Cal-IPC worked with the East Bay Regional Park District Stewardship department and University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources to create a 20 minute video, useful for both EBRPD staff training and as an informational resource for the public. The focus of the video is on the impacts of soil Phytophthora in wildlands, especially within East Bay natural areas, and how site hygiene can prevent these devastating pathogens from entering new environments.

Tedmund Swiecki, Ph. D. from Phytosphere Research generously donated his time and expertise to aid the project, and allowed us to use many photos and videos collected from his years of Phytophthora research. By following basic site hygiene practices, the spread of weeds as well as soil pathogens can be reduced by up to 99%!

Don’t spoil the soil! Soil-borne pathogen prevention for everyone from Cal-IPC on Vimeo.