Ability to Respond Total:13 / 25Ability to Respond = ( Ease of Response + Tools in Place )
Confidence:Medium
Confidence Notes:
Impact
Spread
Notes
Score
Spread Rate
Spores can spread by wind, equipment, on seed and with movement of grain. Found in India, the Middle East, Mexico and Arizona, New Mexico and Texas
4
Spread Amount
3
Damage
Notes
Score
Ecological
0
Agricultural
Peswt on Wheat and Triticale
5
Infrastructure
0
Cultural
Potentially severe home garden and landscape damge to stone fruit
0
Health
0
Benefit
Notes
Score
Ecological
0
Agricultural
0
Infrastructure
0
Cultural
0
Health
0
Total
12
Ability to Respond
Ease of Response
Notes
Score
Detection
Difficult to detect and can be mistaken for other fungus diseases. Crop survey are periodically poerformed through field collection of grain samples and laboratory analysis for presence of the disease.
1
Control
Spores can last up to five years in soil. Control involves quarantine, crop destruction and not planting host crops for five years
2
Tools in Place
Notes
Score
Entry
Restrictions on movement of plants and plant parts from infested areas.
