Phytophthora ramorum- meeting of interested organisations - one year on
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Defra hosted a meeting on 30 November at the Emmanuel Centre in London to update interested organisations on Phytophthora ramorum and the new disease, provisionally named Phytophthora kernovii. Over
100 people representing a range of commercial horticultural traders,
environmental bodies, historic gardens, national plant health representatives
etc attended the meeting. After a welcome by Stephen Hunter and
an introductory speech by Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister for Nature Conservation
and Fisheries, updates were given of the situation in the UK, the
USA and the Netherlands. The effect of the disease(s) on historic
gardens and commercial nurseries followed, and after lunch there
was an update on the science of the diseases and legislation. Opportunity
was given for questions after presentations and at the end of the
afternoon there was a lively question and answer forum. Many questions
related to the hardship fund but there were also questions about
research funding, integrated thinking, bio security, effect of fungicides,
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Minister
Ben Bradshaw and Head of Plant Health, Stephen Hunter |
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General
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Two
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Page published: 8 Dec 2004