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    • Berries
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    • Nursery and ornamentals
      • Balsam Woolly Adelgid
      • Japanese Beetle
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Nursery and ornamentals

Last updated on January 13, 2025

Insects and mites

  • Asian longhorned beetle (PDF, 131KB)
  • Balsam woolly adelgid 
  • Daylily gall midge (PDF, 143KB)
  • European brown garden snail (PDF, 142KB)
  • European chafer beetle (PDF, 627KB)
  • Japanese beetle pest alert
  • May/June beetles on Christmas trees (PDF, 898KB)
  • Mites in floriculture (PDF, 173KB)
  • Western flower thrips (PDF, 172KB)

Plant diseases

  • Chrysanthemum white rust (PDF, 317KB)
  • Dutch elm disease (PDF, 321KB)
  • Dying cedar hedges: what is the cause? (PDF, 434KB)
  • Geranium southern bacterial wilt (potato brown rot) (PDF, 141KB)
  • Ramorum blight and dieback [sudden oak death] (PDF, 255KB)
Legislation and regulation
  • Plant Protection Act 
  • Plant Protection Act (Government of Canada)

Production guides

  • Nursery production guide (PDF, 6MB)
  • Nursery production guide appendix:  pesticides fegistered for use in nurseries (PDF, 495KB)
  • Integrated pest management (IPM) for turfgrass managers
  • Home and garden pest management guide

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Do you have a question? Please contact us.

AgriServiceBC Toll Free
1-888-221-7141
Plant Health Laboratory Toll Free
1-800-661-9903
Plant Health Laboratory Office
604-556-3003
Plant Health Laboratory email
PAHB@gov.bc.ca
AgriServiceBC email
AgriServiceBC@gov.bc.ca
Plant Health Laboratory Address
1767 Angus Campbell Road
Abbotsford, B.C. V3G 2M3
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