Phytophthora root rot is a persistent and economically significant issue in the ornamental nursery industry.
Managing slugs and snails in Pacific Northwest nurseries
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and Robin RosettaThe collective scientific name for slugs and snails, Gastropoda, goes a long way towards explaining the headaches that these invertebrates cause nurseries owners throughout the Pacific Northwest. Literally meaning ‘stomach foot’ from the Greek words ‘gastér’ and ‘podòs’, gastropods feed on a large number of ornamental plants. They are also thought to transmit […]
OAN leads grower-driven Japanese beetle solution
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Nurseries likely will need to either pay for detection and trapping themselves, or pay the Oregon Department of Agriculture to have it done.
Prioritizing nursery pest challenges
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Nursery industry input is critical to helping IR-4 Project identify most pressing nursery challenges.
New tools in the battle against thrips
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New research shows a promising path to managing this agricultural pest
Aiming for precision in pest control
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Researchers evaluate trunk spray effectiveness of air-blast sprayers with sensors to target Pacific flatheaded borer
Oregon’s nursery licensing program aims to keep the entire industry healthy
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The emergency fund is just one component of the ODA’s nursery licensing program. Other pieces aim to keep nursery plants healthy, whether they’re being grown here and shipped out of state or brought in from elsewhere.
$250,000 shifted to P. austrocedri research
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Officials have quickly reprioritized $250,000 in federal horticulture research funds to immediately begin developing and implementing effective strategies to prevent the spread of Phytophthora austrocedri and minimize its impact on the horticultural industry. P. austrocedri is a destructive pathogen threatening valuable ornamental crops including cypress, arborvitae, juniper, and cedar, which could have serious consequences for nurseries, landscapes, […]
New boxwood varieties shore up defense against spreading boxwood blight
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As boxwood blight was spreading in the U.S. in the 2010s, executives at Plant Development Services in Loxley, Alabama, and Saunders Brothers Nursery in Piney River, Virginia, were looking for solutions. Plant Development Services looked to Europe, where blight had been a major issue since 1998, while Saunders Brothers looked to germplasm it had on […]
New Phytophthora pathogen — not P. ramorum — found on two nurseries
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A soilborne plant pathogen not previously seen in the United States — Phytophthora austrocedri — has been detected at two Oregon nurseries and has infested an unknown number of plants. The detections have prompted an aggressive quarantine of some of the plant material on both operations as growers and authorities strive to identify infested areas and contain the pathogen’s […]
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