Recommended industry best management practices for the prevention of Phytophthora ramorum introduction in nursery operations

Karen Suslow

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Recommended industry best management practices for the prevention of Phytophthora ramorum introduction in nursery operations

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Karen Suslow

Year:

2008

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Frankel, Susan J.; Kliejunas, John T.; Palmieri, Katharine M., tech. coords. 2008. Proceedings of the sudden oak death third science symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. pp. 115-128

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Abstract

The following industry recommended best management practices (BMPs), designed for growers and/or interstate shippers of host and associated host plants of Phytophthora ramorum, consists of biosecurity guidelines created by and for nursery growers in order to reduce the risks associated with P. ramorum. The control of P. ramorum is based on the insertion of multiple hurdles to prevent the introduction of the pathogen into nursery operations.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the sudden oak death third science symposium

Citation

Suslow, Karen. 2008. Recommended industry best management practices for the prevention of Phytophthora ramorum introduction in nursery operations. In: Frankel, Susan J.; Kliejunas, John T.; Palmieri, Katharine M., tech. coords. 2008. Proceedings of the sudden oak death third science symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-214. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. pp. 115-128