Pest & Disease Alert - Phytophthora ramorum outbreaks
14 Apr 2011
Outbreaks of Phytophthora ramorum have been intercepted in Staffordshire, Cheshire and Surrey.
Syngenta has launched a new website, www.syngenta-crop.co.uk, to give growers and suppliers a single integrated information source.
Outbreaks of Phytophthora ramorum have been intercepted in Staffordshire, Cheshire and Surrey.
Rhododendron in Cornwall, West Sussex, Lancashire and Cumbria have been hit by outbreaks of sudden oak death in recent weeks.
Food & Environment Research Agency focuses on citrus longhorn beetle for emergence season.
Biscaya (M15014) has been granted specific off-label approval (SOLA) for use as a horticultural insecticide on outdoor ornamental plant production.
Bayer CropScience insecticide Biscaya has gained a specific off-label approval (SOLA) for use on a range of crops, including outdoor crops of horseradish, salsify, parsley root and red beet.
The UK potato industry could be dealt a devastating blow if a species of beetle is allowed to enter the country, the NFU has claimed.
Control of oak processionary moth larvae may have to begin earlier that expected this year. Gristwood & Toms has been monitoring the emergence of an isolated egg plaque and noted emergence on 1 April - a week earlier than anticipated.
Forestry Commission scientists say it is too soon to tell whether European larch will be a sporulating host for the disease.
The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) has challenged new charges introduced for plant health inspections, saying it will cost the UK fresh produce industry at least £250,000 a year based on inspections at Heathrow Airport alone.


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