Seen something unusual? MAKE A REPORT
KVH always recommends growers start with the cleanest plants for any development; plants are the engine room of your investment and should be given the best start possible.
However, many greenfield plantings are being set up in Recovery regions where Psa is widespread, and all neighbouring orchards are Psa positive. Furthermore, sometimes a grower cannot access clean material or wishes to use plant material from other blocks under their management, which may be attached to the new plantings but Psa positive.
For this reason, KVH has a process whereby a greenfield development can be changed to a Psa positive status to enable movement of Psa positive material to be planted on the orchard, where there is negligible increase in risk to themselves or surrounding orchards.
A number of factors are taken into account for this process:
Application is to KVH and will be considered on a case by case basis. Please email info@kvh.org.nz.
KVH investigates reports of unusual symptoms to identify and manage any biosecurity risks.
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