Food and Environment Research Agency

Links to FERA resources including alerts, Plant Clinic News, factsheets, information leaflets and posters

The FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY carries statutory responsibilities for delivering policy and inspectorate functions in relation to Plant Health. It provides a number of services, including:

• News alerts on new pests
• Weekly Interception and outbreak charts
• Diagnostic Services
• Plant Clinic News
• Plant Pest and Disease Factsheets
  Pests: Acacia Sucker, Bay Rust Mite, Box Tree Caterpillar, Citrus Longhorn Beetle, Eggplant Borer, Fuchsia Gall Mite, Goji Gall Mite, Palm Borer, Platanus Lace Bug, Potato Cyst Nematodes, Potato Flea Beetle, Red Palm Weevil, South American Tomato Moth, Swamp Cypress Rust Mite,, Western Conifer Seed Bug, Wheat Bug, White Peach Scale,
  Diseases: Aphid Transmitted Viruses of Potato, Bacterial Rots of Potato Tubers, Downy Mildews, Fusarium and Verticillium Wilts, Grey Mould, Phytophthora Diseases, Powdery Mildews, Pythium Diseases of Ornamental Plants, Rusts, Spraing Disease of Potato.
• Illustrated information leaflets and posters
  Bemisia tabaci (Tobacco whitefly), Brown rot of potato, Camellia flower blight, Chrysanthemum stunt viroid, Citrus longhorn beetle, Colorado beetle, Diabrotica species, Fireblight, Geranium Bronze Butterfly, Grape phylloxera, Gypsy moth, Helicoverpa spp., Karnal bunt, Liriomyza leaf miners, Meloidogyne chitwoodi and Meloidogyne fallax, Pepino mosaic virus, Phytophthora kernoviae, Phytophthora ramorum, Plum pox, Potato spindle tuber viroid, Potato wart disease, Ring rot of potato, Ring rot/Brown rot, Spodoptera species, Stem nematode on Narcissus and Tulip, Strawberry black spot, Thrips palmi, Tobacco and tomato ringspot virus, Tomato spotted wilt virus, Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, Western corn rootworm.