Abstract
The Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP), THRIP initiative of the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Science and Technology (DST)/ National Research Foundation (NRF), and Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB).
Highlights
The objective of biosecurity, to safeguard biodiversity, was jeopardized by the current dogma and taxonomic politics, which questioned whether a species different from P. psidii would be as severe a threat
That this was an exotic pathogen with an undefined host range was neglected because of a name-based approach to biosecurity
The third reason to reconsider a name-based dogma in biosecurity is that it does not account for genetic diversity in fungal populations
Summary
Quarantine regulations have been implemented based on pathogens that already cause significant disease problems on congener hosts in other parts of the world (e.g., Q-bank, available at http://www.q-bank.eu). Well-known pathogens are described, named, and studied to determine their disease cycle, epidemiology, and impact. The central dogma of biosecurity proportions risk and focuses resources on known and named pathogens. In fungi, the rate of species discovery outpaces taxonomy, and naming of new taxa is not inherently accompanied by biological information.
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