Information sheet 1.12: Roguing and pruning Roguing is defined as the removal of infested plants and/or uninfested host plants in a delimited area, whereas pruning is defined as the removal of infested plant parts only without affecting the viability of the plant. This information sheet is a supporting document to Appendix A (‘Standardised checklist of risk reduction options’) of the Guidance of the EFSA Plant Health Panel on quantitative pest risk assessment. EFSA PLH Panel (EFSA Panel on Plant Health), Jeger M, Bragard C, Caffier D, Candresse T, Chatzivassiliou E, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Grégoire J-C, Jaques Miret JA, MacLeod A, Navajas Navarro M, Niere B, Parnell S, Potting R, Rafoss T, Rossi V, Urek G, Van Bruggen A, Van der Werf W, West J, Winter S, Hart A, Schans J, Schrader G, Suffert M, Kertész V, Kozelska S, Mannino MR, Mosbach-Schulz O, Pautasso M, Stancanelli G, Tramontini S, Vos S and Gilioli G, 2018. Guidance of the EFSA PLH Panel on quantitative pest risk assessment. EFSA Journal 2018;16(7):5350, 94 pp. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5350. Available online at https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5350

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