Pest risk assessment of the importation into the United States of unprocessed Eucalyptus logs and chips from South America / John T. Kliejunas [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Kliejunas, John T.

Series:

General technical report FPL ; 124.

General technical report FPL ; 124

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eucalyptus--Diseases and pests--South America.

Eucalyptus.

Timber--Diseases and pests--South America.

Timber.

Wood chips--Diseases and pests--South America.

Wood chips.

Nonindigenous pests--Control--United States.

Nonindigenous pests.

Eucalyptus--Diseases and pests.

Nonindigenous pests--Control.

Timber--Diseases and pests.

South America.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 134 pages).

Place of Publication:

Madison, WI : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, [2001]

Summary:

In this report, we assess the unmitigated pest risk potential of importing Eucalyptus logs and chips from South America into the United States. To do this, we estimated the likelihood and consequences of introducing representative insects and pathogens of concern. Nineteen individual pest risk assessments were prepared, eleven dealing with insects and eight with pathogens. The selected organisms were representative examples of insects and pathogens found on the foliage, on the bark, in the bark, and in the wood of Eucalyptus spp. Among the insects and pathogens assessed, eight were rated a high risk potential: purple moth (Sarsina violescens), scolytid bark and ambrosia beetles (Scolytopsis brasiliensis, Xyleborus retusus, Xyleborus biconicus, Xyleborus spp.), carpenterworm (Chilecomadia valdiviana) on Eucalyptus nitens, round-headed wood borers (Chydarteres striatus, Retrachyderes thoracicus, Trachyderes spp., Steirastoma breve, Stenodontes spinibarbis), eucalyptus longhorned borer (Phoracantha semipunctata), Botryosphaeria cankers (Botryosphaeria dothidea, Botryosphaeria obtusa, Botryosphaeria ribi), Ceratocystis canker (Ceratocystis fimbriata), and pink disease (Erythricium salmonicolor). A moderate pest risk potential was assigned to eleven other organisms or groups of organisms: eucalypt weevils (Gonipterus spp.), carpenterworm (Chilecomadia valdiviana) on two Eucalyptus species other than E. nitens, platypodid ambrosia beetle (Megaplatypus parasulcatus), yellow phorancantha borer (Phoracantha recurva), subterranean termites (Coptotermes spp., Heterotermes spp.), foliar diseases (Aulographina eucalypti, Cryptosporiopsis eucalypti, Cylindrocladium spp., Phaeophleospora spp., Mycosphaerella spp.), eucalyptus rust (Puccinia psidii), Cryphonectria canker (Cryphonectria cubensis), Cytospora cankers (Cytospora eucalypticola, Cytospora eucalyptina), Coniothyrium canker (Coniothyrium zuluense), and root and stem rots (Armillaria spp., Phellinus spp., Ganoderma sp., Gymnopilus spectabilis). For those organisms of concern that are associated with logs and chips of South American Eucalyptus spp., specific phytosanitary measures may be required to ensure the quarantine safety of proposed importations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

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Pest risk assessment of the importation into the United States of unprocessed Eucalyptus logs and chips from South America

OCLC:

288630879

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