Commodity risk assessment of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare plants from the UK

Bragard, Claude;Baptista, Paula;Chatzivassiliou, Elisavet;Di Serio, Francesco;Gonthier, Paolo;et.al.
(2024) EFSA Journal — Vol. 22, n° 3, p. 1-78 (2024)

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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’. This Scientific Opinion covers plant health risks posed by plants of the evergreen Ligustrum ovalifolium and the semi‐evergreen Ligustrum vulgare imported from the United Kingdom (UK) as: (a) bare root plants and (b) plants in pots, taking into account the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by the UK. The category (a) ‘bare root plants’ includes bundles of 1‐ to 3‐year‐old bare root whips or transplants and single 1‐ to 7‐year‐old bare root plants. The category (b) ‘plants in pots’ includes bundles of 1‐ to 2‐year‐old cell grown plants (only L. vulgare) and 1‐ to 5‐year‐old plants in pots. All pests associated with the commodities …
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Bragard, C., Baptista, P., Chatzivassiliou, E., Di Serio, F., Jaques Miret, J. A., Justesen, A. F., MacLeod, A., Magnusson, C. S., Milonas, P., Navas‐Cortes, J. A., Parnell, S., Potting, R., Reignault, P. L., Stefani, E., Thulke, H.-H., Van der Werf, W., Civera, A. V., Yuen, J., Zappalà, L., et al. (2024). Commodity risk assessment of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare plants from the UK. EFSA Journal, 22(3), 1-78. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8648 (Original work published 2024)