Soil Health Unit

Fera has established the Soil Health Unit to improve understanding of soil management and its effects on crop health and threat control. Our work involves investigating the interactions between soil condition, crops, water and biotic stress – and the environmental factors that influence them.
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If you are unsure what kind of tests you need, we can help you diagnose your crop using our plant diagnosis techniques.

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  1. Powdery scab (<em>Spongospora subterranea</em>)
    Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea)
    £293.00

    Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) is a fungal blemish disease of potatoes. A cosmetic defect with small lesions occurring in the early stages of the disease, progressing to raised pustules containing a powdery mass.

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  2. General free-living plant-parasitic nematodes from soil: Standard analysis
    General free-living plant-parasitic nematodes from soil: Standard analysis
    £110.00

    A test for free-living plant-parasitic nematodes from soil including extraction, counts and identification to genus/species (including root-lesion nematodes) of any free living nematodes found within your sample. We also supply information on any pathogenic nematodes found (Plese note: virus vectors require specialist extraction methods).

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  3. General free-living plant-parasitic nematodes from soil: Basic analysis
    General free-living plant-parasitic nematodes from soil: Basic analysis
    £77.00
    Our expert nematologists will analyse your soil samples for free-living nematodes which includes the extraction, count and identification to group (including root-lesion nematodes, but with the exception of virus vectors which require specialist extraction methods). This can give you the initial analysis required to point your prevention strategies in the correct direction. Learn More

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