Difference between revisions of "Plant health"

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|Plant health is concerned with ecosystem health, with a special focus on plant pests (such as fungi, bacteria, viruses and insects) among food crops, natural vegetation and landscape plants, which are often introduced to areas previously unaffected through plant imports and can have far-reaching economic, social and environmental consequences.
|A field that seeks to protect plants from pests and diseases. This work includes managing pests that have become established in a region and preventing pests from spreading to a new region and becoming established there.
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Latest revision as of 11:27, 22 February 2022

Plant health A field that seeks to protect plants from pests and diseases. This work includes managing pests that have become established in a region and preventing pests from spreading to a new region and becoming established there.