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SCIENTIFIC OPINION
ADOPTED: 19 September 2023
doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8315
Commodity risk assessment of Malus domestica plants from
Bosnia and Herzegovina
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH),
Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Paolo Gonthier,
Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod,
Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas-Cortes, Stephen Parnell,
Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans-Hermann Thulke,
Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Lucia Zappal
a, Andrea Lucchi, Pedro G
omez,
Gregor Urek, Umberto Bernardo, Giovanni Bubici, Anna Vittoria Carluccio, Michela Chiumenti,
Francesco Di Serio, Elena Fanelli, Cristina Marzach
ı, Agata Kaczmarek and
Jonathan Yuen
Abstract
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
bare root plants of Malus domestica grafted on rootstocks of either Malus domestica or Malus sylvestris
imported from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), taking into account the available scientific information,
including the technical information provided by Bosnia and Herzegovina. All pests associated with the
commodities were evaluated against specific criteria for their relevance for this opinion. One protected
zone quarantine pest, Erwinia amylovora, fulfilled all relevant criteria and was selected for further
evaluation. For E. amylovora, special requirements are specified in Commission Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. Based on the information provided in the Dossier, these specific
requirements for E. amylovora are not met.
©2023 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by Wiley-VCH GmbH on behalf of
European Food Safety Authority.
Keywords: apple, European Union, pathway risk assessment, plant health, plant pest, quarantine
Requestor: European Commission
Question numbers: EFSA-Q-2022-00160, EFSA-Q-2023-00686
Correspondence: plants@efsa.europa.eu
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Panel members: Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo
Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven
Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas-Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe L
Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans-Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan
Yuen and Lucia Zappal
a.
Declarations of interest: If you wish to access the declaration of interests of any expert
contributing to an EFSA scientific assessment, please contact interestmanagement@efsa.europa.eu.
Acknowledgements: EFSA wishes to acknowledge the contribution of Spyridoula Dimitropoulou.
Suggested citation: EFSA PLH Panel (EFSA Panel on Plant Health), Bragard, C., Baptista, P.,
Chatzivassiliou, E., Gonthier, P., 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., Zappal
a, L., ... Yuen, J. (2023). Commodity risk assessment of Malus
domestica plants from Bosnia and Herzegovina. EFSA Journal,21(10), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.
efsa.2023.8315
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Table of contents
Abstract...................................................................................................................................................... 1
1. Introduction................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1. Background and Terms of Reference as provided by European Commission ........................................ 4
1.1.1. Background ................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1.2. Terms of Reference ........................................................................................................................ 4
1.2. Interpretation of the Terms of Reference.......................................................................................... 4
2. Data and methodologies ................................................................................................................. 6
2.1. Data provided by the Administration Bosnia and Herzegovina for Plant Health Protection, Ministry of
Foreign Trade and Economic Relations ............................................................................................. 6
2.2. Literature searches performed by EFSA............................................................................................ 6
2.3. Methodology .................................................................................................................................. 7
2.3.1. Commodity data............................................................................................................................. 7
2.3.2. Identification of pests potentially associated with the commodity ....................................................... 7
2.3.3. Listing and evaluation of risk mitigation measures............................................................................. 8
3. Commodity data............................................................................................................................. 8
3.1. Description of the commodity.......................................................................................................... 8
3.2. Description of the production areas ................................................................................................. 9
3.3. Production and handling processes .................................................................................................. 9
3.3.1. Growing conditions......................................................................................................................... 9
3.3.2. Source of planting material ............................................................................................................. 10
3.3.3. Production cycle ............................................................................................................................. 10
3.3.4. Pest monitoring during production ................................................................................................... 11
3.3.5. Post-harvest processes and export procedure ................................................................................... 11
4. Identification of pests potentially associated with the commodity ....................................................... 11
4.1. Selection of relevant EU-quarantine pests associated with the commodity .......................................... 11
4.2. Selection of other relevant pests (non-regulated in the EU) associated with the commodity ................. 16
4.3. Overview of interceptions................................................................................................................ 16
5. Risk mitigation measures ................................................................................................................ 16
5.1. Risk mitigation measures applied in Bosnia and Herzegovina ............................................................. 16
5.2. Evaluation of the application of specific measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina ..................................... 18
6. Conclusions.................................................................................................................................... 19
References.................................................................................................................................................. 19
Abbreviations .............................................................................................................................................. 20
Glossary ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
Appendix A –Web of Science All Databases Search String .............................................................................. 21
Appendix B –Excel file with the pest list of Malus domestica .......................................................................... 34
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1. Introduction
1.1. Background and Terms of Reference as provided by European
Commission
1.1.1. Background
The new Plant Health Regulation (EU) 2016/2031
1
, on the protective measures against pests of
plants, has been applied from December 2019. Provisions within the above Regulation are in place for
the listing of ‘high risk plants, plant products and other objects’(Article 42) on the basis of a
preliminary assessment, and to be followed by a commodity risk assessment. A list of ‘high risk plants,
plant products and other objects’has been published in Regulation (EU) 2018/2019
2
. Scientific
opinions are therefore needed to support the European Commission and the Member States in the
work connected to Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as stipulated in the terms of reference.
1.1.2. Terms of Reference
In view of the above and in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
3
, the
Commission asks EFSA to provide scientific opinions in the field of plant health.
In particular, EFSA is expected to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in the
relevant Implementing Act as “High risk plants, plant products and other objects”. Article 42,
paragraphs 4 and 5, establishes that a risk assessment is needed as a follow-up to evaluate whether
the commodities will remain prohibited, removed from the list and additional measures will be applied
or removed from the list without any additional measures. This task is expected to be on-going, with a
regular flow of dossiers being sent by the applicant required for the risk assessment.
Therefore, to facilitate the correct handling of the dossiers and the acquisition of the required data
for the commodity risk assessment, a format for the submission of the required data for each dossier
is needed.
Furthermore, a standard methodology for the performance of “commodity risk assessment”based
on the work already done by Member States and other international organizations needs to be set.
In view of the above and in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, the
Commission asks EFSA to provide scientific opinion in the field of plant health for Malus domestica
from Bosnia and Herzegovina taking into account the available scientific information, including the
technical dossier provided by Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1.2. Interpretation of the Terms of Reference
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health (hereafter referred to as ‘the Panel’) was requested to conduct a
commodity risk assessment of M. domestica from Bosnia and Herzegovina following the Guidance on
commodity risk assessment for the evaluation of high-risk plant dossiers (EFSA PLH Panel, 2019).
The EU quarantine pests that are regulated as a group in the Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2019/2072 were considered and evaluated separately at species level.
Annex II of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 lists certain pests as non-European
populations or isolates or species. These pests are regulated quarantine pests. Consequently, the
respective European populations, or isolates, or species are non-regulated pests.
Annex VII of the same Regulation, in certain cases (e.g. point 32) makes reference to the following
countries that are excluded from the obligation to comply with specific import requirements for those
non-European populations, or isolates, or species: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canary Islands, Faeroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova,
1
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against
pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) 228/2013, (EU) 652/2014 and (EU) 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of
the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and
2007/33/EC. OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, pp. 4–104.
2
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 of 18 December 2018 establishing a provisional list of high risk plants,
plant products or other objects, within the meaning of Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 and a list of plants for which
phytosanitary certificates are not required for introduction into the Union, within the meaning of Article 73 of that Regulation
C/2018/8877. OJ L 323, 19.12.2018, pp. 10–15.
3
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general
principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in
matters of food safety. OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, pp. 1–24.
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Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia (only the following parts: Central Federal
District (Tsentralny federalny okrug), Northwestern Federal District (Severo Zapadny federalny okrug),
Southern Federal District (Yuzhny federalny okrug), North Caucasian Federal District (Severo-Kavkazsky
federalny okrug) and Volga Federal District (Privolzhsky federalny okrug), San Marino, Serbia,
Switzerland, T€
urkiye, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland
4
). Most of those
countries are historically linked to the reference to ‘non-European countries’existing in the previous
legal framework, Directive 2000/29/EC.
Consequently, for those countries,
i) any pests identified, which are listed as non-European species in Annex II of Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 should be investigated as any other non-regulated pest.
ii) any pest found in a European country that belongs to the same denomination as the pests
listed as non-European populations or isolates in Annex II of Implementing Regulation (EU)
2019/2072, should be considered as European populations or isolates and should not be
considered in the assessment of those countries.
Pests listed as ‘Regulated Non-Quarantine Pest’(RNQP)’in Annex IV of the Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, and deregulated pests (i.e. pests which were listed as
quarantine pests in the Council Directive 2000/29/EC and were deregulated by Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072) were not considered for further evaluation.
In its evaluation the Panel:
•Checked whether the information provided by the applicant (Administration Bosnia and
Herzegovina for Plant Health Protection, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations) in
the technical dossier (hereafter referred to as ‘the Dossier’) was sufficient to conduct a
commodity risk assessment. When necessary, additional information was requested.
•Selected the relevant union EU-regulated quarantine pests and protected zone quarantine
pests (as specified in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072
5
, hereafter
referred to as ‘EU quarantine pests’) and other relevant pests present in Bosnia and
Herzegovina and associated with the commodity.
•Assessed whether the applicant country implements specific measures for Union quarantine
pests for which specific measures are in place for the import of the commodity from the
specific country in the relevant legislative texts for emergency measures (https://ec.europa.eu/
food/plant/plant_health_biosecurity/legislation/emergency_measures_en); the assessment was
restricted to whether or not the applicant country applies those measures. The effectiveness of
those measures was not assessed.
•Assessed whether the applicant country implements the special requirements specified in
Annex VII (points 1–101) and Annex X of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/
2072 targeting Union quarantine pests for the commodity in question from the specific country.
•Assessed the effectiveness of the measures described in the dossier for those Union quarantine
pests for which no specific measures are in place for the import of the commodity from the
specific applicant country and other relevant pests present in applicant country and associated
with the commodity.
Risk management decisions are not within EFSA’s remit. Therefore, the Panel provided a rating
based on expert judgement regarding the likelihood of pest freedom for each relevant pest given the
risk mitigation measures claimed to be implemented by the Administration Bosnia and Herzegovina for
Plant Health Protection, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations.
4
In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the
European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/
Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, for the purposes of this Annex, references to Member States
include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.
5
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform conditions for the
implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures
against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2018/2019, OJ L 319, 10.12.2019, p. 1–279.
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2. Data and methodologies
2.1. Data provided by the Administration Bosnia and Herzegovina for
Plant Health Protection, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Relations
The Panel considered all the data and information (hereafter called ‘the Dossier’) provided by the
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Administration Bosnia and Herzegovina for Plant
Health Protection in February 2022, including the additional information provided by the Ministry of
Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Administration Bosnia and Herzegovina for Plant Health
Protection in July 2023 after EFSA’s request. The Dossier is managed by EFSA.
The structure and overview of the Dossier is shown in Table 1. The number of the relevant section
is indicated in the opinion when referring to a specific part of the Dossier.
The data and supporting information provided by the Administration Bosnia and Herzegovina for
Plant Health Protection formed the basis of the commodity risk assessment.
2.2. Literature searches performed by EFSA
Literature searches in different databases were undertaken by EFSA to complete a list of pests
potentially associated with M. domestica and M. sylvestris. The following searches were combined: (i)
a general search to identify pests of M. domestica and M. sylvestris in different databases and (ii) a
tailored search to identify whether these pests are present or not in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the
EU. The searches were run between 13 January 2023 and 27 March 2023. No language, date or
document type restrictions were applied in the search strategy.
The search strategy and search syntax were adapted to each of the databases listed in Table 2,
according to the options and functionalities of the different databases and CABI keyword thesaurus.
As for Web of Science, the literature search was performed using a specific, ad hoc established
search string (see Appendix B). The string was run in ‘All Databases’with no range limits for time or
language filters. This is further explained in Section 2.3.2.
Table 1: Structure and overview of the Dossier
Dossier
section Overview of contents Filename
1.0 Technical dossier Dossier_Malus_Bosnia_ARES-241276-Annexe.docx
Production_and_control_of_Apple_seedlings_ARES-
241276-Lettre.docx
2.0 Pest list Dossier_Malus_Bosnia_ARES-241276-Annexe.docx
3.0 Additional information provided by Bosnia
and Herzegovina in August 2023
Bosnia Malus domestica reply
Table 2: Databases used by EFSA for the compilation of the pest list associated to Malus domestica
Database Platform/Link
Aphids on World Plants https://www.aphidsonworldsplants.info/C_HOSTS_AAIntro.htm
CABI Crop Protection Compendium https://www.cabi.org/cpc/
Database of Insects and their Food Plants https://www.brc.ac.Bosnia and Herzegovina/dbif/hosts.aspx
Database of the World’s Lepidopteran
Hostplants
https://www.nhm.ac.BosniaandHerzegovina/our-science/data/
hostplants/search/index.dsml
EPPO Global Database https://gd.eppo.int/
EUROPHYT https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europhyt/
Leaf-miners https://www.leafmines.co.BosniaandHerzegovina/html/plants.
htm
Nemaplex https://nemaplex.ucdavis.edu/Nemabase2010/
PlantNematodeHostStatusDDQuery.aspx
Plant Pest Information Network https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news-and-resources/resources/
registers-and-lists/plant-pest-information-network/
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Additional searches, limited to retrieve documents, were run when developing the opinion. The
available scientific information, including previous EFSA opinions on the relevant pests and diseases
(see pest data sheets in Appendix A) and the relevant literature and legislation (e.g. Regulation (EU)
2016/2031; Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2018/2019; (EU) 2018/2018 and (EU) 2019/
2072) were taken into account.
2.3. Methodology
When developing the opinion, the Panel followed the EFSA Guidance on commodity risk assessment
for the evaluation of high-risk plant dossiers (EFSA PLH Panel, 2019).
In the first step, pests potentially associated with the commodity in the country of origin (EU-quarantine
pests and other pests) that may require risk mitigation measures were identified. The EU non-quarantine
pests not known to occur in the EU were selected based on evidence of their potential impact in the EU.
After the first step, all the relevant pests that may need risk mitigation measures were identified.
In the second step, the proposed risk mitigation measures for each relevant pest were evaluated in
terms of efficacy or compliance with EU requirements as explained in Section 1.2.
A conclusion on the likelihood of the commodity being free from each of the relevant pest was
determined and uncertainties identified using expert judgements.
2.3.1. Commodity data
Based on the information provided by Bosnia and Herzegovina, the characteristics of the
commodity were summarised.
2.3.2. Identification of pests potentially associated with the commodity
To evaluate the pest risk associated with the importation of M. domestica from Bosnia and
Herzegovina a pest list was compiled. The pest list is a compilation of all identified plant pests
associated with M. domestica, M. pumila and M. sylvestris based on (1) information provided in the
technical Dossier, (2) additional information provided by Administration Bosnia and Herzegovina for
Plant Health Protection, (3) as well as on searches performed by the Panel. The search strategy and
search syntax were adapted to each of the databases listed in Table 4, according to the options and
functionalities of the different databases and CABI keyword thesaurus.
The scientific name of the host plants (M. domestica (synonym M. pumila) and M. sylvestris) was
used when searching in the EPPO Global database and CABI Crop Protection Compendium. The same
strategy was applied to the other databases excluding EUROPHYT and Web of Science.
EUROPHYT was consulted by searching for the interceptions associated to commodities imported
from Bosnia and Herzegovina, at species level, from 1998 to May 2020 and TRACES for interceptions
Database Platform/Link
Scalenet https://scalenet.info/associates/
Spider Mites Web https://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/spmweb/advanced.php
USDA ARS Fungal Database https://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/fungushost/fungushost.
cfm
Web of Science: All Databases (Web of Science
Core Collection, CABI: CAB Abstracts, BIOSIS
Citation Index, Chinese Science Citation
Database, Current Contents Connect, Data
Citation Index
Web of Science
https://www.webofknowledge.com
FSTA, KCI-Korean Journal Database, Russian
Science Citation Index, MEDLINE
SciELO Citation Index, Zoological Record)
World Agroforestry https://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb2/speciesprofile.php?
Spid=1749
GBIF https://www.gbif.org/
Fauna Europaea https://fauna-eu.org/
EFSA List of Non-EU viruses and viroids of
Cydonia Mill., Fragaria L., Malus Mill., Prunus L.,
Pyrus L., Ribes L., Rubus L. and Vitis L..
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/it/efsajournal/pub/5501
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from June 2020 to June 2023. For the pests selected for further evaluation a search in the EUROPHYT
and/or TRACES was performed for the interceptions from the whole world, at species level.
The search strategy used for Web of Science Databases was designed combining common names
for pests and diseases, terms describing symptoms of plant diseases and the scientific and common
names of the commodity. All the pests already retrieved using the other databases were removed from
the search terms in order to be able to reduce the number of records to be screened.
The established search string is detailed in Appendix Aand was run on 3 to 7 July 2023.
The titles and abstracts of the scientific papers retrieved were screened and the pests associated with
M. domestica and M. sylvestris were included in the pest list. The pest list was eventually further
compiled with other relevant information (e.g. EPPO code per pest, taxonomic information,
categorisation, distribution) useful for the selection of the pests relevant for the purposes of this opinion.
The compiled pest list (see Microsoft Excel
®
file in Appendix B) includes all identified pests that use
M. domestica or M. sylvestris as host. According to the Interpretation of Terms of Reference.
The evaluation of the compiled pest list was done in two steps: first, the relevance of the EU-
quarantine pests was evaluated (Section 4.1); second, the relevance of any other plant pest was
evaluated (Section 4.2).
2.3.3. Listing and evaluation of risk mitigation measures
Since the Panel did not identify any relevant pest for this Opinion (see Sections 4.1 and 4.2), the
proposed risk mitigation measures were listed without undergoing subsequent evaluation. Likewise,
due to the absence of pests an expert knowledge elicitation on pest freedom was not performed.
3. Commodity data
3.1. Description of the commodity
According to the Dossier the commodities considered to be imported into EU from Bosnia and
Herzegovina are:
•Single bare root plants, 1 or 2 year old (after grafting and/or budding), of M. domestica
(Figure 1).
•Bundles of 10 bare root plants, 1 or 2 year old (after grafting and/or budding), of M. domestica.
The two commodities can be grafted on rootstocks of M. domestica or M. sylvestris.
As presented in the Dossier 1 year old plants destined for export must have three well-developed roots
with a minimum length of 25 cm, a minimum height of 1 m, the minimum diameter of the lower part of the
plant of 10 mm and the cross-sectional area of the scion must be at least 40% of the rootstock cross-
sectional area. Two year old plants must have at least 3–4 properly formed primary branches, straight and
smooth stem, well-developed root system and the minimum cross-sectional area of the scion is 80%.
Plants are transported in dormant stage without fruits or leaves.
Figure 1: Pictures of the commodity as provided by Bosnia and Herzegovina; Left –bundle of 1 year
old apple plants (T1) in dormant stage, right –2 year old apple plant (T3) in dormant stage
(see Section 3.3.3 for details). ©Administration Bosnia and Herzegovina for Plant Health
Protection, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
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3.2. Description of the production areas
According to the Dossier and additional information provided, in Bosnia and Herzegovina there are
two main planting material production regions (Figure 2): northern part (L i
zev
ce polje and Posavina)
and southern part of the country (Neretva valley and Popovo polje). There are 46 registered nurseries
in Bosnia and Herzegovina (38 in Republika Srpska (RS) and eight in Federation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina (FB
IH)). Currently, only three registered nurseries have exported to EU and non-EU
countries in the last 3 years (all from RS), and 17 potential exporting nurseries have continuous yearly
production of planting material.
The three mentioned nurseries (location 1, 2 and 3, Figure 2) are located within a radius of about
20 km, and the dominant crop in the surrounding areas and in the entire region is cereals.
Nurseries that produce apple plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina have a mixed structure of
production. Other than apples, the most common species are pear and plum, and other species
(cherry, sour cherry, peach, apricot, quince, hazelnut, walnut, chestnut, raspberry, strawberry,
blackberry, chokeberry, currant, blueberry) are produced in small quantities. No other information
about the plants growing outside and within the nurseries was provided.
Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply
the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the European Food Safety Authority
concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities or concerning the
delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
3.3. Production and handling processes
3.3.1. Growing conditions
As provided in the submitted Dossier, plants are grown in open fields. Plants are grafted on site or
moved indoors for grafting and after are replanted in the field. The growing medium used for the
production is soil (according to the ISPM 40, FAO, 2017).
Figure 2: Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina and location of current and potential exporting nurseries
(picture provided by Bosnia and Herzegovina). ©Administration Bosnia and Herzegovina for
Plant Health Protection, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
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The soil tests are the obligatory prerequisite for establishment of the nursery production in Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
3.3.2. Source of planting material
According to the Dossier, propagation materials are supplied from the mother plants in Bosnia and
Herzegovina as some nurseries have their own mother plants. Additionally, mother plants are supplied
from nurseries from the EU.
3.3.3. Production cycle
The production cycle as described in the Dossier is as follow:
‘The apple planting material considered to be imported in the EU from BIH (1 or 2 year old bare
root plants) is ready for selling in late autumn. Production process for planting differs on the following:
1) The grafting / budding methods –Whip-and-Tongue Graft is the most used grafting method;
T and Chip budding is used equally,
2) The grafting site –The grafting on site or grafting indoors and then planting in the field,
3) One or two-three years of production: 1 year plants spend 1 or 2 years in the field;
kneipping the grafted plants after first year in the field to produce 2-year plants and
4) Source of scions and ‘rootstocks –imported from EU, region or nursery’s own mother
plantation.
There are three prevailing technologies of fruit plant production performed in BIH, with the
production cycle of one or two seasons (Table 3):
1) T1 –1-year-old budded fruit plants (two seasons in the field during three or two calendar
years),
2) T2 –1-year-old grafted fruit plants (1 year in the field) and
3) T3 –2-year-old grafted ‘Knip-baum’fruit plants (2 year in the field during three or two
calendar years)’.
Table 3: An example of the production cycle in Bosnia and Herzegovina as provided in the Dossier
T3 –2-year-old grafted fruit plants production process (branched ‘Knip-baum’plants)
Year
before
August–December Plot selection, soil analysis, soil precultivation.
Crop rotation is a must (the plots already used for nursery production are not
used now).
For each establishment the plot history should be provided -for at least 4 years
before the production, and there should not be any orchards in the same plot.
1st
growing
season
February Grafting. Storage in cold until planting.
March–April Irrigation system installation.
Planting the grafted rootstocks.
Fertigation, pest control and protection.
May–September Maintaining of the site and plants (irrigation, soil cultivation, fertigation, pest
control and protection); stripping tape removal; tying of plants to bamboo or
wire. First official control by authorised institution and inspection (June).
September/October Second official control by authorised institution and inspection.
Plot selection, soil analysis, soil precultivation (plot for 2nd season)
October/December Taking out the plants from soil, classifying and replanting the 1st class of plants
on the new plot for the 2nd season.
2nd
growing
season
January/February Shortening of plants on 70 cm above ground level.
April–September Tying of plants to bamboo or wire.
Maintaining of the site and plants (irrigation, soil cultivation, fertigation, pest
control and protection).
1st official control by authorised institution and inspection (June).
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3.3.4. Pest monitoring during production
According to the Dossier regular control of production in nurseries is carried out twice a year based
on the Law on Planting Material and Plant Health Law.
The first official supervision of plants, rootstocks and mother trees is performed during the
vegetation from mid-June to the end of July.
The second official supervision is performed before the uprooting of plants and rootstocks
(autumn–early winter), and for mother trees before removing the scions.
Plant health inspections of propagating material are carried out during the growing season to
determine the presence of disease and pests at a time when the symptoms can be observed and
recorded.
Additionally, when establishing new nurseries, the inspection of the site is carried out regarding the
spatial isolation conditions and soil analysis for the presence of harmful nematodes that may cause
economic loss.
All plants are produced only in registered nurseries under official inspections.
The sanitary status of the fruit plants is controlled by the producers, by the authorised institutions,
as well as via official inspection controls.
The whole production process is under official control and there are official records of the
production surveillance. The procedures and protocols for the commodity –Apple planting material are
in line with EPPO Standards PM 4/27 (1) –certification scheme on pathogen-tested material of Malus,
Pyrus and Cydonia; PM 3/76 (1) Trees of Malus,Pyrus,Cydonia and Prunus spp. –inspection of places
of production and PM 3/72 (1) –Elements common to inspection of places of production, area-wide
surveillance, inspection of consignments and lot identification.
The authorised person must, on the basis of a visual inspection, check that the propagating material is
free from harmful organisms and diseases that affect quality and whether there are signs or symptoms of
such organisms and diseases that reduce the use value of propagating material and fruit plants.
The authorised person carefully walks between the rows of plants and looks for the symptoms of
harmful organisms and diseases, then records the number of plants on which the symptoms of
harmful organisms and diseases have been noticed.
3.3.5. Post-harvest processes and export procedure
The post-harvest and export procedure usually takes place between October and December, when
young plants are taken out from the field. Soil is removed from roots by shaking, plants are ranked for
storage or delivering, washed and packed.
The planting material during transport and in the store is kept in conditions (rack, refrigeration,
etc.) to preserve its quality and protect from damage. Planting material intended for export is packed
either individually or in bundles of 10 pieces, and the root of each bundle is protected with plastic film.
Seedlings for export are transported in closed trunks.
4. Identification of pests potentially associated with the commodity
The search for potential pests associated to M. domestica (old name M. pumila) and M. sylvestris
rendered 1,996 species (see Microsoft Excel
®
file in Appendix B).
4.1. Selection of relevant EU-quarantine pests associated with the
commodity
The EU listing of union quarantine pests and protected zone quarantine pests (Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072) is based on assessments concluding that the pests can
enter, establish, spread and have potential impact in the EU.
T3 –2-year-old grafted fruit plants production process (branched ‘Knip-baum’plants)
September/October 2nd official control by authorised institution and inspection.
Defoliation treatments.
Labelling.
October to
December
Taking out the young plants from soil, shaking the soil from roots, ranking for
storage or delivering, washing, packaging, transportation.
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A total of 56 EU-quarantine species that are reported to use M. domestica and/or M. sylvestris as
host plants were evaluated (Table 4) for their relevance of being included in this opinion.
The relevance of an EU-quarantine pest for this opinion was based on evidence that:
a) the pest is present in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
b) M. domestica and/or M. sylvestris is a host of the pest.
c) one or more life stages of the pest can be associated with the specified commodity.
Pests that fulfilled all criteria were selected for further evaluation.
Table 4presents an overview of the evaluation of the 56 EU-quarantine pest species that are
reported to use M. domestica and/or M. sylvestris as a host; they were included in the Dossier
submitted by Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Administration of Bosnia and
Herzegovina for Plant Health Protection in regards of their relevance for this Opinion.
One species (Erwinia amylovora) known to use M. domestica as host, associated with the
commodity and present in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was selected for further evaluation.
Since special requirements or emergency measures are specified for M. domestica with regards to
E. amylovora, in Appendix X, item 9 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 the
evaluation for this pest consisted of checking whether or not the exporting country applies these
measures.
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Table 4: Overview of the evaluation of the 56 EU-quarantine pest species known to use M. domestica and/or M. sylvestris as a host plant for their
relevance for this opinion
No. Pest name according to EU legislation
(a)
EPPO
code Group
Pest present in
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Malus domestica and/or M.
sylvestris confirmed as a
host (reference)
Pest can be
associated with
the commodity
(b)
Pest
relevant for
the
opinion
1Acleris minuta ACLRMI Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
2Anastrepha ludens ANSTLU Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
3Anastrepha serpentina as Anastrepha spp. ANSTSE Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
4Anoplophora chinensis ANOLCN Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
5Anoplophora glabripennis ANOLGL Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
6Anthonomus quadrigibbus TACYQU Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
7 Apple fruit crinkle viroid AFCVD0 Viroids No data PC, EPPO NA No
8 Apple necrotic mosaic virus APNMV0 Viruses No EPPO, CABI, PC NA No
9Apriona cinerea APRICI Insects No EPPO NA No
10 Apriona germari APRIGE Insects No EPPO NA No
11 Bactrocera dorsalis DACUDO Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
12 Bactrocera jarvisi as Bactrocera spp. BCTRJA Insects No CABI NA No
13 Bactrocera neohumeralis as Bactrocera spp. BCTRNE Insects No Data CABI NA No
14 Bactrocera tryoni as Bactrocera spp. DACUTR Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
15 Bactrocera zonata DACUZO Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
16 Botryosphaeria kuwatsukai PHYOPI Fungi No EPPO NA No
17 Carposina sasakii CARSSA Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
18 Ceratitis quilicii as Ceratitis spp. CERTQI Insects No EPPO NA No
19 Ceratitis rosa as Ceratitis spp. CERTRO Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
20 Cherry rasp leaf virus CRLV00 Viruses No PC, CABI, EPPO NA No
21 Conotrachelus nenuphar CONHNE Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
22 Cryphonectria parasitica ENDOPA Fungi Yes CABI No No
23 Erwinia amylovora ERWIAM Bacteria Yes EPPO, CABI, Dossier Yes Yes
24 Eurhizococcus brasiliensis EURHBR Insects No Data CABI NA No
25 Grapholita inopinata CYDIIN Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
26 Grapholita packardi LASPPA Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
27 Grapholita prunivora LASPPR Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
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No. Pest name according to EU legislation
(a)
EPPO
code Group
Pest present in
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Malus domestica and/or M.
sylvestris confirmed as a
host (reference)
Pest can be
associated with
the commodity
(b)
Pest
relevant for
the
opinion
28 Gymnosporangium asiaticum as
Gymnosporangium spp.
GYMNAS Fungi No EPPO NA No
29 Gymnosporangium clavipes as Gymnosporangium
spp.
GYMNCL Fungi No EPPO, CABI NA No
30 Gymnosporangium globosum as
Gymnosporangium spp.
GYMNGL Fungi No EPPO, CABI NA No
31 Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae as
Gymnosporangium spp.
GYMNJV Fungi No EPPO, CABI NA No
32 Gymnosporangium yamadae as
Gymnosporangium spp.
GYMNYA Fungi No EPPO, CABI NA No
33 Homalodisca vitripennis HOMLTR Insects No EPPO NA No
34 Lopholeucaspis japonica LOPLJA Insects No EPPO, CABI, Scalenet NA No
35 Lycorma delicatula LYCMDE Insects No EPPO NA No
36 Margarodes greeni MARGGR Insects No EPPO NA No
37 Margarodes vitis MARGVI Insects No EPPO NA No
38 Naupactus leucoloma GRAGLE Insects No EPPO NA No
39 Oemona hirta OEMOHI Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
40 Phyllosticta solitaria PHYSSL Fungi No EPPO, CABI NA No
41 Phymatotrichopsis omnivora PHMPOM Fungi No EPPO, CABI NA No
42 Popillia japonica POPIJA Insects No EPPO NA No
43 Prodiplosis longifila PRDILO Insects No EPPO NA No
44 Rhagoletis pomonella RHAGPO Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
45 Saperda candida SAPECN Insects No EPPO NA No
46 Scirtothrips aurantii SCITAU Insects No data NA No
47 Scirtothrips dorsalis SCITDO Insects No CABI NA No
48 Spodoptera eridania PRODER Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
49 Spodoptera frugiperda LAPHFR Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
50 Spodoptera litura PRODLI Insects No Lepidopteran database, CABI NA No
51 Temperate fruit decay-associated virus TFDAV0 Viruses No Data PC NA No
52 Tobacco ringspot virus TRSV00 Viruses No EPPO, PC NA No
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No. Pest name according to EU legislation
(a)
EPPO
code Group
Pest present in
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Malus domestica and/or M.
sylvestris confirmed as a
host (reference)
Pest can be
associated with
the commodity
(b)
Pest
relevant for
the
opinion
53 Tomato ringspot virus TORSV0 Viruses No PC, CABI NA No
54 Trirachys sartus AELSSA Insects No EPPO, CABI NA No
55 Xiphinema americanum sensu stricto XIPHAA Nematode No Data NA No
56 Xiphinema rivesi (non-EU populations) XIPHRI Nematode No CABI NA No
(a): Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072.
(b): NA –Not assessed.
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4.2. Selection of other relevant pests (non-regulated in the EU)
associated with the commodity
The information provided by Bosnia and Herzegovina, integrated with the search EFSA performed,
was evaluated in order to assess whether there are other potentially relevant pests of M. domestica
present in the country of export. For these potential pests that are non-regulated in the EU, pest risk
assessment information on the probability of entry, establishment, spread and impact is usually
lacking. Therefore, these pests were also evaluated to determine their relevance for this opinion based
on evidence that:
a) the pest is present in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
b) the pest is (i) absent or (ii) has a limited distribution in the EU;
c) M. domestica and/or M. sylvestris is a host of the pest;
d) one or more life stages of the pest can be associated with the specified commodity;
e) the pest may have an impact in the EU.
Pest species were excluded from further evaluation when at least one of the conditions listed above
(a–e) was not met. Details can be found in Appendix B(Microsoft Excel
®
file).
There were no pests that fulfilled the above listed criteria and consequently no pests were selected
for further evaluation.
Based on the information collected, 1,942 potential pests (non-EU quarantine) known to be
associated with the species commodity were evaluated for their relevance to this Opinion. The species
were excluded from further evaluation when at least one of the conditions listed above (a–e) was not
met. Details can be found in Appendix B(Microsoft Excel
®
file). None of the evaluated EU non-
quarantine pests was selected for further evaluation.
4.3. Overview of interceptions
Data on the interception of harmful organisms on plants of M. domestica can provide information
on some of the organisms that can be present on M. domestica despite the current measures taken.
According to EUROPHYT, online (accessed on 20 April 2023) and TRACES, online (accessed on 28 July
2023) there were no interceptions of plants for planting of M. domestica from Bosnia and Herzegovina
destinated to the EU Member States due to presence of harmful organisms between the years 1998
and the 2023 (July).
5. Risk mitigation measures
Since the Panel did not identify any relevant pest associated with the evaluated commodity, the
proposed risk mitigation measures were not further evaluated. However, an overview of the risk
mitigation measures, as described in the Dossier, is reported in the following section.
5.1. Risk mitigation measures applied in Bosnia and Herzegovina
With the Dossier and additional information provided by Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Panel
summarised the risk mitigation measures (see Table 5) that are proposed in the production nurseries.
Table 5: Overview of proposed risk mitigation measures for Malus domestica plants designated for
export to the EU from Bosnia and Herzegovina
No. Risk mitigation
measure (name) Implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 Certified material Apple planting material can be produced only by a legal entity or entrepreneur.
Producers keep all records of production and marketing for 5 years.
If the propagating material meets the prescribed requirements the certificates on
varieties purity and quality and plant health condition followed by Certificate on
propagating material production are issued.
In the case of planting material, it must be confirmed that the genus or type of
material is correct and that the identity and purity are in accordance with the
variety. Since it is difficult to determine this visually, the emphasis is on checking
of the documentation on the origin of the material for reproduction.
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No. Risk mitigation
measure (name) Implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 Phytosanitary
certificates
The origin, quality and health status of plants and the origin and quantity of
reproductive material used for plant production are controlled by field inspection
(twice in the vegetation) and control of documentation in the nursery.
Planting material may be placed on the market if it meets the requirements in
terms of quality, prescribed category, health status (in accordance with the
regulations on plant health); packaging and labelling. The producer is obliged to:
–ensure that the planting material meets the prescribed requirements,
–constantly monitor the production of planting material in accordance with
the plan,
–implement measures to ensure compliance of planting material with the
prescribed requirements (especially with regard to maintenance of nursery areas
and protection against harmful organisms),
–keep records of supervision and implemented measures,
–enable official or inspection control, allow sampling and inform the
phytosanitary inspector on the occurrence or suspicion of the occurrence of
quarantine harmful organisms at the place of production.
3 Cleaning and
disinfection of
facilities, tools and
machinery
No specific information on this measure is provided in the Dossier
4 Rouging and pruning No specific information on this measure is provided in the Dossier
5 Pesticide application,
biological and
mechanical control
Pesticides are applied when needed according to regulations in BiH. Regular
agro-technical measures, including the application of pesticides, are mandatory
in the nurseries.
6 Surveillance and
monitoring
Apple planting material is under permanent surveillance and monitoring in all
nurseries. The whole production process is under official control and there are
official records of the production surveillance. The procedures and protocols for
the commodity –Apple planting material are in line with EPPO Standards PM 4/
27 (1) certification scheme on pathogen-tested material of Malus,Pyrus and
Cydonia; PM 3/76 (1) Trees of Malus,Pyrus,Cydonia and Prunus spp. –
inspection of places of production, and PM 3/72 (1) –Elements common to
inspection of places of production, area-wide surveillance, inspection of
consignments and lot identification.
Two o f ficial controls are performed on apple planting material, both by
authorised institution and phytosanitary inspection. The first official supervision
of plants, rootstocks and mother trees is performed during the vegetation from
mid-June to the end of July. The second official supervision is performed before
the uprooting of plants and rootstocks (autumn-early winter), and for mother
trees before removing the scions from the mother trees. Plant health inspections
of propagating material are carried out during the growing season to determine
the presence of disease and pests at time when the symptoms can be observed
and recorded.
The first official inspection checks the documentation on the origin of the
material used for the declared production, and the visual inspection and
assessment checks the declared quantity with the actual situation in the field, as
well as the general condition of the planting material in the field.
During the last official control, the quantity of planting material by species,
varieties, clones (if necessary), rootstocks and categories that meet the
conditions for placing on the market is determined by counting, either the whole
quantity or a certain percentage determined by the principle of a representative
sample, and these data are entered in the record.
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5.2. Evaluation of the application of specific measures in Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Annex X of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 specifies a list of plants,
plant products and other objects, originating from third countries, along with the corresponding special
requirements for their introduction into the Union’s territory or Protected Zones.
According to the above mentioned Annex special measures are required for the import of the
commodity from Bosnia and Herzegovina related to E. amylovora. As presented in the Dossier,
including the supplementary information, the Panel concludes that the exporting country does not fully
meet the specific requirements for a certificate regarding E. amylovora. At least two inspections are
mentioned, and the timing could be interpreted as the ‘most appropriate time’, though not in full
agreement with the timeframes mentioned in the legislation.
Details of the buffer zone were uncertain, and it remains unclear whether it was officially
designated, and if it fulfils the minimum size requirement of 50 km
2
. Additionally, information
regarding testing for latent infections was lacking.
Given the fact that E. amylovora is present in BIH and there are no pest free areas in BIH the Panel
assumes that the exported material has to fulfil option (d) of Annex X point 9:
No. Risk mitigation
measure (name) Implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 Sampling and
laboratory testing
Authorised phytosanitary laboratories perform sampling and laboratory testing
for the presence of harmful organisms in accordance with the general need and
special monitoring programs. Regular reporting on performed activities is carried
out within the time limits prescribed by the annual programmes, and
extraordinary reporting in case of detection of the presence of a harmful
organism is performed in accordance with the rulebook, after which the Ministry
and phytosanitary inspection are notified.
Harmful organisms are monitored by:
–visual inspection of plants during field visits;
–using traps;
–laboratory observations;
–using computer forecasting models.
Alerts on the presence of observed harmful organisms are disseminated through
the website of the Department.
After finishing the laboratory testing, the laboratory issues a Report on
laboratory analysis with a specific unique number and date and submits the
Report to the competent inspector or authorised person who signed the Order.
For certain harmful organisms, in case of suspicion of their presence, the
authorised Laboratory issues an Emergency Report on suspected occurrence and
submits the Report to the competent Inspector. A copy of this Report is urgently
sent to the Ministry, which is responsible to inform the BIH Administration.
After completion of the confirmation test, the Laboratory issues a final Report on
confirmation test and submits it to the competent inspector, and additionally a
final Report on confirmation test, with photos and a description of methodology,
is sent to responsible Ministry.
Authorised laboratories also co-operate in the preparation and implementation of
surveys of harmful organisms.
8 Root washing After uprooting
9 Refrigeration and
temperature control
After grafting in February plants are placed in cold storage until planting in
March–April
10 Pre-consignment
inspection
The authorised person must, on the basis of a visual inspection, check that the
propagating material of fruit and fruit seedlings is free from harmful organisms
and diseases that affect quality, and whether there are signs or symptoms of
such organisms and diseases.
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(d) the plants have been produced, or, if moved into a ‘buffer zone’, kept and maintained for a
period of at least 7 months, including the period from 1 April to 31 October of the last complete cycle
of vegetation, on a field:
(i) located at least 1 km inside the border of an officially designated ‘buffer zone’of at least
50 km
2
, where host plants are subject to an officially approved and supervised control regime
established at the latest before the beginning of the complete cycle of vegetation, preceding the last
complete cycle of vegetation, with the object of minimising the risk of E. amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al.
being spread from the plants grown there,
(ii) which has been officially approved, as well as the ‘buffer zone’, before the beginning of the
complete cycle of vegetation preceding the last complete cycle of vegetation, for the cultivation of
plants under the requirements laid down in this point;
(iii) which, as well as the surrounding zone of a width of at least 500 m, has been found free from
E. amylovora (Burr.) Winsl. et al. since the beginning of the last complete cycle of vegetation, at
official inspection carried out at least: –twice in the field at the most appropriate time, i.e. once in the
period from June to August and once from August to November; and –once in the said surrounding
zone at the most appropriate time, i.e. from August to November and
(iv) from which plants were officially tested for latent infections in accordance with an appropriate
laboratory method on samples officially drawn at the most appropriate period.
In the dossier details on the implementation of the buffer zone are not provided and it remains
unclear whether it was officially designated, and if it fulfils the minimum size requirement of 50 km
2
(as required in point d(i)).
In the dossier it is stated that at least two inspections are carried out. It is uncertain if these
inspections are carried out at the ‘most appropriate time’, as specified in point d iii of the legislation.
Additionally, information regarding testing for latent infections was lacking (point d iv).
As presented in the Dossier, including the supplementary information, the Panel concludes that the
exporting country does not fully meet the specific requirements as specified in Annex X point 9
regarding E. amylovora.
6. Conclusions
After a thorough analysis of the Dossier on M. domestica, the Panel concludes that one pest is
identified to be present in Bosnia and Herzegovina and considered to be potentially associated with
single or bundled bare root plants of M. domestica imported from Bosnia and Herzegovina and
relevant for the EU.
The Panel concludes that for E. amylovora, the exporting country does not meet the specific
requirements for a certificate regarding this pest.
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Abbreviations
BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina
CABI Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International
EKE Expert Knowledge Elicitation
EPPO European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FUN Fungi
INS Insect
ISPM International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures
NEM Nematode
PLH Plant Health
PRA Pest Risk Assessment
RNQPs Regulated Non-Quarantine Pests
Glossary
Control (of a pest) Suppression, containment or eradication of a pest population
(FAO, 1995, 2023).
Entry (of a pest) Movement of a pest into an area where it is not yet present, or present
but not widely distributed and being officially controlled (FAO, 2023).
Establishment (of a pest) Perpetuation, for the foreseeable future, of a pest within an area after
entry (FAO, 2023).
Impact (of a pest) The impact of the pest on the crop output and quality and on the
environment in the occupied spatial units.
Introduction (of a pest) The entry of a pest resulting in its establishment (FAO, 2023).
Measures Control (of a pest) is defined in ISPM 5 (FAO 2023) as ‘Suppression,
containment or eradication of a pest population’(FAO, 1995). Control
measures are measures that have a direct effect on pest abundance.
Supporting measures are organisational measures or procedures
supporting the choice of appropriate risk mitigation measures that do not
directly affect pest abundance.
Pathway Any means that allows the entry or spread of a pest (FAO, 2023).
Phytosanitary measures Any legislation, regulation or official procedure having the purpose to
prevent the introduction or spread of quarantine pests or to limit the
economic impact of regulated non-quarantine pests (FAO, 2023).
Protected zone A Protected zone is an area recognised at EU level to be free from a
harmful organism, which is established in one or more other parts of the
Union.
Quarantine pest A pest of potential economic importance to the area endangered thereby
and not yet present there, or present but not widely distributed and
being officially controlled (FAO, 2023).
Regulated non-quarantine
pest
A non-quarantine pest whose presence in plants for planting affects the
intended use of those plants with an economically unacceptable impact
and which is therefore regulated within the territory of the importing
contracting party (FAO, 2023).
Risk mitigation measure A measure acting on pest introduction and/or pest spread and/or the
magnitude of the biological impact of the pest should the pest be
present. A risk mitigation measure may become a phytosanitary
measure, action or procedure according to the decision of the risk
manager.
Spread (of a pest) Expansion of the geographical distribution of a pest within an area
(FAO, 2023).
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Appendix A –Web of Science All Databases Search String
In the table below the search string used in Web of Science is reported. In total, 412 papers were
retrieved. Titles and abstracts were screened, and 17 pests were added to the list of pests (see
Appendix B).
Web of Science
All databases
TOPIC:
#1 (“Malus domestica" OR “M. Domestica" OR “apple tree$”)
#1(“Malus sylvestris”OR “M. sylvestris”OR “crab apple tree$”)
#1 (“Malus pumila" OR “M. pumila" OR “apple tree$”)
AND
TOPIC:
AND #2 for Nematodes
(pathogen* OR nematod* OR damag* OR vector OR “root knot”OR “root-knot”OR root tip
OR cyst$ OR “dagger”OR “plant parasitic" OR “root feeding”OR “root$ feeding”OR “plant
$parasitic" OR “root lesion$”OR damage$ OR infestation$ OR symptom* OR pest$ OR
disease$ OR infecti*)
AND #2 for Bacteria&Phytoplasmas
(pathogen* OR pathogenic bacteria OR mycoplasma* OR bacteri* OR phytoplasma* OR
disease$ OR infecti* OR damag* OR symptom* OR pest$ OR host plant$ OR host-plant$ OR
host OR decline$ OR dieback* OR die back*OR die-back*OR wilt$ OR wilted OR canker OR
witch* OR yellowing OR leafroll OR bacterial gall OR crown gall OR spot OR blast)
AND #2 for Fungi
(“pathogen*”OR “fung*”OR “oomycet*”OR “myce*”OR “disease$”OR “infecti*”OR
“damag*”OR “symptom*”OR “pest$”OR “vector”OR “host plant$”OR “host-plant$”OR
“host”OR “root lesion$”OR “decline$”OR “infestation$”OR “damage$”OR “dieback*”OR
“die back*”OR “die-back*”OR “blight$”OR “wilt$”OR “wilted”OR “canker”OR “scab$”OR
“rot”OR “rots”OR “rotten”OR “damping off”OR “damping-off”OR “smut”OR “mould”OR
“mold”)
AND #2 for Insects&Mites
(insect$ OR mite$ OR malaise OR aphid$ OR curculio OR thrip$ OR cicad$ OR miner$ OR
borer$ OR weevil$ OR “plant bug$”OR spittlebug$ OR moth$ OR mealybug$ OR cutworm$
OR pillbug$ OR
“root feeder$”OR caterpillar$ OR “foliar feeder$”OR “root feeder$”)
AND #2 for Viruses&Viroids
(pathogen* OR virus* OR viroid* OR disease$ OR infecti* OR damag* OR symptom* OR pest
$ OR decline$ OR infestation$ OR damage$ OR virosis OR canker OR blister$ OR mosaic OR
“leaf curl”OR “latent”)
NOT
TOPIC:
(“diabet*”OR “heavy metal$”OR “pollut*”OR “weather”OR “propert*”OR “probes”OR
“spectr*”OR”antioxidant$”OR “transformation”OR”musca" OR “RNA”OR “musca
domestica" OR “peel”OR”resistance”OR “gene”OR “DNA”OR “secondary plant metabolite$”
OR “metabolite$”OR”catechin”OR”epicatechin”OR “rutin”OR “phloridzin”OR “chlorogenic
acid”OR “caffeic acid”OR “phenolic compounds”OR “quality”OR “appearance”OR
“postharvest”OR “antibacterial”OR “abiotic”OR “storage”OR”pollin*”OR “ethylene”OR
“thinning”OR”fertil*”OR “mulching”OR “nutrient$”OR “pruning”OR “human virus”OR
“animal disease$”OR “plant extracts”OR “immunological”OR “purified fraction”OR”
traditional medicine”OR “medicine”OR “mammal$”OR “bird$”OR “human disease$”)
NOT
TOPIC:
(“Abraxas grossulariata" OR “Absidia macrospora" OR “Acanalonia conica" OR “Acanthococcus
lagerstroemiae”OR “Acanthopsyche bipars”OR “Acetobacter aceti”OR “Acetobacter
pasteurianus”OR “Acherontia atropos”OR “Achlya conspicua" OR “Acleris cristana" OR
“Acleris fimbriana" OR “Acleris lipsiana" OR “Acleris minuta" OR “Acleris rhombana" OR “Acleris
senescens”OR “Acleris variegana" OR “Acremonium charticola" OR “Acremonium kiliense”OR
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“Acremonium mali”OR “Acremonium sclerotigenum”OR “Acrobasis indigenella" OR “Acrobasis
obtusella" OR “Acrobasis tricolorella" OR “Acrocercops malicola" OR “Acronicta alni”OR
“Acronicta psi”OR “Acronicta rumicis”OR “Acronicta tridens”OR “Actias artemis”OR “Actias
selene”OR “Aculus schlechtendali”OR “Adalia decempunctata" OR “Adoretus versutus”OR
“Adoxophyes orana" OR “Adoxophyes orana fasciata" OR “Aeolothrips collaris”OR “Aglenchus
whitus”OR “Aglia tau”OR “Agonum dorsale”OR “Agrilus mali”OR “Agriopis bajaria" OR
“Agriotes sputator”OR “Agrobacterium tumefaciens”OR “Agrotis ipsilon”OR “Agrotis
segetum”OR “Allocotaphis quaestionis”OR “Allophyes oxyacanthae”OR “Alnetoidia alneti”OR
“Alsophila aescularia" OR “Alternaria alternata" OR “Alternaria alternata f. sp. mali”OR
“Alternaria arborescens”OR “Alternaria brassicae”OR “Alternaria dumosa" OR “Alternaria
eureka" OR “Alternaria frumenti”OR “Alternaria grossulariae”OR “Alternaria humicola" OR
“Alternaria infectoria" OR “Alternaria kordkuyana" OR “Alternaria mali”OR “Alternaria malicola"
OR “Alternaria malorum”OR “Alternaria pomicola" OR “Alternaria tenuis”OR “Alternaria
tenuissima" OR “Amara aulica" OR “Amaranthus blitum”OR “Amaranthus palmeri”OR
“Ambrosiella hartigii”OR “Ampedus cinnabarinus”OR “Amphipyra pyramidea" OR
“Amphitetranychus viennensis”OR “Amyelois transitella" OR “Amylostereum sacratum”OR
“Anacamptodes ephyraria" OR “Anarsia lineatella" OR “Anastrepha dissimilis”OR “Anastrepha
fraterculus”OR “Anastrepha grandis”OR “Anastrepha ludens”OR “Anastrepha obliqua" OR
“Anastrepha serpentina" OR “Anastrepha suspensa" OR “Anatis ocellata" OR “Ancylis
achatana" OR “Ancylis tineana" OR “Anisandrus dispar”OR “Anomis flava" OR “Anophococcus
insignis”OR “Anoplophora chinensis”OR “Anoplophora glabripennis”OR “Antaeotricha
leucillana" OR “Antheraea assamensis”OR “Antheraea pernyi”OR “Antheraea polyphemus”OR
“Antheraea roylei”OR “Anthocoris confusus”OR “Anthocoris nemoralis”OR “Anthonomus
humeralis”OR “Anthonomus pedicularius”OR “Anthonomus piri”OR “Anthonomus pomorum”
OR “Anthonomus quadrigibbus”OR “Antrodia serialis”OR “Anuraphis farfarae”OR “Aonidiella
aurantii”OR “Apate monachus”OR “Aphanofalx mali”OR “Aphidounguis mali”OR “Aphis
aurantii”OR “Aphis citricidus”OR “Aphis craccivora" OR “Aphis eugeniae”OR “Aphis fabae”
OR “Aphis gossypii”OR “Aphis odinae”OR “Aphis pomi”OR “Aphis spiraecola" OR “Aphis
spiraephaga" OR “Aphodius granarius”OR “Aphrodes bicinctus”OR “Aphthona euphorbiae”
OR “Aploneura ampelina" OR “Aplosporella mali”OR “Apocheima cinerarium”OR “Apocheima
pilosaria" OR “Apodachlya brachynema" OR “Apolygus lucorum”OR “Aporia crataegi”OR
“Aposphaeria fuscomaculans”OR “Apple associated luteovirus”OR “Apple chat fruit agent”OR
“Apple chat fruit disease”OR “Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus”OR “Apple dimple fruit viroid”
OR “Apple fruit crinkle viroid”OR “Apple geminivirus 1”OR “Apple green crinkle agent”OR
“Apple green crinkle associated virus”OR “Apple green crinkle disease”OR “Apple green
crinkle-associated virus”OR “Apple hammerhead viroid”OR “Apple hammerhead viroid RNA"
OR “Apple hammerhead viroid-like circular RNA" OR “Apple latent spherical virus”OR “Apple
luteovirus 1”OR “Apple mosaic virus”OR “Apple necrotic mosaic virus”OR “Apple ringspot
agent”OR “Apple ringspot disease”OR “Apple rough skin agent”OR “Apple rubbery wood”
OR “Apple rubbery wood agent”OR “Apple rubbery wood phytoplasma" OR “Apple rubbery
wood virus 1”OR “Apple rubbery wood virus 2”OR “Apple scar skin viroid”OR “Apple scar
skin viroid-C" OR “Apple star crack agent”OR “Apple stem grooving virus”OR “Apple stem
pitting virus”OR “Apricot latent virus”OR “Apriona cinerea" OR “Apriona germari”OR “Apriona
rugicollis”OR “Apterona crenulella" OR “Apterygida albipennis”OR “Aptus mirmicoides”OR
“Archips argyrospila" OR “Archips argyrospilus”OR “Archips breviplicanus”OR “Archips
crataeganus”OR “Archips fuscocupreanus”OR “Archips podana" OR “Archips podanus”OR
“Archips rosana" OR “Archips subsidiaria" OR “Archips termias”OR “Archips xylosteanus”OR
“Arctia caja" OR “Argyresthia bonnetella" OR “Argyresthia conjugella" OR “Argyresthia
curvella" OR “Argyresthia ivella" OR “Argyrotaenia citrana" OR “Argyrotaenia ljungiana" OR
“Argyrotaenia velutinana" OR “Aristotelia pudibundella" OR “Armiliaria mellea" OR “Armillaria
limonea" OR “Armillaria luteobubalina" OR “Armillaria mellea" OR “Armillaria novae-zelandiae”
OR “Armillaria tabescens”OR “Armillariella mellea" OR “Armillariella tabescens”OR “Ascochyta
mali”OR “Ascochyta malvicola" OR “Ascochyta piricola" OR “Ascochyta pirina" OR “Ascochyta
pyricola" OR “Aspergillus awamori”OR “Aspergillus clavatus”OR “Aspergillus elegans”OR
“Aspergillus flavus”OR “Aspergillus foetidus”OR “Aspergillus fumigatus”OR “Aspergillus niger”
OR “Aspergillus sclerotiorum”OR “Aspergillus terreus”OR “Aspergillus ustus”OR “Aspergillus
versicolor”OR “Aspergillus wentii”OR “Aspidiotus nerii”OR “Astala confederata" OR
“Asterococcus muratae”OR “Asteromella mali”OR “Asteromella pomi”OR “Asymmetrasca
decedens”OR “Athelia bombacina" OR “Athelia rolfsii”OR “Athous haemorrhoidalis”OR
“Atractotomus mali”OR “Aulacaspis rosae”OR “Aulacorthum solani”OR “Aurantiporus fissilis”
OR “Aureobasidium pullulans”OR “Auricularia mesenterica" OR “Auriculariopsis ampla" OR
“Automeris io io”OR “Automeris zephyria" OR “Bacchisa fortunei”OR “Bacillus cereus”OR
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“Bacillus subtilis”OR “Bactrocera aquilonis”OR “Bactrocera dorsalis”OR “Bactrocera jarvisi”
OR “Bactrocera neohumeralis”OR “Bactrocera tryoni”OR “Bactrocera zonata" OR “Bagrada
hilaris”OR “Basidioradulum radula" OR “Basilarchia archippus”OR “Basilarchia arthemis”OR
“Basilarchia lorquini”OR “Batia lunaris”OR “Batia unitella" OR “Bemisia tabaci”OR
“Berkeleyomyces basicola" OR “Berkleasmium moriforme”OR “Bionectria ochroleuca" OR
“Biscogniauxia mandshurica" OR “Biscogniauxia marginata" OR “Biscogniauxia repanda" OR
“Bispora antennata" OR “Bjerkandera adusta" OR “Blackberry chlorotic ringspot virus”OR
“Blastobasis decolorella" OR “Blastodacna atra" OR “Blastodacna vinolentella" OR “Boeremia
exigua var. exigua" OR “Bohemannia pulverosella" OR “Bonagota salubricola" OR
“Boreostereum radiatum”OR “Botryodiplodia juglandicola" OR “Botryodiplodia malorum”OR
“Botryodiplodia theobromae”OR “Botryosphaeria berengeriana" OR “Botryosphaeria
berengeriana f.sp. pyricola" OR “Botryosphaeria dothidea" OR “Botryosphaeria iberica" OR
“Botryosphaeria kuwatsukai”OR “Botryosphaeria lutea" OR “Botryosphaeria obtusa" OR
“Botryosphaeria parva" OR “Botryosphaeria prava" OR “Botryosphaeria quercuum”OR
“Botryosphaeria ribis”OR “Botryosphaeria ribis f. chromogena" OR “Botryosphaeria ribis var.
chromogena" OR “Botryosphaeria rosaceae”OR “Botryosphaeria sarmentorum”OR
“Botryosphaeria sinensia" OR “Botryosphaeria sinensis”OR “Botryosphaeria stevensii”OR
“Botryotinia fuckeliana" OR “Botrytis cinerea" OR “Botrytis mali”OR “Brachionycha sphinx”OR
“Brachycaudus cardui”OR “Brachycaudus helichrysi”OR “Brahmina coriacea" OR “Brevipalpus
californicus”OR “Brevipalpus obovatus”OR “Brevipalpus phoenicis”OR “Bryobia angustisetis”
OR “Bryobia giannitsensis”OR “Bryobia graminium”OR “Bryobia graminum”OR “Bryobia
macedonica" OR “Bryobia piliensis”OR “Bryobia praetiosa" OR “Bryobia rubrioculus”OR
“Bryobia ulmophila" OR “Bryobia vasiljevi”OR “Bucculatrix pomifoliella" OR “Burkholderia
cepacia" OR “Butlerelfia eustacei”OR “Byturus tomentosus”OR “Cacoecimorpha pronubana"
OR “Cacopsylla mali”OR “Cacopsylla melanoneura" OR “Cacopsylla picta" OR “Cacopsylla
pyrisuga" OR “Cactodera chaubattia" OR “Cadophora luteo-olivacea" OR “Cadophora
malorum”OR “Cadophora novi-eboraci”OR “Cadra cautella" OR “Caliroa cerasi”OR “Callisto
coffeella" OR “Callisto denticulella" OR “Calliteara horsfieldii”OR “Calliteara pudibunda" OR
“Calonectria kyotensis”OR “Calonectria morganii”OR “Caloptilia zachrysa" OR “Calothyriopsis
mali”OR “Camarosporium karstenii”OR “Camarosporium mali”OR “Camarosporium
multiforme”OR “Campylomma verbasci”OR “Candidatus Liberibacter europaeus”OR
“Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris”OR “Candidatus Phytoplasma mali”OR “Candidatus
Phytoplasma pruni”OR “Candidatus Phytoplasma solani”OR “Candidula intersecta" OR
“Cantharis lateralis”OR “Cantharis livida" OR “Cantharis rustica" OR “Capnodium citri”OR
“Carcina quercana" OR “Carnation mottle virus”OR “Carnation ringspot virus”OR
“Carpophilus mutilatus”OR “Carposina sasakii”OR “Cenangium tuberculiforme”OR
“Cenopalpus pulcher”OR “Cephalosporium carpogenum”OR “Cephalosporium roseum”OR
“Cephalothecium roseum”OR “Cerambyx cerdo”OR “Cerambyx scopolii”OR “Ceratitis
capitata" OR “Ceratitis malgassa" OR “Ceratitis quilicii”OR “Ceratitis rosa" OR “Ceratostomella
mali”OR “Cercospora beticola" OR “Cercospora hyalina" OR “Cercospora mali”OR
“Cercospora malvarum”OR “Cercospora pyri”OR “Ceresa alta" OR “Ceroplastes ceriferus”OR
“Ceroplastes eugeniae”OR “Ceroplastes floridensis”OR “Ceroplastes japonicus”OR
“Ceroplastes pseudoceriferus”OR “Ceroplastes rubens”OR “Cerrena unicolor”OR “Cerura
vinula" OR “Chaetocnema aridula" OR “Chaetocnema confinis”OR “Chaetocnema hortensis”
OR “Chaetomium funicola" OR “Chaetomium globosum”OR “Chaetomium trilaterale”OR
“Chaetosphaeronema coonsii”OR “Chalastospora gossypii”OR “Cheiromycella chomatospora"
OR “Cherry leaf roll virus”OR “Cherry necrotic rusty mottle virus”OR “Cherry rasp leaf virus”
OR “Chilecomadia valdiviana" OR “Chilocorus renipustulatus”OR “Chinavia hilaris”OR
“Chionaspis furfura" OR “Chlidaspis asiatica" OR “Chloroclysta siterata" OR “Chloroclystis
rectangulata" OR “Chloroclystis v-ata" OR “Chondrostereum purpureum”OR “Choreutis
melophaga" OR “Choreutis pariana" OR “Choristoneura rosaceana" OR “Chrysobothris
femorata" OR “Chrysobothris mali”OR “Chrysomphalus aonidum”OR “Chrysomphalus
dictyospermi”OR “Chrysoperla carnea" OR “Chrysoperla harrisii”OR “Chymomyza amoena"
OR “Cicinobolus humuli”OR “Cilix glaucata" OR “Cirsium arvense”OR “Cistella mali”OR
“Cladosporium carpophilum”OR “Cladosporium cladosporioides”OR “Cladosporium
dendriticum”OR “Cladosporium elatum”OR “Cladosporium elegantulum”OR “Cladosporium
fumago”OR “Cladosporium herbarum”OR “Cladosporium macrocarpum”OR “Cladosporium
malorum”OR “Cladosporium potebniae”OR “Cladosporium pseudocladosporioides”OR
“Cladosporium sphaerospermum”OR “Cladosporium stenosporum”OR “Cladosporium
transchelii var. viridi-olivacearum”OR “Clarkeulia bourquini”OR “Clathrospora diplospora" OR
“Cleorodes lichenaria" OR “Clepsis consimilana" OR “Clepsis spectrana" OR “Climacodon
septentrionalis”OR “Clitocybe monadelpha" OR “Clitocybe tabescens”OR “Clonostachys
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rosea" OR “Clover yellow mosaic virus”OR “Clytus arietis”OR “Cnephasia communana" OR
“Cnephasia pasiuana" OR “Cnestus mutilatus”OR “Coccinella septempunctata" OR “Coccura
comari”OR “Coccus hesperidum hesperidum”OR “Cochliobolus cynodontis”OR “Colaspis
brunnea" OR “Coleophora anatipennella" OR “Coleophora coracipennella" OR “Coleophora
hemerobiella" OR “Coleophora pruniella" OR “Coleophora prunifoliae”OR “Coleophora
serratella" OR “Coleophora siccifolia" OR “Coleophora spinella" OR “Coleophora violacea" OR
“Collarispora valgourgensis”OR “Colletotrichum acerbum”OR “Colletotrichum acutatum”OR
“Colletotrichum aenigma" OR “Colletotrichum alienum”OR “Colletotrichum asianum”OR
“Colletotrichum clavatum”OR “Colletotrichum fioriniae”OR “Colletotrichum fragariae”OR
“Colletotrichum fructi “OR “Colletotrichum fructicola" OR “Colletotrichum fructigenum”OR
“Colletotrichum fructus”OR “Colletotrichum gloeosporioides”OR “Colletotrichum godetiae”OR
“Colletotrichum kahawae”OR “Colletotrichum kahawae subsp. ciggaro”OR “Colletotrichum
karsti”OR “Colletotrichum karstii”OR “Colletotrichum limetticola" OR “Colletotrichum melonis”
OR “Colletotrichum noveboracense”OR “Colletotrichum nymphaeae”OR “Colletotrichum
paranaense”OR “Colletotrichum rhombiforme”OR “Colletotrichum salicis”OR “Colletotrichum
siamense”OR “Colletotrichum theobromicola" OR “Colletotrichum tropicale”OR “Collybia
drucei”OR “Colocasia coryli”OR “Colotois pennaria" OR “Comstockaspis perniciosa" OR
“Coniella fragariae”OR “Coniella musaiaensis var. hibisci”OR “Coniochaeta fasciculata" OR
“Coniochaeta velutina" OR “Coniophora puteana" OR “Coniosporium mali”OR “Coniothecium
chomatosporum”OR “Coniothyrium armeniacae”OR “Coniothyrium convolutum”OR
“Coniothyrium cydoniae”OR “Coniothyrium fuckelii”OR “Coniothyrium olivaceum”OR
“Coniothyrium pirinum”OR “Coniothyrium tirolense”OR “Conistra rubiginea" OR “Conogethes
punctiferalis”OR “Conoplea sphaerica" OR “Conotrachelus nenuphar”OR “Conyza
bonariensis”OR “Conyza canadensis”OR “Cordana musae”OR “Coriolopsis gallica" OR
“Coriolus hirsutus”OR “Coriolus velutinus”OR “Coriolus versicolor”OR “Coriolus zonatus”OR
“Cornu aspersum”OR “Corticium centrifugum”OR “Corticium galactinum”OR “Corticium
koleroga" OR “Corticium litschaueri”OR “Corticium salmonicolor”OR “Corticium stevensii”OR
“Corticium utriculicum”OR “Coryneum foliicola" OR “Coryneum longistipitatum”OR
“Corythucha arcuata" OR “Coslenchus areolatus”OR “Cosmia pyralina" OR “Cosmia trapezina"
OR “Cossus cossus”OR “Cotinis nitida" OR “Crepidotus fulvotomentosus”OR “Crisicoccus
matsumotoi”OR “Cristulariella moricola" OR “Crocallis elinguaria" OR “Croesia holmiana" OR
“Cryphonectria parasitica" OR “Cryptoblabes gnidiella" OR “Cryptocoryneum condensatum”OR
“Cryptosporiopsis corticola" OR “Cryptosporiopsis curvispora" OR “Cryptosporiopsis
malicorticis”OR “Cryptosporiopsis perennans”OR “Ctenopseustis obliquana" OR “Cucumber
mosaic virus”OR “Cucurbitaria acervata" OR “Cuscuta japonica" OR “Cydia janthinana" OR
“Cydia lobarzewskii”OR “Cydia molesta" OR “Cydia pomonella" OR “Cydia prunivorana" OR
“Cylindrocarpon album”OR “Cylindrocarpon angustum”OR “Cylindrocarpon candidum”OR
“Cylindrocarpon decumbens”OR “Cylindrocarpon destructans”OR “Cylindrocarpon didymum”
OR “Cylindrocarpon heteronema" OR “Cylindrocarpon heteronemum”OR “Cylindrocarpon
liriodendri”OR “Cylindrocarpon macrodidymum”OR “Cylindrocarpon magnusianum”OR
“Cylindrocarpon mali”OR “Cylindrocarpon obtusisporum”OR “Cylindrocarpon obtusiusculum”
OR “Cylindrocarpon pauciseptatum”OR “Cylindrocladium floridanum”OR “Cylindrocladium
scoparium”OR “Cylindrosporium pomi”OR “Cyphella marginata" OR “Cyphellophora sessilis”
OR “Cystostereum murrayi”OR “Cytospora ambiens”OR “Cytospora calvillae”OR “Cytospora
carphosperma" OR “Cytospora ceratosperma" OR “Cytospora chrysosperma" OR “Cytospora
cincta" OR “Cytospora leucosticta" OR “Cytospora leucostoma" OR “Cytospora mali”OR
“Cytospora mali-sylvestris”OR “Cytospora melnikii”OR “Cytospora microspora" OR “Cytospora
nivea" OR “Cytospora parasitica" OR “Cytospora personata" OR “Cytospora pistaciae”OR
“Cytospora rubescens”OR “Cytospora sacculus”OR “Cytospora schulzeri”OR “Dacrymyces
minor”OR “Dactylonectria pauciseptata" OR “Daedalea biennis”OR “Daedalea confragosa"
OR “Daedalea unicolor”OR “Dafa formosella" OR “Dahlica inconspicuella" OR “Daldinia
childiae”OR “Daldinia concentrica" OR “Daldinia gelatinosa" OR “Daldinia loculata" OR
“Daldinia occidentalis”OR “Daldinia vernicosa" OR “Dapple apple viroid”OR “Dasineura mali”
OR “Datana integerrima" OR “Datana major”OR “Datana ministra" OR “Delottococcus
aberiae”OR “Deltinea bourquini”OR “Dematophora necatrix”OR “Dendrophoma pulvis-
pyrius”OR “Dendrophora erumpens”OR “Dendrophora versiformis”OR “Dendrothele
griseocana" OR “Dendrothele tetracornis”OR “Dendryphiella vinosa" OR “Deraeocoris
lutescens”OR “Deraeocoris ruber”OR “Devriesia pseudoamericana" OR “Diabrotica speciosa"
OR “Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata" OR “Diapleella coniothyrium”OR
“Diaporthe actinidiae”OR “Diaporthe ambigua" OR “Diaporthe amygdali”OR “Diaporthe
cotoneastri”OR “Diaporthe cynaroidis”OR “Diaporthe eres”OR “Diaporthe foeniculina" OR
“Diaporthe infecunda" OR “Diaporthe mali”OR “Diaporthe malorum”OR “Diaporthe nobilis”
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OR “Diaporthe oxe”OR “Diaporthe perniciosa" OR “Diaporthe pomigena" OR “Diaporthe
serafiniae”OR “Diaporthe virgiliae”OR “Diaspidiotus africanus”OR “Diaspidiotus ancylus”OR
“Diaspidiotus forbesi”OR “Diaspidiotus juglansregiae”OR “Diaspidiotus kaussarii”OR
“Diaspidiotus marani”OR “Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis”OR “Diaspidiotus perniciosus”OR
“Diaspidiotus prunorum”OR “Diaspidiotus pyri”OR “Diatrype stigma" OR “Diatrypella favacea"
OR “Dichomeris ligulella" OR “Dichroplus elongatus”OR “Dickeya dadantii”OR “Dicranotropis
hamata" OR “Dictyna civica" OR “Didesmococcus unifasciatus”OR “Didymella aliena" OR
“Didymella glomerata" OR “Didymella macrostoma" OR “Didymella mali”OR “Didymella
pomorum”OR “Didymosphaeria rubi-ulmifolii”OR “Didymosphaeria variabile”OR “Diloba
caeruleocephala" OR “Dinemasporium strigosum”OR “Diplazon laetatorius”OR “Diplocarpon
coronariae”OR “Diplocarpon mali”OR “Diplocarpon mespili”OR “Diplococcium asperum”OR
“Diplodia bulgarica" OR “Diplodia griffoni”OR “Diplodia intermedia" OR “Diplodia malorum”
OR “Diplodia maura" OR “Diplodia mutila" OR “Diplodia natalensis”OR “Diplodia
pseudodiplodia" OR “Diplodia pseudoseriata" OR “Diplodia sapinea" OR “Diplodia
sarmentorum”OR “Diplodia seriata" OR “Dipodascus geotrichum”OR “Diptacus
gigantorhynchus”OR “Discosia barrusii”OR “Discostroma corticola" OR “Dissoconium
aciculare”OR “Dissoconium eucalypti”OR “Dissoconium mali”OR “Dissoconium proteae”OR
“Ditula angustiorana" OR “Ditylenchus myceliophagus”OR “Diurnea fagella" OR “Dothiorella
gregaria" OR “Dothiorella iberica" OR “Dothiorella mali”OR “Dothiorella mali var. fructus”OR
“Dothiorella sarmentorum”OR “Dromius quadrimaculatus”OR “Drosicha contrahens”OR
“Drosicha corpulenta" OR “Drosicha maskelli”OR “Drosicha stebbingii”OR “Drosicha
turkestanica" OR “Drosophila immigrans”OR “Drosophila lativittata" OR “Drosophila
melanogaster”OR “Drosophila simulans”OR “Drosophila suzukii”OR “Dynaspidiotus abietis”
OR “Dynaspidiotus britanicus”OR “Dynaspidiotus britannicus”OR “Dysaphis affinis”OR
“Dysaphis anthrisci”OR “Dysaphis anthrisci majkopica" OR “Dysaphis armeniaca" OR
“Dysaphis brachycyclica" OR “Dysaphis brancoi”OR “Dysaphis brancoi ssp. malina" OR
“Dysaphis brancoi ssp. rogersoni”OR “Dysaphis bunii”OR “Dysaphis chaerophylli”OR
“Dysaphis chaerophyllina" OR “Dysaphis devecta" OR “Dysaphis flava" OR “Dysaphis gallica"
OR “Dysaphis malidauci”OR “Dysaphis meridialis”OR “Dysaphis mordvilkoi”OR “Dysaphis
orientalis”OR “Dysaphis physocaulis”OR “Dysaphis plantaginea" OR “Dysaphis pyri”OR
“Dysaphis radicola" OR “Dysaphis sibirica" OR “Dysaphis zini”OR “Dysmicoccus brevipes”OR
“Dysmicoccus debregeasiae”OR “Dysmicoccus wistariae”OR “Ectoedemia atricollis”OR
“Ectoedemia spinosella" OR “Ectomyelois ceratoniae”OR “Ectropis crepuscularia" OR
“Edwardsiana crataegi”OR “Edwardsiana rosae”OR “Elegia inconspicuella" OR “Elsinoe piri”
OR “Elsinoe pyri”OR “Elsino€
e pyri”OR “Emex australis”OR “Emex spinosa" OR “Empoasca
decipiens”OR “Empoasca fabae”OR “Empoasca vitis”OR “Enarmonia axyridis”OR
“Enarmonia formosana" OR “Encoelia rhenana" OR “Endomyces mali”OR “Endomycopsis
mali”OR “Ennomos autumnaria" OR “Entoleuca callimorpha" OR “Entomosporium mespili”OR
“Eotetranychus ancora" OR “Eotetranychus carpini”OR “Eotetranychus carpini ssp. Carpini”
OR “Eotetranychus clitus”OR “Eotetranychus frosti”OR “Eotetranychus lewisi”OR
“Eotetranychus pruni”OR “Eotetranychus prunicola" OR “Eotetranychus sexmaculatus”OR
“Eotetranychus smithi”OR “Eotetranychus uncatus”OR “Eotetranychus willamettei”OR
“Epicallima formosella" OR “Epicoccum granulatum”OR “Epicoccum nigrum”OR “Epidiaspis
leperii”OR “Epinotia signatana" OR “Epiphyas postvittana" OR “Epirrita dilutata" OR
“Epitrimerus pyri”OR “Epitrix pubescens”OR “Erannis defoliaria" OR “Erigone atra" OR
“Eriogaster lanestris”OR “Eriophyes pyri”OR “Eriosoma lanigerum”OR “Eriosoma
lanuginosum”OR “Erthesina fullo”OR “Erwinia amylovora" OR “Erysiphe heraclei”OR
“Erysiphe malvae”OR “Erythricium salmonicolor”OR “Eudemis porphyrana" OR “Eudocima
fullonia" OR “Eulecanium kunoense”OR “Eulecanium nocivum”OR “Eulecanium rugulosum”
OR “Eulecanium tiliae”OR “Eulogia ochrifrontella" OR “Eumacaria latiferrugata" OR
“Eupithecia insigniata" OR “Euproctis chrysorrhoea" OR “Eurhizococcus brasiliensis”OR
“European mountain ash ringspot-associated virus”OR “Eurytetranychus ulmi”OR “Eurytoma
schreineri”OR “Eutetranychus africanus”OR “Eutetranychus orientalis”OR “Eutypa cremea"
OR “Eutypa lata" OR “Eutypa lejoplaca" OR “Eutypella citricola" OR “Eutypella prunastri”OR
“Euwallacea fornicatus sensu lato”OR “Euwallacea fornicatus sensu stricto”OR “Euzophera
bigella" OR “Euzophera pinguis”OR “Euzophera semifuneralis”OR “Exapion fuscirostre”OR
“Exidia recisa" OR “Exidia thuretiana" OR “Exochomus quadripustulatus”OR “Fabraea
maculata" OR “Fagocyba cruenta" OR “Ferrisia virgata" OR “Fibulorhizoctonia psychrophila"
OR “Fieberiella florii”OR “Filago gallica" OR “Filenchus ruatus”OR “Flammulina velutipes”OR
“Fomes annosus”OR “Fomes applanatus”OR “Fomes fomentarius”OR “Fomes igniarius”OR
“Fomes pinicola" OR “Fomes pomaceus”OR “Fomitopsis pinicola" OR “Forficula auricularia"
OR “Formica cunicularia" OR “Formica pratensis”OR “Formica rufibarbis”OR “Frankliniella
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australis”OR “Frankliniella occidentalis”OR “Fumago graminis”OR “Fumago vagans”OR
“Fusarium acuminatum”OR “Fusarium apiogenum”OR “Fusarium avenaceum”OR “Fusarium
camptoceras”OR “Fusarium compactum”OR “Fusarium crookwellense”OR “Fusarium
culmorum”OR “Fusarium decemcellulare”OR “Fusarium gibbosum”OR “Fusarium graminum”
OR “Fusarium incarnatum”OR “Fusarium lateritium”OR “Fusarium lateritium var.
fructigenum”OR “Fusarium moniliforme”OR “Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans”OR
“Fusarium oxysporum”OR “Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. batatas”OR “Fusarium proliferatum”
OR “Fusarium pseudograminearum”OR “Fusarium roseum”OR “Fusarium scirpi”OR
“Fusarium semitectum”OR “Fusarium solani”OR “Fusarium stilboides”OR “Fusarium
tricinctum”OR “Fusicladium alopecuri”OR “Fusicladium asperatum”OR “Fusicladium
dendriticum”OR “Fusicladium pomi”OR “Fusicladium pyrorum”OR “Fusicoccum aesculi”OR
“Fusicoccum luteum”OR “Fusicoccum microspora" OR “Fusicoccum pyrorum”OR “Galinsoga
parviflora" OR “Galinsoga quadriradiata" OR “Ganoderma applanatum”OR “Ganoderma
curtisii”OR “Ganoderma lucidum”OR “Gastropacha quercifolia" OR “Geastrumia
polystigmatis”OR “Gelechia rhombella" OR “Gelis areator”OR “Geotrichum candidum”OR
“Gibberella acuminata" OR “Gibberella avenacea" OR “Gibberella baccata" OR “Gibberella
moricola" OR “Gibberella tricincta" OR “Gliocladium viride”OR “Globisporangium
heterothallicum”OR “Globisporangium irregulare”OR “Globisporangium paroecandrum”OR
“Globisporangium rostratum”OR “Globisporangium sylvaticum”OR “Globisporangium
ultimum”OR “Globodera rostochiensis”OR “Gloeocystidiellum sacratum”OR “Gloeodes
pomigena" OR “Gloeopeniophorella sacrata" OR “Gloeophyllum trabeum”OR “Gloeoporus
dichrous”OR “Gloeosporium album”OR “Gloeosporium cingulatum”OR “Gloeosporium
fructigenum”OR “Gloeosporium malicorticis”OR “Gloeosporium rufomaculans”OR “Glomerella
acutata" OR “Glomerella cingulata" OR “Glomerella cingulata var. minor”OR “Glomerella
miyabeana" OR “Glomerella rubicola" OR “Glomerella rufomaculans”OR “Glomus constrictum”
OR “Glomus deserticola" OR “Glomus etunicatum”OR “Glomus fasciculatum”OR “Glomus
geosporum”OR “Glomus mosseae”OR “Glonium parvulum”OR “Gluconobacter oxydans”OR
“Glutinium macrosporum”OR “Glyphium corrugatum”OR “Golovinomyces cichoracearum”OR
“Gonatobotrys simplex”OR “Grammoptera ruficornis”OR “Graphiphora augur”OR “Graphium
album”OR “Grapholita funebrana" OR “Grapholita inopinata" OR “Grapholita molesta" OR
“Grapholita packardi”OR “Grapholita prunivora" OR “Graphosoma lineatum”OR “Gryllotalpa
gryllotalpa" OR “Guepinia spathularia" OR “Guignardia pyricola" OR “Gymnopilus spectabilis”
OR “Gymnosporangium asiaticum”OR “Gymnosporangium clavariiforme”OR
“Gymnosporangium clavipes”OR “Gymnosporangium confusum”OR “Gymnosporangium
cornutum”OR “Gymnosporangium globosum”OR “Gymnosporangium juniperi”OR
“Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae”OR “Gymnosporangium juniperinum”OR
“Gymnosporangium libocedri”OR “Gymnosporangium miyabei”OR “Gymnosporangium nidus-
avis”OR “Gymnosporangium tremelloides”OR “Gymnosporangium yamadae”OR “Gypsonoma
minutana" OR “Hadrotrichum populi”OR “Haematostereum rugosum”OR “Halyomorpha
halys”OR “Halyomorpha mista" OR “Haplosporella ailanthi”OR “Haplosporella malorum”OR
“Haptoncus luteolus”OR “Harmonia axyridis”OR “Harmonia quadripunctata" OR “Hedya
dimidioalba" OR “Hedya nubiferana" OR “Hedya ochroleucana" OR “Hedya pruniana" OR
“Helicobasidium mompa" OR “Helicobasidium purpureum”OR “Helicogloea pellucida" OR
“Helicotylenchus dihystera" OR “Heliotropium europaeum”OR “Helminthosporium papulosum”
OR “Helminthosporium pyrorum”OR “Hemerobius humulinus”OR “Hemiberlesia lataniae”OR
“Hemiberlesia rapax”OR “Hemicycliophora koreana" OR “Hemicycliophora theinemanni”OR
“Hendersonia cydoniae”OR “Hendersonia lignicola" OR “Hendersonia mali”OR “Hendersonia
piricola" OR “Hendersoniella lignicola" OR “Hendersonula toruloidea" OR “Herculia fulvocilialis”
OR “Heterobasidion annosum”OR “Heterobasidion annosum sensu lato”OR “Heterobasidion
parviporum”OR “Heterocampa guttivitta" OR “Heterocrasa expansalis”OR “Heterodera
mediterranea" OR “Heterodera zeae”OR “Heteroderes rufangulus”OR “Heteroporus biennis”
OR “Heterosporium maculatum”OR “Himacerus apterus”OR “Hirneola auricula-judae”OR
“Holcocerus arenicolus”OR “Holotrichia longipennis”OR “Homalodisca vitripennis”OR
“Homona coffearia" OR “Homona magnanima" OR “Hop stunt viroid”OR “Hoplocampa brevis”
OR “Hoplocampa testudinea" OR “Hormodendrum cladosporioides”OR “Houjia pomigena" OR
“Houjia yanglingensis”OR “Howardia biclavis”OR “Hyalarcta huebneri”OR “Hyalomyzus
eriobotryae”OR “Hyalophora cecropia" OR “Hyalopterus pruni”OR “Hyalopus pruinosus”OR
“Hydnum ciliolatum”OR “Hydnum mucidum”OR “Hydnum ochraceum”OR “Hydnum
setosum”OR “Hydriris ornatalis”OR “Hymenochaete agglutinans”OR “Hymenochaete
corrugata" OR “Hyphantria cunea" OR “Hyphodontia gossypina" OR “Hyphodontia quercina"
OR “Hyphodontia spathulata" OR “Hypholoma incertum”OR “Hypholoma sublateritium”OR
“Hypocala subsatura" OR “Hypomecis punctinalis”OR “Hypoxylon atropunctatum”OR
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“Hypoxylon howeianum”OR “Hypoxylon mediterraneum”OR “Hypoxylon perforatum”OR
“Hypoxylon rubiginosum”OR “Hypoxylon serpens”OR “Hysterium pulicare”OR
“Hysterographium subrugosum”OR “Hysteropatella prostii”OR “Icerya aegyptiaca" OR
“Icerya seychellarum”OR “Illosporium malifoliorum”OR “Ilyonectria liriodendri”OR
“Ilyonectria radicicola" OR “Incurvaria pectinea" OR “Inonotus hispidus”OR “Iphiclides
podalirius”OR “Iridopsis larvaria" OR “Irpex lacteus”OR “Irpex tulipiferae”OR “Ischnoderma
resinosum”OR “Ischyja manlia" OR “Itame coortaria" OR “Itoplectis maculator”OR “Janus
compressas”OR “Janus compressus”OR “Jattaea microtheca" OR “Jattaea tumidula" OR
“Labedera proxima" OR “Lacanobia oleracea" OR “Lacanobia subjuncta" OR “Lacanobia
thalassina" OR “Lachnella alboviolascens”OR “Lachnella anomala" OR “Lambertella corni-
maris”OR “Lamoria anella" OR “Laotho€
e populi”OR “Lasiodiplodia brasiliense”OR
“Lasiodiplodia brasiliensis”OR “Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae”OR “Lasiodiplodia
theobromae”OR “Lasiosphaeria ovina" OR “Lasius niger”OR “Laspeyria flexula" OR “Latoia
vivida" OR “Laxitextum bicolor”OR “Leiopus nebulosus”OR “Lenzites betulina" OR “Lenzites
sepiaria" OR “Lenzites trabea" OR “Lenzites tricolor var. daedalea" OR “Lenzites vialis”OR
“Lepidium draba" OR “Lepidosaphes conchiformis”OR “Lepidosaphes conchyformis”OR
“Lepidosaphes coreana" OR “Lepidosaphes cupressi”OR “Lepidosaphes malicola" OR
“Lepidosaphes pistaciae”OR “Lepidosaphes ulmi”OR “Lepidosaphes ussuriensis”OR
“Lepidosaphes yamahoi”OR “Lepiota naucina" OR “Leptinotarsa decemlineata" OR
“Leptodontidium elatius”OR “Leptodontium elatius”OR “Leptographium alneum”OR
“Leptosphaeria concentrica" OR “Leptosphaeria coniothyrium”OR “Leptosphaeria
mandshurica" OR “Leptothyrium pomi”OR “Lepus europaeus”OR “Leucoptera malifoliella" OR
“Leucoptera scitella" OR “Leucostoma cinctum”OR “Leucostoma personii”OR “Leucostoma
persoonii”OR “Lewia infectoria" OR “Libertella blepharis”OR “Limothrips denticornis”OR
“Lindingaspis rossi”OR “Lithophane hepatica" OR “Lochmaeus manteo”OR “Lomographa
temerata" OR “Longidorus elongatus”OR “Longidorus fangi”OR “Longidorus pisi”OR
“Longistigma xizangensis”OR “Lonicera japonica" OR “Lophiostoma compressum”OR
“Lophiostoma holmiorum”OR “Lophiostoma subcorticale”OR “Lophiostoma vicinum”OR
“Lophium mytilinum”OR “Lopholeucaspis japonica" OR “Loxostege sticticalis”OR “Lycia
rachelae”OR “Lycia ursaria" OR “Lycorma delicatula" OR “Lygocoris communis”OR “Lygocoris
pabulinus”OR “Lymantria dispar”OR “Lymantria mathura" OR “Lymantria monacha" OR
“Lymantria obfuscata" OR “Lymantria umbrosa" OR “Lyonetia clerkella" OR “Lyonetia
prunifoliella" OR “Lyonetia prunifoliella malinella" OR “Lyonetia speculella" OR
“Maconellicoccus hirsutus”OR “Macrodactylus subspinosus”OR “Macrophoma kawatsukai”OR
“Macroplodia cinerea" OR “Macrosiphum chukotense”OR “Macrosiphum euphorbiae”OR
“Macrosiphum rosae”OR “Macrothylacia rubi”OR “Magdalis barbicornis”OR “Magdalis
ruficornis”OR “Magicicada septendecim”OR “Mahasena yuna" OR “Malacosoma americana"
OR “Malacosoma americanum”OR “Malacosoma disstria" OR “Malacosoma indicum”OR
“Malacosoma neustria" OR “Malacosoma parallela" OR “Malus domestica virus A" OR
“Mamestra brassicae”OR “Marasmius pyrinus”OR “Margarodes greeni”OR “Margarodes vitis”
OR “Marmara elotella" OR “Marmara pomonella" OR “Marssonia coronariae”OR “Marssonina
coronaria" OR “Marssonina mali”OR “Massaria excussa" OR “Massaria pyri”OR “Medicago
lupulina" OR “Megaloceroea recticornis”OR “Megalopyge albicollis”OR “Megaplatypus
mutatus”OR “Melanaspis inopinata" OR “Melanaspis tenebricosa" OR “Melanchra persicariae”
OR “Melanconium fuligineum”OR “Melanomma coniothyrium”OR “Melanopsamma improvisa"
OR “Melanopsamma pomiformis”OR “Meloidogyne arenaria" OR “Meloidogyne ethiopica" OR
“Meloidogyne hapla" OR “Meloidogyne incognita" OR “Meloidogyne javanica" OR “Meloidogyne
mali”OR “Meloidogyne nataliei”OR “Melolontha melolontha" OR “Merlinius koreanus”OR
“Merulius tremellosus”OR “Mesochorus iwatensis”OR “Mesolecanium nigrofasciatum”OR
“Mesosa nebulosa" OR “Metaseiulus occidentalis”OR “Metathrinca rosaria" OR “Metcalfa
pruinosa" OR “Meyernychus emeticae”OR “Microcera larvarum”OR “Microcyclospora mali “OR
“Microcyclospora malicola" OR “Microcyclospora pomicola" OR “Microcyclospora tardicrescens”
OR “Microcyclosporella mali”OR “Microdiplodia microsporella" OR “Microsphaeropsis
ochracea" OR “Microsphaeropsis olivacea" OR “Microthyriella rubi”OR “Microtus arvalis”OR
“Miresa clarissa" OR “Misumena vatia" OR “Mollisia caespiticia" OR “Molorchus umbellatarum”
OR “Monilia cinerea f. americana" OR “Monilia fructigena" OR “Monilia polystroma" OR
“Monilia urediniformis”OR “Monilia yunnanensis”OR “Monilinia fructicola" OR “Monilinia
fructigena" OR “Monilinia fruticola" OR “Monilinia laxa" OR “Monilinia laxa f.sp. mali”OR
“Monilinia mali”OR “Monilinia mumeicola" OR “Monilinia polystroma" OR “Monilinia
yunnanensis”OR “Monochaetia mali”OR “Monochaetia unicornis”OR “Monodictys melanopa"
OR “Moodna ostrinella" OR “Morchella esculenta" OR “Morganella longispina" OR “Morganella
pseudospinigera" OR “Morrisonia confusa" OR “Mucor mucedo”OR “Mucor piriformis”OR
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“Mucor pyriformis”OR “Mucor racemosus”OR “Mycena citricolor”OR “mycoplasma-like
organisms”OR “Mycosphaerella pomacearum”OR “Mycosphaerella pomi”OR “Mycosphaerella
punctiformis”OR “Mycosphaerella pyri”OR “Mycosphaerella sentina" OR “Mycosphaerella
tulasnei”OR “Mycothyridium lividum”OR “Myriangium asterinosporum”OR “Myrmecridium
schulzeri”OR “Myxosporium corticola" OR “Myxosporium microspermum”OR “Myzus ornatus”
OR “Myzus persicae”OR “Naenia typica" OR “Nattrassia mangiferae”OR “Naupactus
leucoloma" OR “Naupactus xanthographus”OR “Nearctaphis bakeri”OR “Nectria cinnabarina"
OR “Nectria coccinea" OR “Nectria coccinea var. faginata" OR “Nectria discophora" OR
“Nectria ditissima" OR “Nectria galligena" OR “Nectria haematococca" OR “Nectria ochroleuca"
OR “Nectria peziza" OR “Nectria pseudotrichia" OR “Nectria purtonii”OR “Nectria sanguinea"
OR “Nectria vulpina" OR “Nemania serpens”OR “Nematocampa resistaria" OR “Nematogonum
aurantiacum”OR “Nematoloma fasciculare”OR “Neocosmospora euwallaceae”OR
“Neocosmospora metavorans”OR “Neocucurbitaria cava" OR “Neofabraea actinidiae”OR
“Neofabraea alba" OR “Neofabraea brasiliensis”OR “Neofabraea corticola" OR “Neofabraea
kienholzii”OR “Neofabraea malicorticis”OR “Neofabraea perennans”OR “Neofabraea
vagabunda" OR “Neofusicoccum algeriense”OR “Neofusicoccum australe”OR “Neofusicoccum
italicum”OR “Neofusicoccum luteum”OR “Neofusicoccum nonquaesitum”OR “Neofusicoccum
parvum”OR “Neofusicoccum ribis”OR “Neofusicoccum stellenboschiana" OR “Neofusicoccum
viticlavatum”OR “Neonectria candida" OR “Neonectria ditissima" OR “Neonectria galligena"
OR “Neonectria macrodidyma" OR “Neonectria radicicola" OR “Neonectria ramulariae”OR
“Neopheosia fasciata" OR “Neosphaleroptera nubilana" OR “Nigrospora sphaerica" OR
“Nipaecoccus viridis”OR “Nippolachnus piri”OR “Nitschkia parasitans”OR “Nola confusalis”
OR “Nola cucullatella" OR “Nummularia discincola" OR “Nummularia discreta" OR “Nymphalis
polychloros”OR “Nymphalis vaualbum”OR “Nysius vinitor”OR “Obrium cantharinum”OR
“Ochroporus ossatus”OR “Ochropsora ariae”OR “Ochropsora sorbi”OR “Ochrospora ariae”
OR “Odites malivora" OR “Odites ricinella" OR “Odontia spathulata" OR “Odontota dorsalis”
OR “Oedothorax apicatus”OR “Oemona hirta" OR “Oenopia conglobata" OR “Oidium
conspersum”OR “Oidium farinosum”OR “Oidium pirinum”OR “Oiketicus kirbyi”OR “Oiketicus
platensis”OR “Oiketicus toumeyi”OR “Oligocentria semirufescens”OR “Oligonychus
biharensis”OR “Oligonychus litchii”OR “Oligonychus newcomeri”OR “Oligonychus sayedi”OR
“Oligonychus yothersi”OR “Omphalotus olearius”OR “Oncopodiella robusta" OR “Oospora
mali”OR “Oospora otophila" OR “Oothecium indicum”OR “Operophtera bruceata" OR
“Operophtera brumata" OR “Ophiostoma novo-ulmi”OR “Ophiostoma quercus”OR
“Ophiostoma roboris”OR “Ophiostoma stenoceras”OR “Opisthograptis luteolata" OR “Oreana
unicolorella" OR “Orgyia antiqua" OR “Orgyia leucostigma" OR “Orgyia mixta" OR “Orgyia
recens”OR “Oribius destructor”OR “Oribius inimicus”OR “Orientus ishidae”OR “Orthosia
cerasi”OR “Orthosia cruda" OR “Orthosia hibisci”OR “Orthosia incerta" OR “Orthotydeus
californicus”OR “Orthotylus marginalis”OR “Osmia cornifrons”OR “Ostrinia nubilalis”OR
“Ostrinia obumbratalis”OR “Otiorhynchus cribricollis”OR “Otiorhynchus raucus”OR “Otthia
amica" OR “Otthia spiraeae”OR “Oulema gallaeciana" OR “Oulema melanopus”OR “Ovatus
crataegarius”OR “Ovatus insitus”OR “Ovatus malisuctus”OR “Oxalis latifolia" OR “Oxalis pes-
caprae”OR “Oxyna parietina" OR “Oxyporus latemarginatus”OR “Oxyporus populinus”OR
“Oxyporus similis”OR “Pachysphinx modesta" OR “Paecilomyces niveus”OR “Palaeolecanium
bituberculatum”OR “Palomena prasina" OR “Pammene rhediella" OR “Pandemis cerasana" OR
“Pandemis heparana" OR “Pandemis pyrusana" OR “Panellus serotinus”OR “Panellus stipticus”
OR “Panonychus citri”OR “Panonychus inca" OR “Panonychus lishanensis”OR “Panonychus
ulmi”OR “Pantoea agglomerans”OR “Pantomorus cervinus”OR “Papilio eurymedon”OR
“Papilio glaucus”OR “Papilio rutulus”OR “Pappia fissilis”OR “Paraboeremia putaminum”OR
“Paraconiothyrium fuscomaculans”OR “Paradevriesia pseudoamericana" OR
“Paraphaeosphaeria concentrica" OR “Paraphoma radicina" OR “Parasaissetia nigra" OR
“Paratachardina pseudolobata" OR “Paratrichodorus porosus”OR “Paratylenchus microdorus”
OR “Paratylenchus nainianus”OR “Paratylenchus variabilis”OR “Parlatoreopsis chinensis”OR
“Parlatoreopsis longispina" OR “Parlatoreopsis pyri”OR “Parlatoria cinerea" OR “Parlatoria
crypta" OR “Parlatoria desolator”OR “Parlatoria oleae”OR “Parlatoria pergandii”OR
“Parlatoria pittospori”OR “Parlatoria proteus”OR “Parlatoria theae”OR “Parlatoria
yanyuanensis”OR “Parornix geminatella" OR “Parornix petiolella" OR “Parornix
quadripunctella" OR “Parornix scoticella" OR “Parthenolecanium cerasifex”OR
“Parthenolecanium corni”OR “Parthenolecanium corni corni”OR “Parthenolecanium glandi”
OR “Parthenolecanium persicae”OR “Pasiphila rectangulata" OR “Paspalum urvillei”OR
“Patellaria atrata" OR “Peach latent mosaic viroid”OR “Pear blister canker viroid”OR
“Pellicularia koleroga" OR “Peltaster cerophilus”OR “Peltaster fructicola" OR “Peltaster
gemmifer”OR “Peltosphaeria pustulans”OR “Pempelia heringii”OR “Penicillium
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aurantiogriseum”OR “Penicillium biourgeianum”OR “Penicillium brevicompactum”OR
“Penicillium candidum”OR “Penicillium carneum”OR “Penicillium chrysogenum”OR
“Penicillium commune”OR “Penicillium crustosum”OR “Penicillium cyclopium”OR “Penicillium
digitatum”OR “Penicillium expansum”OR “Penicillium frequentans”OR “Penicillium glabrum”
OR “Penicillium glaucum”OR “Penicillium griseofulvum”OR “Penicillium islandicum”OR
“Penicillium mali-pumilae”OR “Penicillium martensii”OR “Penicillium novae-zelandiae”OR
“Penicillium olivinoviride”OR “Penicillium paneum”OR “Penicillium polonicum”OR “Penicillium
puberulum”OR “Penicillium ramulosum”OR “Penicillium rugulosum”OR “Penicillium solitum”
OR “Penicillium urticae”OR “Penicillium verrucosum”OR “Penicillium viridicatum”OR
“Peniophora cinerea" OR “Peniophora lycii”OR “Peniophora violaceolivida" OR “Pennisetum
clandestinum”OR “Pentatoma rufipes”OR “Perenniporia fraxinea" OR “Peridroma saucia" OR
“Pesotum piceae”OR “Pestalotia breviseta" OR “Pestalotia concentrica" OR “Pestalotia hartigii”
OR “Pestalotia mali”OR “Pestalotia malicola" OR “Pestalotia malorum”OR “Pestalotia
mangifolia" OR “Pestalotia montellica" OR “Pestalotiopsis japonica" OR “Pestalotiopsis
maculans”OR “Pestalotiopsis malicola" OR “Pestalotiopsis steyaertii”OR “Pestalotiopsis
versicolor”OR “Petiveria alliacea" OR “Petrobia harti”OR “Petrobia latens”OR “Petunia
asteroid mosaic virus”OR “Peyronellaea musae”OR “Pezicula alba" OR “Pezicula corticola" OR
“Pezicula corylina" OR “Pezicula malicorticis”OR “Pezicula neocinnamomea" OR “Pezicula
polygona" OR “Pezicula pruinosa" OR “Pezicula sepium”OR “Peziza corticola" OR “Peziza
regalis”OR “Peziza repanda" OR “Pezizella oenotherae”OR “Phacidiella discolor”OR
“Phacidiopycnis malorum”OR “Phacidiopycnis washingtonensis”OR “Phacidium lacerum”OR
“Phaedon cochleariae”OR “Phaeoacremonium aleophilum”OR “Phaeoacremonium angustius”
OR “Phaeoacremonium australiense”OR “Phaeoacremonium austroafricanum”OR
“Phaeoacremonium fraxinopennsylvanicum”OR “Phaeoacremonium geminum”OR
“Phaeoacremonium inflatipes”OR “Phaeoacremonium iranianum”OR “Phaeoacremonium
italicum”OR “Phaeoacremonium longicollarum”OR “Phaeoacremonium minimum”OR
“Phaeoacremonium mortoniae”OR “Phaeoacremonium parasiticum”OR “Phaeoacremonium
proliferatum”OR “Phaeoacremonium prunicola" OR “Phaeoacremonium scolyti”OR
“Phaeoacremonium subulatum”OR “Phaeoacremonium viticola" OR “Phaeodothis winteri”OR
“Phaeosporis catacrypta" OR “Phaeothecoidiella illinoisensis”OR “Phaeothecoidiella
missouriensis”OR “Phalera bucephala" OR “Phalera flavescens”OR “Phanerochaete
salmonicolor”OR “Phellinus alni”OR “Phellinus conchatus”OR “Phellinus igniarius”OR
“Phellinus pomaceus”OR “Phellinus robustus”OR “Phenacoccus aceris”OR “Phenacoccus
graminicola" OR “Phenacoccus madeirensis”OR “Phenacoccus transcaucasicus”OR
“Phialophora malorum”OR “Phialophora sessilis”OR “Philodromus albidus”OR “Philodromus
cespitum”OR “Phlebia radiata" OR “Phlyctaena vagabunda" OR “Phlyctema vagabunda" OR
“Phlyctinus callosus”OR “Pholiota adiposa" OR “Pholiota aurivella" OR “Pholiota squarrosa" OR
“Phoma ambigua" OR “Phoma bismarckii”OR “Phoma coonsii”OR “Phoma enteroleuca" OR
“Phoma enteroleuca var. enteroleuca" OR “Phoma epicoccina" OR “Phoma fuliginea" OR
“Phoma glomerata" OR “Phoma herbarum”OR “Phoma jolyana" OR “Phoma macrostoma" OR
“Phoma macrostoma var. incolorata" OR “Phoma macrostoma var. macrostoma" OR “Phoma
mali”OR “Phoma pomi”OR “Phoma pomorum”OR “Phoma pomorum var. pomorum”OR
“Phoma putaminum”OR “Phoma pyrina" OR “Phoma radicina" OR “Phoma rubefaciens”OR
“Phoma violacea" OR “Phomopsis ambigua" OR “Phomopsis cotoneastri”OR “Phomopsis
fukushii”OR “Phomopsis mali”OR “Phomopsis oblonga" OR “Phomopsis perniciosa" OR
“Phomopsis prunorum”OR “Phomopsis theicola" OR “Phomopsis truncicola" OR “Phomopsis
velata" OR “Phorodon humuli”OR “Phragmatobia fuliginosa" OR “Phratora laticollis”OR
“Phycita roborella" OR “Phyllachora pomigena" OR “Phyllactinia mali”OR “Phyllactinia suffulta"
OR “Phyllobius argentatus”OR “Phyllobius oblongus”OR “Phyllobius pyri”OR “Phyllocoptes
goniothorax”OR “Phyllonorycter blancardella" OR “Phyllonorycter corylifoliella" OR
“Phyllonorycter crataegella" OR “Phyllonorycter cydoniella" OR “Phyllonorycter elmaella" OR
“Phyllonorycter ganodes”OR “Phyllonorycter gerasimovi”OR “Phyllonorycter gerasimowi”OR
“Phyllonorycter hapalotoxa" OR “Phyllonorycter hostis”OR “Phyllonorycter malella" OR
“Phyllonorycter mespilella" OR “Phyllonorycter ringoniella" OR “Phyllosticta angulata" OR
“Phyllosticta briardi”OR “Phyllosticta briardii”OR “Phyllosticta clypeata" OR “Phyllosticta
limitata" OR “Phyllosticta mali”OR “Phyllosticta persicae”OR “Phyllosticta pirina" OR
“Phyllosticta prunicola" OR “Phyllosticta pyrina" OR “Phyllosticta solitaria" OR “Phyllosticta
tumanensis”OR “Phyllotopsis nidulans”OR “Phyllotreta cruciferae”OR “Phyllotreta nigripes”
OR “Phyllotreta undulata" OR “Phyllotreta vittula" OR “Phymatotrichopsis omnivora" OR
“Phymatotrichum omnivorum”OR “Physalospora cydoniae”OR “Physalospora malorum”OR
“Physalospora mutila" OR “Physalospora obtusa" OR “Physalospora rhodina" OR
“Physatocheila dumetorum”OR “Physatocheila smreczynskii”OR “Phytocoris ulmi”OR
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“Phytomyza heringiana" OR “Phytophthora amnicola-chlamydospora" OR “Phytophthora
arecae”OR “Phytophthora boehmeriae”OR “Phytophthora cactorum”OR “Phytophthora
cambivora" OR “Phytophthora capsici”OR “Phytophthora cinnamomi”OR “Phytophthora
citricola" OR “Phytophthora citrophthora" OR “Phytophthora cryptogea" OR “Phytophthora
drechsleri”OR “Phytophthora fragariae”OR “Phytophthora gonapodyides”OR “Phytophthora
gregata" OR “Phytophthora hibernalis”OR “Phytophthora lacustris”OR “Phytophthora
medicaginis”OR “Phytophthora megasperma" OR “Phytophthora megasperma var.
megasperma" OR “Phytophthora nicotianae”OR “Phytophthora palmivora" OR “Phytophthora
palmivora var. palmivora" OR “Phytophthora parasitica" OR “Phytophthora plurivora" OR
“Phytophthora rosacearum”OR “Phytophthora sansomeana" OR “Phytophthora syringae”OR
“Phytoplasma aurantifolia" OR “Phytoplasma mali”OR “Phytoplasma pyri”OR “Phytoptus pyri”
OR “Phytopythium vexans”OR “Pilophorus perplexus”OR “Pimpla contemplator”OR
“Pithomyces chartarum”OR “Planococcus citri”OR “Planococcus ficus”OR “Planotortrix
excessana" OR “Plasmopara viticola" OR “Platynota flavedana" OR “Platynota idaeusalis”OR
“Platynota stultana" OR “Plemyria rubiginata" OR “Plenodomus fuscomaculans”OR
“Pleochaeta mali”OR “Pleomassaria mali”OR “Pleospora alternariae f. fusca" OR “Pleospora
fructicola" OR “Pleospora herbarum”OR “Pleospora herbarum var. citrorum”OR “Pleospora
mali”OR “Pleospora scrophulariae”OR “Plesiocoris rugicollis”OR “Pleurophoma cava" OR
“Pleurophorus caesus”OR “Pleurotus corticatus”OR “Pleurotus dryinus”OR “Pleurotus
ostreatus”OR “Pleurotus ulmarius”OR “Plocamaphis gyirongensis”OR “Poa annua" OR
“Pochazia shantungensis”OR “Podosphaera clandestina" OR “Podosphaera clandestina var.
clandestina" OR “Podosphaera leucotricha" OR “Podosphaera oxyacanthae”OR “Podosphaera
pannosa" OR “Pogonocherus hispidulus”OR “Pogonocherus hispidus”OR “Polydrusus
sericeus”OR “Polygonum aviculare”OR “Polyopeus pomi”OR “Polyopeus purpureus”OR
“Polyphylla fullo”OR “Polyporus admirabilis”OR “Polyporus adustus”OR “Polyporus albellus”
OR “Polyporus albidus”OR “Polyporus badius”OR “Polyporus biennis”OR “Polyporus caesius”
OR “Polyporus ciliatus”OR “Polyporus distortus”OR “Polyporus fissilis”OR “Polyporus
galactinus”OR “Polyporus gilvus”OR “Polyporus hirsutus”OR “Polyporus lacteus”OR
“Polyporus leptocephalus”OR “Polyporus pubescens”OR “Polyporus resinosus”OR “Polyporus
spumeus”OR “Polyporus spumeus var. malicola" OR “Polyporus squamosus”OR “Polyporus
sulphureus”OR “Polyporus tulipiferae”OR “Polyporus varius”OR “Polyporus versicolor”OR
“Polystictus versicolor”OR “Popillia japonica" OR “Poria ambigua" OR “Poria ferruginosa" OR
“Poria pannocincta" OR “Poria spissa" OR “Poria tenuis”OR “Poria tenuis var. pulchella" OR
“Poria tenuis var. tenuis”OR “Potebniamyces pyri”OR “Pratylenchus fallax”OR “Pratylenchus
hippeastri”OR “Pratylenchus loosi”OR “Pratylenchus manaliensus”OR “Pratylenchus
neglectus”OR “Pratylenchus penetrans”OR “Pratylenchus scribneri”OR “Pratylenchus
thornei”OR “Pratylenchus vulnus”OR “Pristiphora abbreviata" OR “Pristiphora maesta" OR
“Prociphilus caryae ssp. fitchii”OR “Prociphilus crataegicola" OR “Prociphilus kuwanai”OR
“Prociphilus oriens”OR “Prociphilus pini”OR “Prociphilus sasakii”OR “Prodiplosis longifila" OR
“Proeulia auraria" OR “Proeulia chrysopteris”OR “Propolomyces versicolor”OR “Propylea
quatuordecimpunctata" OR “Prosoeuzophera impletella" OR “Prunus necrotic ringspot virus”
OR “Psallus ambiguus”OR “Psathyrella candolleana" OR “Pseudaspidoproctus hyphaeniacus”
OR “Pseudaulacaspis pentagona" OR “Pseudexentera mali”OR “Pseudocercospora mali”OR
“Pseudocercosporella pomi”OR “Pseudococcus calceolariae”OR “Pseudococcus comstocki”OR
“Pseudococcus longispinus”OR “Pseudococcus maritimus”OR “Pseudococcus scatoterrae”OR
“Pseudococcus viburni”OR “Pseudomonas cichorii”OR “Pseudomonas fluorescens”OR
“Pseudomonas syringae”OR “Pseudomonas syringae pv. papulans”OR “Pseudomonas
syringae pv. syringae”OR “Pseudomonas viridiflava" OR “Pseudoveronaea ellipsoidea" OR
“Pseudoveronaea obclavata" OR “Psorosina hammondi”OR “Psylla mali”OR “Psylla
melanoneura" OR “Psylliodes chrysocephala" OR “Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata" OR
“Pterochloroides persicae”OR “Ptilodon capucina" OR “Ptycholoma lecheana" OR “Ptycholoma
lecheanum”OR “Puccinia heterospora" OR “Pulcherricium caeruleum”OR “Pullularia pullulans”
OR “Pulvinaria loralaiensis”OR “Pulvinaria regalis”OR “Pulvinaria vitis”OR “Punctularia
strigosozonata" OR “Puyllobius pyri”OR “Pycnoporus cinnabarinus”OR “Pycnoporus
coccineus”OR “Pyrenochaeta furfuracea" OR “Pyrenochaeta mali”OR “Pyrolachnus pyri”OR
“Pyropolyporus fomentarius”OR “Pythium abappressorium”OR “Pythium acanthophoron”OR
“Pythium afertile”OR “Pythium arrhenomanes”OR “Pythium debaryanum”OR “Pythium
echinulatum”OR “Pythium gracile”OR “Pythium helicandrum”OR “Pythium indigoferae”OR
“Pythium intermedium”OR “Pythium irregulare”OR “Pythium mamillatum”OR “Pythium
middletonii”OR “Pythium minus”OR “Pythium paroecandrum”OR “Pythium polytylum”OR
“Pythium rostratum”OR “Pythium spinosum”OR “Pythium splendens”OR “Pythium
torulosum”OR “Pythium ultimum”OR “Pythium ultimum var. ultimum”OR “Pythium vexans”
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OR “Quadraspidiotus ostreaeformis”OR “Quadraspidiotus pyri”OR “Radulum aterrimum”OR
“Ramichloridium apiculatum”OR “Ramichloridium luteum”OR “Ramichloridium mali”OR
“Ramphus oxyacanthae”OR “Ramphus pulicarius”OR “Ramularia eucalypti”OR “Ramularia
macrospora" OR “Ramularia magnusiana" OR “Ramularia mali”OR “Ramularia malicola" OR
“Ramularia vizellae”OR “Recurvaria leucatella" OR “Recurvaria nanella" OR “Resseliella
oculiperda" OR “Retithrips syriacus”OR “Rhagium bifasciatum”OR “Rhagium mordax”OR
“Rhagoletis completa" OR “Rhagoletis pomonella" OR “Rhagoletis tabellaria" OR “Rhagoletis
zephyria" OR “Rhizobium radiobacter”OR “Rhizobium rhizogenes”OR “Rhizoctonia solani”OR
“Rhizopus nigricans”OR “Rhizopus oryzae”OR “Rhizopus stolonifer”OR “Rhodococcus
turanicus”OR “Rhopalosiphum insertum”OR “Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae”OR
“Rhopalosiphum padi”OR “Rhopobota unipunctana" OR “Rhynchites aequatus”OR
“Rhynchites auratus”OR “Rhynchites bacchus”OR “Rhynchites pauxillus”OR “Ribautiana
debilis”OR “Ricania speculum”OR “Richardia brasiliensis”OR “Roesleria hypogaea" OR
“Roesleria subterranea" OR “Roestelia fenzeliana" OR “Rosellinia necatrix”OR “Rosellinia
radiciperda" OR “Rotylenchulus reniformis”OR “Rotylenchus montanus”OR “Rubus ellipticus”
OR “Russellaspis pustulans pustulans”OR “Rutstroemia rhenana" OR “Saissetia oleae oleae”
OR “Salicicola kermanensis”OR “Saperda candida" OR “Saperda scalaris”OR “Sarcinella
heterospora" OR “Sarcodontia crocea" OR “Sarcodontia setosa" OR “Sarocladium kiliense”OR
“Sarocladium liquanensis”OR “Sarocladium mali”OR “Saturnia pavonia" OR “Saturnia pyri”
OR “Schistocerca gregaria" OR “Schizoneurella indica" OR “Schizophyllum alneum”OR
“Schizophyllum commune”OR “Schizotetranychus schizopus”OR “Schizotetranychus smirnovi”
OR “Schizothyrium jamaicense”OR “Schizothyrium perexiguum”OR “Schizothyrium pomi”OR
“Schizura concinna" OR “Schizura leptinoides”OR “Schizura unicornis”OR “Scirtothrips
dorsalis”OR “Sclerophoma endogenospora" OR “Sclerophoma mali”OR “Scleroramularia
abundans”OR “Scleroramularia henaniensis”OR “Scleroramularia pomigena" OR
“Scleroramularia shaanxiensis”OR “Scleroramularia shaaxiensis”OR “Sclerotinia fructicola" OR
“Sclerotinia fructigena" OR “Sclerotinia fruticola" OR “Sclerotinia kenjiana" OR “Sclerotinia
laxa" OR “Sclerotinia mali”OR “Sclerotinia sclerotiorum”OR “Sclerotium delphinii”OR
“Sclerotium rolfsii”OR “Sclerotium rolfsii var. delphinii”OR “Scolicosporium pedicellatum”OR
“Scolytus amygdali”OR “Scolytus mali”OR “Scolytus rugulosus”OR “Scutellospora pellucida"
OR “Scutylenchus baluchiensis”OR “Scytinostroma galactinum”OR “Scytinostroma protrusum
subsp. protrusum”OR “Seimatosporium fusisporum”OR “Seimatosporium lichenicola" OR
“Senecio vulgaris”OR “Septobasidium pseudopedicellatum”OR “Septocylindrium aderholdii”
OR “Septocylindrium radicola" OR “Septoria piricola" OR “Septoria pyri”OR “Septoria pyricola"
OR “Sesia bembeciformis”OR “Setaria viridis”OR “Sibine trimacula" OR “Siphoninus
phillyreae”OR “Smerinthus ocellata" OR “Solanum carolinense”OR “Sophonia orientalis”OR
“Spencermartinsia plurivora" OR “Sphaeria bisphaerica" OR “Sphaeria microtheca" OR
“Sphaerolecanium prunastri”OR “Sphaeropsis mali”OR “Sphaeropsis malorum”OR
“Sphaeropsis pyriputrescens”OR “Sphaeropsis sapinea" OR “Sphaerotheca pannosa" OR
“Sphaerotheca pomorum”OR “Sphinx perelegans”OR “Sphrageidus similis”OR “Spilocaea
pomi”OR “Spilococcus pacificus”OR “Spilonota ocellana" OR “Spilosoma lubricipeda" OR
“Spilosoma luteum”OR “Spodoptera eridania" OR “Spodoptera frugiperda" OR “Spodoptera
littoralis”OR “Spodoptera litura" OR “Spodoptera praefica" OR “Sporidesmajora
pennsylvaniensis”OR “Sporidesmium asperum”OR “Sporidesmium fructigenum”OR
“Sporobolomyces pararoseus”OR “Sporobolomyces roseus”OR “Sporocadus mali”OR
“Sporonema oxycocci”OR “Sporotrichum malorum”OR “Spulerina astaurota" OR
“Stagonospora biformis”OR “Stagonospora prominula" OR “Stauropus fagi”OR
“Stegonsporium megasporium”OR “Stellaria media" OR “Stemphylium botryosum”OR
“Stemphylium chrysanthemicola" OR “Stemphylium congestum”OR “Stemphylium congestum
var. minor”OR “Stemphylium globuliferum”OR “Stemphylium graminis”OR “Stemphylium
ilicis”OR “Stemphylium simmonsii”OR “Stemphylium vesicarium”OR “Stenocorus meridianus”
OR “Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla" OR “Stenotus binotatus”OR “Stephanitis pyri”OR “Stereum
albobadium”OR “Stereum complicatum”OR “Stereum erumpens”OR “Stereum gausapatum”
OR “Stereum hirsutum”OR “Stereum murrayi”OR “Stereum purpureum”OR “Stereum
versiforme”OR “Stigmella desperatella" OR “Stigmella incognitella" OR “Stigmella
magdalenae”OR “Stigmella malella" OR “Stigmella oxyacanthella" OR “Stigmella pomella" OR
“Stigmella pomivorella" OR “Stigmella pulverosella" OR “Stigmella sorbi”OR “Stigmina
carpophila" OR “Stigmina negundinis”OR “Stigmina pallida" OR “Stilbella aciculosa" OR
“Stilbella flavescens”OR “Strasseria carpophila" OR “Strasseria geniculata" OR “Strelitziana
mali”OR “Strickeria kochii”OR “Strickeria obducens”OR “Suturaspis archangelskyae”OR
“Swammerdamia pyrella" OR “Synanthedon hector”OR “Synanthedon myopaeformis”OR
“Synanthedon scitula" OR “Syndemis musculana" OR “Takahashia japonica" OR “Tanymecus
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dilaticollis”OR “Tanymecus palliatus”OR “Taphrina bullata" OR “Tapinoma nigerrimum”OR
“Taraxacum officinale complex”OR “Teichospora cruentula" OR “Teichospora seminuda" OR
“Teichospora zabriskieana" OR “Temnostethus pusillus”OR “Temperate fruit decay associated
virus”OR “Tetranychus arabicus”OR “Tetranychus canadensis”OR “Tetranychus cinnabarinus”
OR “Tetranychus desertorum”OR “Tetranychus frater”OR “Tetranychus kanzawai”OR
“Tetranychus lambi”OR “Tetranychus ludeni”OR “Tetranychus mcdanieli”OR “Tetranychus
mexicanus”OR “Tetranychus neocaledonicus”OR “Tetranychus pacificus”OR “Tetranychus
schoenei”OR “Tetranychus turkestani”OR “Tetranychus urticae”OR “Tetranychus viennensis”
OR “Tetrops praeustus”OR “Tettigonia viridissima" OR “Thaumatotibia leucotreta" OR
“Thelonectria lucida" OR “Thrips angusticeps”OR “Thrips flavus”OR “Thrips hawaiiensis”OR
“Thrips imaginis”OR “Thrips major”OR “Thrips obscuratus”OR “Thrips tabaci”OR
“Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis”OR “Tilletiopsis pallescens”OR “Timocratica albella" OR
“Tischeria malifoliella" OR “Tobacco mosaic virus”OR “Tobacco necrosis virus”OR “Tobacco
ringspot virus”OR “Tomato black ring virus”OR “Tomato bushy stunt virus”OR “Tomato
ringspot virus”OR “Torula herbarum”OR “Torymus druparum”OR “Trachycera advenella" OR
“Trametes gallica" OR “Trametes gallica var. trogii”OR “Trametes hirsuta" OR “Trametes
malicola" OR “Trametes ochracea" OR “Trametes pubescens”OR “Trametes versicolor”OR
“Trametes zonata" OR “Trematosphaeria communis”OR “Trichiura crataegi”OR “Trichoderma
harzianum”OR “Trichoderma koningii”OR “Trichoderma viride”OR “Trichodorus viruliferus”
OR “Trichoferus campestris”OR “Trichosea ludifica" OR “Trichoseptoria fructigena" OR
“Trichothecium roseum”OR “Tripospermum acerinum”OR “Tripospermum camelopardus”OR
“Tripospermum myrti”OR “Trirachys holosericeus”OR “Trirachys sartus”OR “Tropinota hirta"
OR “Truncatella angustata" OR “Truncatella laurocerasi”OR “Tryblidiella rufula" OR
“Trypetoptera punctulata" OR “Trypodendron domesticum”OR “Trypodendron signatum”OR
“Tubercularia vulgaris”OR “Tulare apple mosaic virus”OR “Tylenchus areolatus”OR
“Tylenchus neozelandicus”OR “Tylenchus ruatus”OR “Tylenchus whitus”OR “Tympanis alnea"
OR “Tympanis conspersa" OR “Tympanis malicola" OR “Typhlocyba pomaria" OR “Typhlocyba
quercus”OR “Typhlodromus khosrovensis”OR “Tyromyces caesius”OR “Tyromyces
fissiliformis”OR “Ulocladium consortiale”OR “Ulotricha egregalis”OR “Urophorus humeralis”
OR “Uwebraunia commune”OR “Uwebraunia dekkeri”OR “Valsa ambiens”OR “Valsa
americana" OR “Valsa amphibola" OR “Valsa ceratosperma" OR “Valsa cincta" OR “Valsa
leucostoma" OR “Valsa mali”OR “Valsa mali var. mali”OR “Valsa mali var. pyri”OR “Valsa
malicola" OR “Valsa melastoma" OR “Valsa nivea" OR “Valsa papyriferae”OR “Valsa persoonii”
OR “Valsaria insitiva" OR “Valsella melastoma" OR “Valsella papyriferae”OR “Venturia
asperata" OR “Venturia inaequalis”OR “Venturia pyrina" OR “Verticillium albo-atrum”OR
“Verticillium dahliae”OR “Vibidia duodecimguttata" OR “Vitula serratilineella" OR “Vryburgia
viator”OR “Wallemia sebi”OR “Watabura nishiyae”OR “Xanthochrous hispidus”OR “Xestia c-
nigrum”OR “Xestia ditrapezium”OR “Xiphinema americanum”OR “Xiphinema
diversicaudatum”OR “Xiphinema index”OR “Xiphinema pachtaicum”OR “Xiphinema rivesi”
OR “Xylaria corniformis”OR “Xylaria curta" OR “Xylaria longiana" OR “Xylaria mali”OR “Xylaria
polymorpha" OR “Xyleborinus attenuatus”OR “Xyleborinus saxesenii”OR “Xyleborus dispar”
OR “Xylena nupera" OR “Xylena vetusta" OR “Xylobolus subpileatus”OR “Xylochora
nigropunctata" OR “Xylosandrus crassiusculus”OR “Xylosandrus germanus”OR “Xylotrechus
chinensis”OR “Xylotrechus namanganensis”OR “Xysticus kochii”OR “Yponomeuta malinellus”
OR “Yponomeuta padella" OR “Ypsolopha horridella" OR “Ypsolopha scabrella" OR
“Zamopsyche commentella" OR “Zasmidium angulare”OR “Zetiasplozna thuemenii”OR
“Zeuzera coffeae”OR “Zeuzera pyrina" OR “Zygina flammigera" OR “Zygina schneideri”OR
“Zygophiala cryptogama" OR “Zygophiala cylindrica" OR “Zygophiala emperorae”OR
“Zygophiala jamaicensis”OR “Zygophiala qianensis”OR “Zygophiala tardicrescens”OR
“Zygophiala wisconsinensis”OR “Aspidiotus hederae”OR “Hemiberlesia latania" OR “Icerya
purchasi”OR “Kilifa acuminata" OR “Lepidosaphes beckii”OR “Lepidosaphes gloverii”OR
“Lepidosaphes pallidula" OR “Maconellicoccs hirsutus”OR “Mycetaspis personata" OR
“Russellaspis pustulans”OR “Coccophagus scutellaris”OR “Aphytis lingnanensis”OR “Aphytis
mytilaspidis”OR “Aphytis chrysomphali”OR “Leptomastix flava" OR “Pteroptrix aegyptica" OR
“Neoplatycerus kemticus”OR “Leptomastidea abnormis”OR “Metaphycus asterolecanii”OR
“Edwardsiana quettensis”OR “Tydeus shabestariensis”OR “Typhlodromus pyri “OR
“Typhlodromus cotoneastri”OR “Caleptrimerus baileyi”OR “Candida famata" OR “Cerambyx
dux”OR “Molothrognathus kurdistaniensis”OR “Carabus graecus morio”OR “Carabus
coriaceus”OR “Calathus cinctus”OR “Calathus syriacus”OR “Laemostenus kirschenhoferi”OR
“Zabrus kraatzi”OR “Amara aenea “OR “Amara apricaria" OR “Amara convexiuscula" OR
“Amara crenata “OR “Amara cursitans”OR “Amara eurynota" OR “Amara ovata" OR “Amara
proxima" OR “Odotoncarus asiaticus”OR “Dixus eremita “OR “Dixus obscurus”OR “Acinopus
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laevigatus”OR “Ophonus battus”OR “Semiophonus signaticornis”OR “Pseudoophonus
griseus”OR “Pseudoophonus rufipes”OR “Harpalus hospes armenus”OR “Harpalus albanicus”
OR “Harpalus caspius”OR “Harpalus distinguendus”OR “Harpalus oblitus”OR “Harpalus
serripes”OR “Harpalus smaragdinus”OR “Brachinus ejaculans”OR “Brachinus explodens”OR
“Thrips meridionalis”OR “Riptortus pedestris”OR “Ooencyrtus nezarae”OR “Gryon
japonicum”OR “Orgya gonostigma" OR “Stigmaeus marandiensis”OR “Eupalopsellus prasadi”
OR “Stigmaeus saboorii”OR “Eustigmaeus setiferus”OR “Metaphidippus aeneolus”OR “Eris
marginata" OR “Tutelina similis”OR “Salticus scenicus”OR “Spirembolus mundus”OR
“Pityohyphantes rubrofasciatus”OR “Cheiracanthium inclusum”OR “Philodromus spectabilis”
OR “Philodromus rufus”OR “Philodromus speciosus”OR “Apollophanes margareta" OR
“Tibellus oblongus”OR “Theridion lawrencei”OR “Theridion differens”OR “Theridion
californicum”OR “Theridion cmurarium”OR “Theridion neomaxicanum”OR “Dipoena nigra"
OR “Dctyna peragrata" OR “Xysticus loculpes”OR “Tetragnatha laboriosa “OR “Araneus
diadematus”OR “Araniella displicata" OR “Metepeira grandiosa" OR “Anyphaena pacificata"
OR “Leuronychus parvulus”OR “Oxyopes scalaris”OR “Haplocampa testudinea" OR
“Staphylinidae”OR “Phytoseius kassasini “OR “Bucculatrix malivorella" OR “Aphytis
maculicornis”OR “da leggere”OR “Argyrotaenia sphaleropa" OR “Typhlodromus sub-solidus”
OR “Parascolothrips priesneri”OR “Aeolesthes sarta" OR “Renocis brittaini”OR “Renocis
commixtus”OR “Coenorhinus pauxillus”OR “Lygus lineolaris”OR “Heterocordylus malinus”OR
“Lygidea mendax”OR “Agistemus fleschneri “OR “Amblyseius fallaci”OR “Typhlodromus
caudiglans”OR “Blepharidopterus provancheri”OR “Hyponomeuta malinella")
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Appendix B –Excel file with the pest list of Malus domestica
Appendix Bcan be found in the online version of this output (in the ‘Supporting
information‘section).
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