The aim of the project was to develop a procedure that will enable the targeting of the resources of the plant health inspections prescribed by plant health legislation and the risk assessment for plant pests that, in all probability, pose an exceptionally high risk to plant production in Finland.
As a result, a pest prioritization model named FinnPRIO was developed. The model is applied to estimate the magnitude of probability of pest invasion and the likely impacts, as well as the efficiency of the risk management available. The FinnPRIO model was validated in three expert workshops. During the project the risk of 95 pest species to Finnish plant production was assessed using the model.
Research team
Tapani Lyytikäinen (Evira)
Salla Hannunen (Evira)
Juha Tuomola (Evira)
Jaakko Heikkilä (MTT, Economic Research)
Laura Kitti (MTT, Economic Research)
Eija Pouta (MTT, Economic Research)
Anne Nissinen (MTT, Plant Production Research)
Terho Hyvönen (MTT, Plant Production Research)
Arja Lilja (The Finnish Forest Research Institute)
Anne Uimari (The Finnish Forest Research Institute)
Heli Viiri (The Finnish Forest Research Institute)
Time schedule
2012 - 2014
Financed by
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Project publications
Heikkilä J., Tuomola J., Pouta E. & Hannunen S. 2016. FinnPRIO: a model for ranking invasive plant pests based on risk. Biological Invasions 18: 1827-1842. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-016-1123-4
Marinova-Todorova M., Tuomola J. 2019. A Graphical User Interface for the FinnPRIO model: A model for ranking plant pests based on risk (Version 1.0). Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2784027
Further information
juha.tuomola@foodauthority.fi
salla.hannunen@foodauthority.fi