Pest survey card on Phyllosticta citricarpa

Abstract

The European Commission requested EFSA (M-2017-0137) to assist the Member States to plan annual survey activities of quarantine organisms using a statistically sound and risk-based pest survey approach, in line with current international standards. Phyllosticta citricarpa is a Union quarantine pest and the causal agent of citrus black spot (CBS). It is not known to occur in the EU so special requirements for the import of its host plants and fruit from third countries are in place to prevent its introduction and spread. P. citricarpa produces asexual pycnidia and pycnidiospores on fruit lesions,