Plant health explained

Plant health includes the protection of plants, as well as scientific and regulatory frameworks for controlling plant pests or pathogens.^[1] Plant health is concerned with:

• Ecosystem health with a special focus on plants
• Tree health
• The control of plant pests
• The control of plant pathology

See also

• Plant disease forecasting, predicting the occurrence or change in severity of plant diseases
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• American Phytopathological Society
  • Plant Protection and Quarantine
• Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
• Pest risk analysis
• Global Plant Clinic
• Medicinal plants

Notes and References

1. Döring . T.F. . Pautasso . M. . Finckh . M.R. . Wolfe . M.S. . February 2012 . Concepts of plant health – reviewing and challenging the foundations of plant protection . Plant Pathology . 61 . 1 . 1-15 . 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02501.x. free .