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[Archive] Trees and weeds

Lead Author: R.J. Davies

Landscaped sites are often seeded with vigorous varieties ot grass and legume species, which, while reducing soil erosion and giving an attractive green appearance, may kill young trees or check their growth. Weeds compete with trees for moisture, nutrients and light; but they can also interfere by releasing toxins, modifying soil and air temperatures, and […]

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[Archive] Forest insects

Lead Author: D. Bevan

The expansion in forestry planting since the end of the first world war has provided foresters in Britain with a great deal of fresh knowledge about the particular insect problems associated with these new habitats in different phases of crop life. Most of the 280 species described here are common subjects of enquiry, although some […]

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[Archive] Rhododendron ponticum as a forest weed

Lead Author: P.M. Tabbush

Rhododendron ponticum is an evergreen shrub which forms dense thickets up to 5 metres in height. The large purple blooms appear in spring and are an attractive sight which has become commonplace especially on forested slopes in the west of the British Isles. Foresters are familiar with it as a most intractable weed, indeed control […]

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[Archive] Population biology and control of the pine beauty moth

Lead Author: S.R. Leather

This Bulletin presents the papers which were given at a workshop held at the end of 1984 to bring together a wide range of researchers, within and outwith the Forestry Commission, working on problems presented by the new and sudden occurrence in the late 1970s of large scale and severe outbreaks of the Pine beauty […]

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[Archive] Beech bark disease

Lead Author: D. Lonsdale

Beech bark disease is considered to be the most serious disease affecting British beech, although its severity varies geographically and temporally. Early records indicate that the disease was first observed at least 150 years ago, but must certainly have been affecting trees from a much earlier date. The insect and fungus both occur over much […]

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[Archive] The use of herbicides in the forest (2nd edition)

Lead Author: J.S.P. Sale

This is the first revision of the original 1983 edition of this Booklet and incorporates recent developments in herbicides, equipment and methods of application.

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[Archive] Research on Dutch elm disease in Europe

Lead Author: D.A. Burdekin (Ed)

This Bulletin contains the proceedings of the European Economic Community Research Seminar, Guernsey, Channel Islands, 30th March — 1st April 1982. The papers summarise the results of recent research undertaken by scientists from six members of the European Community.

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[Archive] A catalogue of phytophagous insects and mites on trees in Great Britain

Lead Author: T.G. Winter

The main objective of this catalogue is to bring some uniformity into exchanges concerning forest entomology. It consists of three lists: a basic one and two supplementary. The basic list includes all species in Pests and diseases of forest plantation trees (F G Brown, 1968) occurring in Britain, to which have been added many others […]

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[Archive] The use of chemicals (other than herbicides) in forest and nursery

Lead Author: O.N. Blatchford

This is the first Booklet dedicated to chemicals other than herbicides used in forestry. It is suggested that this publication is kept with its companion volume The use of herbicides in the forest (Booklet 51) to give a comprehensive reference to the use of all chemicals in the forest. Although produced primarily for internal use […]

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[Archive] Decay fungi in conifers (FC Leaflet 79 – 1981)

This Leaflet is a guide to the identification of decays in conifers for both foresters and arboriculturists.

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[Archive] Aerial application of insecticide against pine beauty moth

Lead Author: A.V. Holden (Ed.)

During 1979, further spraying operations of Lodgepole pine forests in northern Scotland with fenitrothion, to control outbreaks of Pine beauty moth were necessary using the ultra-low volume technique, and monitoring operations were undertaken partly to confirm the observations of the previous year, but also, in some instances, to provide additional information on the extent of […]

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[Archive] Grey squirrel control (FC Leaflet 56 – 1980 (2ed))

This leaflet discusses options for controlling grey squirrels.

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[Archive] Trees and weeds

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[Archive] Rhododendron ponticum as a forest weed

[Archive] Population biology and control of the pine beauty moth

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[Archive] The use of herbicides in the forest (2nd edition)

[Archive] Research on Dutch elm disease in Europe

[Archive] A catalogue of phytophagous insects and mites on trees in Great Britain

[Archive] The use of chemicals (other than herbicides) in forest and nursery

[Archive] Decay fungi in conifers (FC Leaflet 79 – 1981)

[Archive] Aerial application of insecticide against pine beauty moth

[Archive] Grey squirrel control (FC Leaflet 56 – 1980 (2ed))

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