EFSA-PERSEUS a Project on plant health monitoring programs ...

<strong>PERSEUS</strong>
EPPO Workshop on surveillance,
Agier, 18./20. September 2011
<strong>EFSA</strong>-<strong>PERSEUS</strong>
a <strong>Project</strong> on plant health
monitoring programs
throughout the EU
Claudia Wendt
Institute for National and International Plant Health
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The <strong>PERSEUS</strong> consortium
4 Partners – 4 countries
Research
• FERA – UK
• INRA - FR
• JKI – DE
Subcontractor
• UPAD - IT
Management
• FERA - UK
FERA
INRA
JKI
UPAD
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<strong>PERSEUS</strong> major goals
Plant health surveys for the EU territory: an analysis of data quality
and methodologies and the resulting uncertainties for
pest risk assessment .
Identify limitations in
survey methodology
On the basis of this
knowledge improve PRAs
and survey methodologies
Reduce the level
of risk for the EU territory
• Taking advantage of the transnational dimension of <strong>PERSEUS</strong>
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Division of work
WP 1: Systematic literature
review
WP 2: Inventory of specific
surveys
WP 3: Review of
methodologies
WP 4: Case studies
• Gather information
• Search in scientific articles, conference
proceedings, dissertations, research projects
and grey literature
• Questionnaires
• Search of database CIRCA EUROPHYT
• WP1 and WP2 findings are reviewed
• Uncertainty factors in methodologies
are outlined and quantified
• Evaluate survey methodologies for 24
species in more detail
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Results of WP 1
Systematic literature search, procedure
Species list (Annexes I and II of Directive 2000/29/EC)
1) Detection
2) Delimitation
3) Monitoring
4) Commodity surveys
TRADITIONAL REVIEW
Search protocol according to <strong>EFSA</strong>
guidelines
DATABASE OF THE CASES and data analysis
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Results of WP 1
Documents analysed on September 2012 for validated
species in main categories of organisms
Organism retrieved retained added used
Bacteria 8777 2209 20 439
Fungi 8654 1835 56 640
Insects 23540 5440 40 1910
Nematodes 3525 1156 17 303
Phytoplasmas 1234 431 9 164
Viruses 7709 3949 21 1354
Total 53439 15020 163 4810
Documents used for production of 242 summaries
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WP 2, inventory of specific surveys
Two types of questionnaires were created
1. Identify authorities and experts working in the field of plant health, that
were conducting surveys on species regulated in COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
2000/29/EC and those species subject to emergency and control directives
measures
2. On surveys carried out on the 25 key species, obtained from
questionnaire 1 responses and surveyed by more than 5 countries
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Results of WP 2
Questionnaires
Of the 17 addressed countries,
13 responded to questionnaire
two.
76,5%
All 25 species were represented
• AT
• BE
• BG
• EE
• FI
• DE
• GR
• ME
• NO
• PL
• IE
• SK
• SE
• GB
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Results of WP 2
Questionnaires and Grey literature
• National guidelines or standard operating procedures
• 85 documents including 2 draft SOPs
• Different approaches to the necessary of such national documents
a) Extra guidelines for each species
b) Sector wise approach
c) One compendium for all relevant species
• Search for Grey literature
• Covered all species as well as all countries
• Findings consists of dossiers on single species legislative documents and
relevant articles in professional journals
• Grey literature findings: 18 species out of 24
• About 200 entries
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WP 3
Review of methodologies
Genera
Number of
species
Technical guidelines
available
Retrieved from
literature review
Bacteria 5 12 838
Fungi 3 12 180
Insects 9 29 447
Nematodes 6 12 788
Phytoplasmas 1 3 150
Viruses 4 17 661
Total 28 85 3064
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WP 4
Case studies
• Consisting task
• List of 25 species, current relevance for the EU, representative cross section
a) All types of surveys
b) All genera of quarantine pests
c) PRA available
• Details of survey methodologies are scrutinised e.g. timing, scope,
sampling procedure, diagnostic procedure and the reporting of survey
results
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Species list for WP 3 and 4
Species Genera Type of survey PRA Case study
Anoplophora chinensis Insect Detection / Commodity Available Yes
Anoplophora glabripennis Insect Detection / Commodity Not available No
Tomato spotted wilt Virus Virus Detection / Commodity Not available No
Xanthomonas fragariae Bacterium Detection / Commodity Not available No
Xanthomonas campestris Bacterium Detection / Commodity Not available No
Rhynchophorus
ferrugineus Insect Detection / Commodity Available Yes
Erwinia amylovora Bacterium Detection / Monitoring Available Yes
PepMv Virus Detection / Monitoring Available Yes
Apple proliferation Phytoplasma Monitoring Available Yes
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Species list for WP 3 and 4
Species Genera Type of survey PRA Case study
Clavibacter michiganensis ssp.
sepedonicus Bacterium Monitoring Not available Yes
Globodera pallida Nematode Monitoring Available Yes
Globodera rostochiensis Nematode Monitoring Available Yes
Plum Pox Virus Virus Monitoring Available Yes
Phytophthora ramorum Fungus Monitoring Available Yes
Synchytrium endobioticum Fungus Monitoring Available Yes
Bemisia tabaci Insect Detection Not available Yes
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Nematode Detection Available Yes
Diabrotica virgifera Insect Detection Available Yes
Ditylenchus dipsaci Nematode Detection Not available No
Ditylenchus destructor Nematode Detection Not available No
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Species list for WP 3 and 4
Species Genera Type of survey PRA Case study
Dryocosmus kuriphilus Insect Detection Available Yes
Gibberella circinata Fungus Detection Available Yes
Leptinotarsa decemlineata Insect Detection Available Yes
Liriomyza Insect Detection Available Yes
Meloidogyne chitwoodi Nematode Detection Not available No
Meloidogyne fallax Nematode Detection Not available No
PSTVd Virus Detection Available Yes
Ralstonia solanacearum Bacterium Detection Not available No
Thrips palmi Insect Detection Available Yes
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Thank you for your
attention.
Claudia Wendt
Julius Kühn – Institute, Kleinmachnow
Germany
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