在许多国家,曾广泛采用根除措施来防治或至少是遏制多种作物的病虫害。如北欧各地对李痘病(Plum pox),以色列对柑桔速衰病(Citrus tristeza),澳大利亚昆士兰对甘蔗菲济病和新南威尔士对香蕉束顶病,美国对桃树花叶病、加拿大对樱桃小果病(lit-tle cherry)和菲律宾对椰子败生病(Coco-nut cadang cadang)等都是用根除法防治多年生作物上病毒病或类病毒病的例子, In many countries, eradication measures have been widely adopted to prevent, or at least curb the pests and diseases of many crops. Such as Plum pox in Israel, citrus tristeza in Israel, Queensland in Australia sugar cane Fiji and New South Wales on banana bunchy top disease in the United States, Peach mosaic disease in Canada, Both lit-tle cherry and Coco-nut cadang in the Philippines are examples of the use of eradication to control viral or viroid diseases in perennial crops,