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Contents tagged with bedding plants
30 June 2021
A combination of cultural and fungicide control measures will provide the best strategy for managing rusts on bedding and pot plants.
30 June 2021
Find out how to identify rust symptoms on infected bedding and pot plants and prevent the introduction and spread of rust diseases.
30 June 2021
Follow the guidance on these pages to achieve effective control of rust diseases in protected ornamental crops.
23 May 2022
This factsheet covers the identification, biology and control of whitefly, both native and quarantine species, that are important pests of protected ornamental crops in the UK.
17 February 2022
This factsheet offers further advice on the management of the metalaxyl-M resistant downy mildew strain.
23 February 2023
These pages provide guidance on disease recognition and the basic biology of each pathogen to assist in the selection of the most appropriate cultural and chemical control strategies for diseases of pansy and viola..
9 June 2022
This factsheet reports on studies conducted at the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Aarslev where a novel buffering material has been developed that allows for the the growth regulation of protected ornamentals by reduced phosphorus nutrition.
15 August 2022
Read about the management of caterpillar pests on bedding and pot plants
23 May 2022
Grey mould (Botrytis cinerea) remains one of the most damaging diseases of container-grown ornamentals grown in unheated greenhouses. This factsheet provides details of the disease and guidelines for achieving effective control.
1 June 2022
This factsheet provides updated information about the disease, its quarantine status, pathogen biology, disease symptoms and management and control.
24 February 2023
Protected ornamental plants are susceptible to a number of mite species which produce a range of different damage symptoms. This factsheet covers the biology, recognition and control of these mite pests.
17 February 2022
This factsheet provides guidelines on the cultural, biological and chemical options for leaf miner control in bedding and pot plant crops.