2025/03/01 by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Sara Tramontini, Gianni Gilioli +8 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control #Insect Resistance and Genetics #Insect behavior and control techniques
paper · pdf · doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.en-9326
openalex publication_date 2025/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/03/14 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract In 2022, EFSA was mandated by the European Commission's Directorate‐General for Health and Food Safety (M‐2022‐00070) to provide technical assistance on the list of Union quarantine pests qualifying as priority pests, as specified in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against plant pests. As part of Task C, EFSA conducted expert knowledge elicitations for candidate priority pests, focusing on the lag period, expansion rate and impact on production (yield and quality losses) and the environment. This report provides the rationale for the dataset on Bactrocera dorsalis, delivered to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, to feed into the Impact Indicator for Priority Pest (I2P2) model and complete the pest prioritisation ranking exercise.