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How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Automation is the future for manufacturing stem cells, says the Head of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s UK Stem Cell Bank (UKSCB) on its 20th Anniversary.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports, when you need to be authorised and plants that need passports.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
Find out how to kill trees on site using chemical treatments to prevent the spread of pests and diseases.
How commercial plant growers can grow FPCS-certified stock, and find out the benefits of using it in commercial plantations.
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Information for prospective growers of low THC cannabis (industrial hemp), for the production of seed and fibre only.
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