Forestry-Plantation
Tropical epiphytes and collateral control with copper fungicide
Weeds are plants growing in the wrong place at the wrong time. Grasses and broadleaved weeds grow under and around trees to compete with their root systems for water and nutrients, and in the case of tall vigorously growing weeds around small stature trees for light and space as well. ‘Lower’ plants like lichens, mosses […]
Alert over caterpillar pest in London and Berkshire
People in parts of London and South East England are being reminded this Spring by the Forestry Commission, Public Health England and local authorities not to touch caterpillars of the Oak Processionary Moth, which are beginning to emerge in oak trees in these locations. They are also advised to keep children, pets and livestock away […]
Hypovirulence hope for management of sweet chestnut blight
In 2012 sweet chestnut blight, caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, was found for the first time in the United Kingdom (UK) on trees imported from France in 2007 and planted at two sites, one in Warwickshire in the West Midlands and the other in East Sussex in southern England. If the UK plant health […]
Managing current season needle necrosis in Christmas trees
Uptake and utilization of nutrients is the cornerstone of physiological health in green plants, but deficiencies in specific nutrients have long been known to play a crucial role in the development of disease caused by plant pathogens. Calcium, a poorly mobile nutrient with an important strengthening role in the structure of plant tissue is well […]
