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Latest News and Events
HDC News: Start dry, stay healthy
01 Nov 2011
Keeping watering to the minimum is likely to have
the biggest impact on soil-borne Pythium infection in brassica
transplants. More...
Link to the news articleNew factsheet on bacterial shot-hole of cherry laurel
01 Oct 2011
Bacterial shot-hole of cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) is caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv syringae. The disease can lead to product downgrading and losses in cherry laurel and other susceptible ornamental plant species. More...
Link to the factsheetCoriander blight pathogen infects parsley
01 Jul 2011
A recent scientific paper from the USA suggests that the seed-borne coriander bacterial blight pathogen (Pseudomonas syringae pv. coriandricola, Psc) is able to infect not only coriander but also parsley and celery. These results contradict earlier studies indicating that P. s. pv. More...
Link to the paper in PhytopathologyOnion sets and storage rots
01 Jun 2011
Bacterial rots caused by Burkholderia gladioli pv. alliicola, neck rot
caused by Botrytis allii and Fusarium basal rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum fsp. cepae are the main storage rots of concern to onion growers. More...
Full story.... Plant Health Solutions Incorporates
11 Oct 2010The legal status of Plant Health Solutions has changed. Now a private limited company, Plant Health Solutions Ltd was formed on the 8th October 2010 and formally took over the sole-trader business of Dr S J Roberts t/a Plant Health Solutions on 11th October 2010. More...
Herbs project final report now available
08 Oct 2010The final report for the HDC project on Outdoor Herbs is now available from the HDC. The project was a collaboration between Plant Health Solutions and ADAS. For coriander bacterial blight, caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. More... Grower summary

