This document is an Annex to the Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network Programme 2022 Review, and reports on the second year of the WPHSN activities undertaken on behalf of the Welsh Government. It describes a network of insect and spore traps placed at strategic woodland sites across Wales to monitor and record the presence/absence of invasive pests and pathogens which may negatively affect our trees, woodlands, and forests.
This document describes and reports on the first year of activities undertaken for the Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network (WPHSN), a ground-breaking Welsh
Government funded project to monitor native and invasive pests and pathogens that may pose a threat to health of plants and trees across Wales.
Field guide
This document details signs and symptoms of the named tree pest(s) or disease(s) and provides advice on what to do if you suspect the pest or disease is present.
Related pages
Research and advice on tree pests and diseases
Tree Health Diagnostic and Advisory Service
Tree pest and disease posters
Pathology note
This document details signs and symptoms of the named tree pest(s) or disease(s) and provides advice on what to do if you suspect the pest or disease is present.
Related pages
Research and advice on tree pests and diseases
Tree Health Diagnostic and Advisory Service
Tree pest and disease posters
Pathology Advisory Note 11
Describes the symptoms of damage caused by de-icing salt.
This document details signs and symptoms of the named tree pest(s) or disease(s) and provides advice on what to do if you suspect the pest or disease is present.
Related pages
Research and advice on tree pests and diseases
Tree Health Diagnostic and Advisory Service
Tree pest and […]
Tree Pest Advisory Note
A major defoliator of oak in Europe.
This document details signs and symptoms of the named tree pest(s) or disease(s) and provides advice on what to do if you suspect the pest or disease is present.
Related pages
Main oak processionary moth resources page
Research and advice on tree pests and diseases
Tree Health Diagnostic and Advisory […]
Tree Pest Advisory Note
Wood boring beetle Platypus cylindrus that infests and breeds in cut trees, windblown trees, standing dead and dying trees.
Revised: April 2010.
This document details signs and symptoms of the named tree pest(s) or disease(s) and provides advice on what to do if you suspect the pest or disease is present.
Related pages
Research and advice […]
Pathology Advisory Note 7
Pathogens that could potentially be very damaging to Planes (Platanus spp.) in the UK.
This document details signs and symptoms of the named tree pest(s) or disease(s) and provides advice on what to do if you suspect the pest or disease is present.
Related pages
Research and advice on tree pests and diseases
Tree Health Diagnostic […]
Pathology Advisory Note 10
Answers to common questions.
This document details signs and symptoms of the named tree pest(s) or disease(s) and provides advice on what to do if you suspect the pest or disease is present.
Related pages
Dutch elm disease resources page
Tree Health Diagnostic and Advisory Service
The Rapid Evidence Assessment considers the following:
The impact of policy tools – grants, subsidies, programmes, provision of advice – on the response of land managers to tree pests and diseases
The potential of formal networks to act as disseminators of information and knowledge, and mediators of change.
Study evaluating the experiences of participants of Observatree, a Tree Health Early Warning System which engages volunteers in surveying for tree pests and diseases, thereby supporting efforts to protect woodlands and forests.
The Holt Laboratory at the Alice Holt site
In May 2022, our state-of-the-art containment laboratory for identifying tree pests and diseases and conducting innovative research was officially opened.
The £5.8 million Forest Research Holt Laboratory, part of Alice Holt Research Station in Surrey, allows our scientists to identify pests and pathogens intercepted at the border and detected […]
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