Skip to main content
Contact Us
Contact Us

Search Results

Refine Results

Back

Refine Results

Publish Date:

145 Search Results for Forest Genetics

  • Tools and Resources

    Oak wilt (Ceratocystis fagacearum)

     Information about oak wilt, a disease of oak (Quercus) trees caused by the fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum, also known as Bretziella fagacearum
  • Research

    The first 50 years of tree breeding in Britain – Towards the future

     Genetic gains, Sitka spruce sub-line structure, identification of good full-sib families and forward selections, evaluation of variance components and breeding values, alternative production populations, scope for other species, clonal forestry, tree breeder meets biochemist, the future
  • Tools and Resources

    Phytophthora kernoviae

     Overview of invasive plant pathogen Phytophthora kernoviae. Distribution, symptoms, diagnosis and management.
  • Tools and Resources

    Pitch canker of pine (Fusarium circinatum)

     Information about pitch canker of pine disease of pine trees and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), caused by the fungus Fusarium circinatum
  • Tools and Resources

    Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)

     Present in UK Notifiable – see ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name of causal agent – Cryphonectria parasitica Picture: D. Rigling Sweet chestnut blight is a destructive disease of sweet chestnut trees (trees in the Castanea genus) caused by the ascomycete fungus Cryphonectria parasitica. It was formerly known as Endothia parasitica. It can also affect a few other plant species. Distribution The Cryphonectria […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Large larch bark beetle (Ips cembrae)

     Information about Large larch bark beetle (Ips cembrae), a pest of larch (ea) trees and some other conifer species
  • Tools and Resources

    Massaria disease (Splanchnonema platani)

     Overview of Massaria disease and the fungus that might cause it.
  • Tools and Resources

    Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma novo-ulmi)

     About Dutch elm disease in Great Britain
  • Tools and Resources

    Bird biodiversity

     The benefits of providing urban greenspace as a habitat for birds, to improve levels of bird populations in the urban environment
  • Tools and Resources

    Chronic oak decline / dieback

     Overview of chronic oak dieback. Information about distribution, symptoms, diagnosis and disease management.
  • Tools and Resources

    Social and environmental justice

     How social and environmental justice affects how people from different social groups use and access green space
  • Tools and Resources

    Chalara manual – 2. Managing ash trees and woodland, including logs and firewood

     1. Principles The principles underlying the guidance presented below are: maintaining, where possible, the values and benefits associated with ash woodlands and iconic trees; securing an economic return where timber production is an important objective; maintaining as much genetic diversity in ash trees as possible with the aim of ensuring the presence of ash in the long term; and minimising impacts […]