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251 Search Results for forests and water

  • Research

    Sitka spruced

     A collaboration between Forest Research, Oxford University and Roslin Institute (University of Edinburgh) which will use DNA-marker technology to identify at a very early age those Sitka spruce trees which will have outstanding growth rate and timber quality when felled 30-years later
  • Tools and Resources

    Oak decline publications

     Full references and abstracts of recent publications concerning oak decline
  • Tools and Resources

    Meeting Notes – 9th February 2022

     Meeting notes from 09/02/2022
  • Tools and Resources

    Bronze birch borer (Agrilus anxius)

     Bronze birch borer (Agrilus anxius) is a wood-boring beetle pest of birch trees (Betula genus) which could do significant damage to the United Kingdom's birch trees if it became established here.
  • Tools and Resources

    Oak Pinhole Borer (Platypus cylindrus)

     Overview of the oak pinhole borer (Platypus cylindrus). How to identify beetle infestations and manage and protect timber.
  • Tools and Resources

    Canker stain of plane (Ceratocystis platani)

     Not present in United Kingdom Notifiable – see ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name of causal agent – Ceratocystis platani Canker stain of plane is a disease which can affect several species of plane trees (trees in the Platanus genus). It is caused by the ascomycete fungus Ceratocystis platani (C. platani), which was formerly known as Ceratocystis platani f. […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Terms of Reference: UK Tree Health Citizen Science Network

     Name Tree Health Citizen Science Network (THCSN) Vision of the network Our vision is that citizen science related to tree health in the UK is coordinated to foster collaboration, quality and best practice resulting in clarity and learning for volunteers and the most useful evidence and impact for end users. Function of the network To bring together people and organisations […]
  • News

    Determination, willpower…and a pinch of luck!

     My name is Pankajini Samal and I work as a research assistant in the pathology department at Forest Research (FR). I joined in August 2023 from India, so I’m still very new to FR. My job focuses on the use of molecular biology techniques for managing tree disease. I currently work with Pedro Romon-Ochoa (Scientist – […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Phytophthora disease of alder (Phytophthora alni)

     Overview of Phytophthora disease of alder (Alnus) caused by Phytophthora alni
  • Publications

    Publications on establishment and maintenance (forest operations)

     Ground preparation, drainage, planting, protection, weeding and establishment and maintenance of quality crops using appropriate silvicultural systems
  • Tools and Resources

    2016 – New planting and publicly funded restocking

     New planting New planting is the creation of new areas of woodland by planting trees on land that was not previously woodland. The statistics presented here also include new woodland that is created by natural colonisation of trees on land near existing woodland. Statistics on new planting are used to inform government policy and resource allocation, […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Acute oak decline

     Information including symptoms and distribution about acute oak decline disease of oak (Quercus species), characterised by stem bleeding