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    Effects of provenance on survival, growth and stem form of European silver fir (Abies alba Mill.)in Britain
    Lead Author: Bianca Ambrose-Oji
    Use of European silver fir in forestry re-assessed Large-scale use of European silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) was discounted in the mid-twentieth century. A recent paper by Forest Research scientists Gary Kerr, Victoria Stokes, Andrew Peace and Richard Jinks in the European Journal of Forest Research challenges that assumption and, using results from 46-year-old provenance experiments, […]
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    In planta detection used to define the distribution of the European lineages of Phytophthora ramorum on larch (Larix) in the UK
    Lead Author: K. M. King
    UK distribution of Phytophthora ramorum evolutionary types provided by new testing method. By developing a new molecular-based testing method based on PCR techniques, Forest Research scientists have been able to examine the distribution of the two main lineages of Phytophthora ramorum responsible for the major epidemic on larch (Larix spp.) in the UK. In a paper […]
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    Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp
    Lead Author: Simon Morath
    News of a recent unwelcome discovery and how ‘citizen science’ can play an important role in surveying and identification. An overview of the 2015 discoveries of Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Oriental chestnut gall wasp; OCGW) in European sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) trees in Farningham Woods, Kent and St Albans, Hertfordshire, was published in Quarterly Journal of Forestry. It […]
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    Hot-water treatment as a possible method for eradicating Chalara fraxinea (Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus) infection from ash fruits (Fraxinus excelsior L)
    Lead Author: Shelagh McCartan
    Treating ash seeds with hot water may kill Chalara infection Immersing ash seeds in 44 °C water for 5 hours may eradicate Chalara infection in ash seeds without significantly reducing the viability of the seeds. Forest Research scientists have published the results of this trial in Quarterly Journal of Forestry. Batches of ash fruits were subjected to […]
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    [Archive] Forest Research Annual Report and Accounts 2013-2014
    Lead Author: Forest Research
    This report is available to download here or to order in hardcopy from The Stationery Office (TSO) (Phone: 0870 600 5522; www.tsoshop.co.uk)
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    Using quality compost to reclaim land for forestry and woody biomass
    Lead Author: Forest Research
    Forestry Commission Report 2014. Technical guidance on using quality compost to reclaim land for forestry and woody biomass. Contact Bill Jones. What’s of interest These publications are produced by Technical Development. Some (mainly older) publications are not available online. If you do not find what you are looking for, please contact Bill Jones.
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    WIAT Evaluation
    Lead Author: Forest Research
    Legacy socio-economic research relating to: Evaluation and appraisal WIAT Evaluation (PDF-233 KB) Access our current and recent socio-economic research.
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    Central Scotland Green Network 2010 Forestry Baseline Survey
    Lead Author: Forest Research
    Legacy socio-economic research relating to: Evaluation and appraisal FR_Edwards_CSGN_2010_Survey_Summary_2014.pdf (PDF-142 KB) Access our current and recent socio-economic research.
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    Policy ‘nudges’ to encourage woodland creation
    Lead Author: Forest Research
    Legacy socio-economic research relating to: Economic research Policy ‘nudges’ to encourage woodland creation (PDF-174 KB) Access our current and recent socio-economic research.
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    Behavioural Economics review
    Lead Author: Forest Research
    Legacy socio-economic research relating to: Economic research Behavioural Economics review (PDF-116 KB) Access our current and recent socio-economic research.
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    Social and Economic Analyses of Dothistroma Needle Blight Management
    Lead Author: Forest Research
    Legacy socio-economic research relating to: Governance Social and Economic Analyses of Dothistroma Needle Blight Management (PDF-131 KB) Access our current and recent socio-economic research.
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    Local Authorities in Scotland
    Lead Author: Forest Research
    Legacy socio-economic research relating to: Governance Local Authorities in Scotland (PDF-191 KB) Access our current and recent socio-economic research.