A factor analysis of the product and service attributes offered by western nursery stock suppliers

Foltz, John; Harp, Aaron J.; Makus, Larry D.; Guenthner, Joseph F.; Tripepi, Robert R.

doi:10.1002/1520-6297(199305)9:3<247::aid-agr2720090306>3.0.co;2-8

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“…A study of the nursery trade for landscapers and retailers in the US indicated that the dominant characteristic of buyer preference was plant quality (Foltz et al 1993). Other factors which significantly influenced buyer behaviour were offering a diversity of plant species, plant size, origin of the plant, plant price, and the option to pay for purchases with cash.…”

Section: Intra-eu Tradementioning

confidence: 99%

Trade patterns of the tree nursery industry in Europe and changes following findings of citrus longhorn beetle, Anoplophora chinensis Forster

Eschen¹,

Grégoire²,

Hengeveld³

et al. 2015

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The trade in plants for planting is a major pathway for the introduction and further spread of alien plants, pests and diseases. Information about the structure of plant trade networks is not generally available, but it is valuable for better assessing the potential risks associated with the trade in live plants and the development of prevention and mitigation measures and policy. The discovery of two larvae of Anoplophora chinensis (citrus longhorn beetle -CLB) in 2009, at a nursery importing Acer palmatum from China in one of the major Dutch tree nursery areas, has resulted in the creation of a detailed dataset on the intraEuropean Union trade in its potential hosts. This study describes European imports of the primary host of A. chinensis, Acer spp., into the Netherlands (1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012) and the effects of the finding in a tree nursery area. In addition, shipments of Acer spp. from 138 producers in the nursery area in 2009 were analysed in a one-off analysis of intra-EU trade. The volume of Acer spp. imports from Asia was stable early during the studied period, and declined to 5% of the initial imports after a period of interceptions, illustrating the effect of regulations. The number of notifications of A. chinensis infestations in imported consignments of (2015) doi: 10.3897/neobiota.26.8947 http://neobiota.pensoft.net RESEARCH ARTICLE Advancing research on alien species and biological invasions A peer-reviewed open-access journal NeoBiotaRené Eschen et al. / NeoBiota 26: 1-20 (2015) 2 Acer spp. increased sharply in the years up to 2007, then declined as imports also reduced. Although plants were shipped to destinations throughout Europe, each producer shipped plants only to few destinations in few countries. Most of the plants were shipped to nurseries in EU countries. These patterns could make it easier to target these high risk destinations for control measures. The lack of transaction records makes it difficult to trace the destination of plants. More systematic electronic record keeping by traders and growers and the data being collated in a database that can be made available to regulatory authorities, together with further studies of plant trade data using network approaches, would be beneficial for improving trace-back and trace-forward and provide better safeguards for plant health and quality.

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Section: Intra-eu Tradementioning

confidence: 99%