The prevention and/or suppression of key pests and diseases should be supported among other options especially by:
- Hygiene, proper disinfection or cleaning of buildings, clothes, hands, tools, booms, tanks, sprayers and machines is recommended.
- Preventing the carryover of organisms which transmit a phytohygenic damage potential, when spread.
Examples: Weeds like Cyperus esculentus or Rorippa palustris, nematodes like Globodera rostochiensis, fungi like Plasmodiophora brassicae with machines.