Plant Health

How to control rats on ornamental crops

Adjuvants: crops will benefit if the right adjuvants are added to the spray tank

How can ornamentals growers control sooty moulds?

Scale insects: the most vulnerable stage of the life cycle needs to be targeted

Sciarid and shore flies: frass from these pests reduces plant quality while feeding damage creates entry points for serious root diseases

Botrytis: protecting ornamentals crops from Botrytis

Leaf and stem nematodes: cultural controls and nursery hygiene are key to avoiding plant and bulb damage

Damping-off: what steps can growers take to keep it off the ornamentals nursery?

Spider mites: defences for protected and outdoor ornamentals against spider mites

Leaf miners: how growers can protect ornamentals crops from leaf miners

Takahashia japonica: cotton stringy scale insects' distinctive ovisacs could lower aesthetic value

Prunus bacterial spot/canker: this notifiable disease can inflict serious damage on all Prunus species

Tasmanian eucalyptus beetle: Eucalyptus trees face the risk of significant defoliation from a beetle that is expected to become established in the UK

Pepper weevil: sweet peppers, chilli peppers and other Solanaceae are at risk from this small but potentially devastating pest

Lemon tree borer: Wood-boring larvae of this beetle could wreak serious economic and environmental damage to native trees and shrubs

Red palm weevil: retailers and growers must beware of this highly invasive pest

Japanese beetle - chafer beetle poses a significant economic, social and environmental impact if it reaches the UK

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus: can inflict considerable yield losses in commercial tomato and sweet pepper production

Citrus longhorn beetle: this pest threatens to alter our rural, urban and garden landscapes for good

Two-lined chestnut borer: the arrival of this beetle would be another nail in the coffin of the UK's oak trees

CITES strike means more plant import delays

Latest science research: peat and moths

Second Hort Science Online (HSO 2) 2023 goes live

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New apples R&D group to tackle woodlice and canker

New microbial inoculant - Vitalnova TriBoost - launched to benefit sustainable growing media mixes

CITES event to explain why cacti imports are being blocked

Sector leaders to present evidence to parliamentary horticulture enquiry

New strategy to protect from box tree caterpillars

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Winners and losers this horticulture week

Agriculture needs fresh approach to tackle growing problem of insect resistance to biopesticides, new analysis finds

HortWeek survey: What are your biggest plant pest and disease threats?

OPM boundaries 2023 revealed

Solanum elaeagnifolium and S. rostratum potential hosts of tomato brown rugose fruit virus

'Charismatic beetle' found on supermarket potted fruit tree

RHS disease list shows drought impact

Thirteen countries ban import plant material affected by Xylella fastidiosa

OPM boundaries expanded to cover the main area of infestation

Winners and losers this horticulture week

First breakthrough for exporting 'high-risk' plants post-Brexit

BCPs explained

Thérèse Coffey causes concern by wrongly saying Xylella has been found at a UK nursery

New Invasive Non Native Species (INNS) strategy in 11 points

Defra to expand oak processionary moth zone from March

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