Clavibacter sepedonicus, kukonzera mhete yembatatiro kuora, (https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/CORBSE) chirwere chikuru chebhakitiriya chembatatisi munzvimbo dzakawanda dzinorimwa mbatatisi. Izvi zvinogadzira biofilms pamhando dzakasiyana dzenzvimbo. Kuumbwa kweBiofilm kunowedzera kupona kwebhakitiriya munharaunda kwenguva yakareba. The main host plant is Mbatata (mbatatisi); zvisinei kune huwandu hwezviyedzo zvinogadzira zvirimwa zvinoenderana neEPPO Global Database (https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/CORBSE/hosts).
C. sepedonicus inosarudzwa seyakagadziriswa quarantine pest mudunhu reEU. Mhedzisiro huru yekutapukirwa netuber yembatatisi kudzikisira mbeu mbatatisi kuburikidza nembeu certification, nokudaro kuderedza mutengo wembeu dzembatatisi uye pundutso yevarimi vembeu yembatatisi. Sezvo maLabhoritari ezvehutano ezvekudyara eEuropean anoita kudzora kwerabhoritari yeiyi yakadzorwa tupukanana kuburikidza nekuyedza murabhoritari uchishandisa yemazuva ano mamolecular (seyakajairwa PCR bvunzo, chaiyo nguva PCR bvunzo) uye yavo National Plant Dziviriro Masangano (NPPOs) inotora inoshanda phytosanitary nhanho kudzivirira kuparadzirwa kwezvipembenene. uye kuwanda kwembeu zhinji dzembatatisi, chimiro chezvipembenene chinosarudzwa sechiripo, chinorambidzwa kugovera kana chiripo, zvishoma zviitiko zvinoenderana neEPPO Global Database (https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/CORBSE/distribution). Zvichienderana neruzivo rwezvinhu zvipenyu zveiyi mbatatisi pathogen, Safe Haven Standards muhurongwa hweRed Tractor Chikafu Assurance Scheme (https://redtractorassurance.org.uk/standard-categories/safe-haven-potatoes/) zvakanyorwa kusimbisa hutano hwezvirimwa uye kuchengetedza nzvimbo yeUK kure nekuvapo kwezvirwere zvakawanda zvembatatisi muchirimwa chembatatisi. Izvi zvinoita kuti pave nemusiyano uye mamwe matunhu muUK anozivikanwa seMatunhu Epamusoro ("nzvimbo dzepamusoro dzekugadzira mbatatisi") zvinoenderana neCommission Decision 2004/3/EC.https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32004D0003).