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Horticulture
8 January 2020
13 January 2021
Active surveillance and measures to prevent introduction, establishment and spread of viral infection is critical
3 February 2021
Viroids are the smallest known pathogen of plants, consisting of a single strand RNA molecule and differ from viruses in that they lack a protein shell.
23 January 2023
The glasshouse is an artificial environment which provides ideal conditions; warm, high humidity, protection from the outdoor elements and a plentiful food source all year round.
19 January 2023
Pest Risk Analyses (PRAs) which are ‘the process of evaluating biological or other scientific and economic evidence to determine whether a pest should be regulated and the strength of any phytosanitary [plant health] measures to be taken against it’ are undertaken to inform Defra in its policy making activities.
21 December 2020
DNA-based technologies will continue to increase the speed, sensitivity and accuracy of pest and pathogen detection and diagnosis.
14 December 2020
At the end of cropping an assessment must be made of the plants regarding potential carry-over of pests and diseases.
24 August 2022
The traditional model of disease causation or the ‘epidemiological triad’ requires the interaction of three things; a susceptible host, a virulent pathogen and an environment favourable for disease development.
24 August 2022
Seeds or transplants must be free from pests, diseases, virus or viroid before bringing into the glasshouse.
16 December 2020
8 September 2022
Biosecurity in a horticultural sense can be defined as ‘a set of measures that can be put in place at the national, regional or production nursery level to protect against the introduction and spread of new pests, and to effectively deal with them should they arrive’.