the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by the Department of Agriculture of Thailand. The risk mitigation measures proposed in the technical dossier from Thailand were evaluated taking into account the possible limiting factors. An expert judgement is given on the likelihood of pest freedom taking into consideration the potential pest pressure in the field, the risk mitigation measures acting on the pest in the field and in the packing house, including uncertainties associated with the assessment. For T. palmi on M. charantia fruits from Thailand, an expert judgement is given on the likelihood of pest freedom following the evaluation of the risk mitigation measures acting on T. palmi, including any uncertainties. The Expert Knowledge Elicitation indicated, with 95% certainty that between 9,496 and 10,000 M. charantia fruits/10,000 will be free from T. palmi.

Section: Biotechnical Control and Semiochemicalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Commodity risk assessment of Momordica charantia fruits from Thailand

Bragard¹,

Serio³

et al. 2021

EFS2

Section: Biotechnical Control and Semiochemicalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The effect of semiochemicals (Qing et al, 2004;Kirk, 2017) either as a repellent or attractanton the behaviour and trapping efficiency is still in an experimental phase. An aggregation pheromone for T. palmi has been identified (Akella et al, 2014), it can be used for monitoring, but implementation is still in an experimental phase (Kirk, 2017). In experimental setups, methyl salicylate (MeSA) has shown to attract natural enemies and to reduce populations in cucumber plants (Dong and Hsiu, 2019), but has not been developed to a commercial scale.…”

Section: Biotechnical Control and Semiochemicalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Commodity risk assessment of Momordica charantia fruits from Sri Lanka

Bragard¹,

Serio³

et al. 2021

EFS2

The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as 'High risk plants, plant products and other objects'. Momordica fruits originating from countries where Thrips palmi is known to occur qualify as high-risk plants. This Scientific Opinion covers the introduction risk for T. palmi posed by fruits of Momordica charantia L. imported from Sri Lanka, taking into account the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by the National Plant Quarantine Service of Sri Lanka. The risk mitigation measures proposed in the technical dossier from Sri Lanka were evaluated taking into account the possible limiting factors. An expert judgement is given on the likelihood of pest freedom taking into consideration the potential pest pressure in the field, the risk mitigation measures acting on the pest in the field and in the packing house, including uncertainties associated with the assessment. For T. palmi on M. charantia fruits from Sri Lanka, an expert judgement is given on the likelihood of pest freedom following the evaluation of the risk mitigation measures acting on T. palmi, including any uncertainties. The Expert Knowledge Elicitation indicated, with 95% certainty that between 9831 and 10,000 M. charantia fruits/10,000 will be free from T. palmi.

Section: Biotechnical Control and Semiochemicalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The effect of semiochemicals (Kirk, 2017;Qing et al, 2004)either as a repellent or attractanton the behaviour and trapping efficiency is still in an experimental phase. An aggregation pheromone for T. palmi has been identified (Akella et al, 2014), it can be used for monitoring, but implementation is still in an experimental phase (Kirk, 2017). In experimental set-ups, methyl salicylate (MeSA) has shown to attract natural enemies and to reduce populations in cucumber plants (Dong and Hsiu, 2019), but has not been developed to a commercial scale.…”

Section: Biotechnical Control and Semiochemicalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Commodity risk assessment of Momordica charantia fruits from Honduras

Bragard¹,

Serio³

et al. 2021

EFS2

The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as 'High risk plants, plant products and other objects'. Momordica fruits originating from countries where Thrips palmi is known to occur qualify as high risk plants. This Scientific Opinion covers the introduction risk for T. palmi posed by fruits of Momordica charantia L. imported from Honduras, taking into account the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by the National Service of Agrifood Health and Safety (SENASA) of Honduras. The risk mitigation measures proposed in the technical dossier from Honduras were evaluated taking into account the possible limiting factors. An expert judgement is given on the likelihood of pest freedom taking into consideration the potential pest pressure in the field, the risk mitigation measures acting on the pest in the field and in the packinghouse, including uncertainties associated with the assessment. For T. palmi on M. charantia fruits from Honduras, an expert judgement is given on the likelihood of pest freedom following the evaluation of the risk mitigation measures acting on T. palmi, including any uncertainties. The Expert Knowledge Elicitation indicated, with 95% certainty that between 9,406 and 10,000 M. charantia fruits per 10,000 will be free from T. palmi.