THE EFFICACY OF A RANGE OF HYGIENE MEASURES FOR BOOT CLEANING TO PROTECT NATURAL VEGETATION FROM PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI

Abstract Phytophthora cinnamomi is an oomycete found in the soil and capable of invading the roots of a wide range of host plants globally, potentially killing them and affecting the ecosystems they inhabit.This pathogen is often inadvertently dispersed in natural vegetation on the footwear of humans.A range of equipment is often provided or recomm

Increasing human activities have greatly influenced the Miniatures Kit ecosystem and the use of ecological resources, and the unbalanced urban–rural development in China (urban and rural areas being two major bases of human activities) has always been accompanied by heterogeneous ecological effects.Human appropriation of net primary production (H