Best Management Practices

Tissue and soil sampling are useful for detecting more discrete pests and pathogens. 

            EGVM:  Stripping the bark from grape vines to look for larvae can detect infestations and give one time to treat or destroy infected vines before more damage is done to the crop.  This is time consuming and expensive procedure which can usually not be conducted during the growing season (25).

            PR:  Tissue and soil samples can be sent to a lab to confirm the presence of P. ramorum (73). 

            RPW:  Destructive sampling detection in trunks of palm plants.