California native plants growing in pots on raised metal clean production benches in the sun at a nursery.
Accreditation to Improve Restoration (AIR)

Protecting Native Habitats by Excluding Phytophthora in the Nursery

About the Program
Diana photo

AIR Program Basics

Producing Nursery Plants Free of Soilborne Phytophthora

Entrance to a clean production area with yellow boots hanging and a reminder to sanitize before entry

Best Management Practices

Best Practices for Phytophthora Exclusion in the Nursery

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Phytosanitary Tiers

Phytophthora contamination risk associated with field-collected propagules

diagostics JDC

Diagnosing Phytophthora Diseases
AIR Team member Johanna del Castillo examining a plant for root rot symptoms while surrounded by a group of onlookers
Outreach
AIR team standing in front of onlooking audience members surrounded by nursery plants growing on benches
AIR team member instructing a participant on leachate test irrigation.
AIR team member Dean Watson and an intertribal nursery member holding a graduated cylinder and watering wand
A participant removing a pear bait from a leachate collection vessel.
AIR and UC Davis Arboretum staff smiling and laughing
A photo of a man in front of a classroom giving a presentation
a photo of a man crouching down in front of a group of people holding a clipboard and a trowel