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Hardy Nursery Stock
17 February 2022
This factsheet provides guidance on how to minimise quality reductions in hardy nursery stock and herbaceous plants due to powdery mildew by avoiding environmental conditions favourable for disease development and by applying appropriate fungicide treatments.
17 February 2023
Read about bacterial leaf spot of ivy: symptoms and biology
6 March 2023
Find out about the symptoms, pathogen, biology, epidemiology and control of bacterial shot-hole of cherry laurels caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae.
14 February 2023
Find out about bacterial shot-hole of cherry laurels: prevention and control.
15 February 2023
Read about bacterial leaf spot of hardy geraniums: symptoms and biology
14 February 2023
Find out about bacterial shot-hole of cherry laurels: symptoms, pathogen and biology
17 February 2023
Read about bacterial leaf spot of ivy: prevention and control
6 March 2023
Read about bacterial leaf spot of hardy geraniums caused by Xanthomonas hortorum pv. pelargonii: symptoms, pathogen, biology, epidemiology and control
13 December 2021
These annual reports cover a range of small scale trials undertaken in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany by the Trial Advisory Council (VuB) based in Ellerhoop on a range of field- and container-grown hardy nursery stock crops.
16 November 2022
This factsheet summarises information on the biology of rose downy mildew and provides guidance on how to minimise reductions in quality by implementing good nursery hygiene, avoiding environmental conditions favourable for disease development and by the use of fungicides and nutritional products.
9 June 2022
This factsheet deals with the safe and effective use of the various types of pesticide spray machinery under protection.
7 October 2022
This factsheet provides growers with practical guidance on how to achieve wet heat sterilisation of pots to permit their reuse.