The Second International Symposium on Plant Health in Urban Horticulture focuses on keeping plants in public green spaces in healthy conditions. The overall aim to avoid, if possible, the application of chemical pesticides to control harmful organisms in urban areas also applies to urban gardens andamenity areas. Should these products prove necessary after all, what matters is to apply only thenecessary amount and not more. Important are innovative elements to enhance the plant’s resistance to abiotic stress factors, but also to soilborne fungal disease agents, by the targeted use of symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi, for example. Just as important are the diagnosis and monitoring of tree diseases and pests as well as the analysis of the impact of damaging agents, such as soil compaction or flooding, on plant health. These are only a few examples from a wealth of key topics which will be presented and discussed during this Second International Symposium on Plant Health in Urban Horticulture.
