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[Archive] Experiments on nutrition problems in forest nurseries – Volume 1

Lead Author: Blanche Benzian

This Bulletin is an account of the nursery experimental work on nutrition carried out between 1945 and 1962 by a joint research effort between staff of the Rothamsted Experimental Station and the Research Branch of the Forestry Commission.

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[Archive] Rabbit control in woodlands

Lead Author: E.V. Rogers

This Booklet includes all the practical methods of controlling and killing rabbits in this country. Much has been written on the rabbit as the quarry of the sportsman and poacher and it is upon their experience the author has had to draw. Neither of these have the extermination of the rabbit as their aim, but […]

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[Archive] Principal butt rots of conifers

Lead Author: R.J. Gladman

This booklet is planned as a forester’s guide to the recognition of the three most common and damaging decays of standing conifers in Great Britain. The fungi that cause these rots are the basidiomycetes Heterobasidion annosum (formerly known as Fomes annosus), Armillaria mellea, and Polyporus schweinitzii. They are primary root rotting organisms, infection usually beginning in the […]

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[Archive] Resin-top disease of Scots pine (FC Leaflet 49 – 1964)

Information on resin-top disease of Scots pine

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[Archive] Grey mould in forest nurseries (FC Leaflet 50 – 1964)

This Leaflet discusses the disease and development of grey mould, tree species affected and control measures.

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[Archive] Needle-cast of pine (FC Leaflet 48 – 1964)

Lophodermium pinastri is the fungus most commonly associated with needle-cast of pines.

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[Archive] Keithia disease of thuja plicata (FC Leaflet 43 – 1963)

This Leaflet describes the history of the fungus, disease symptoms and control measures of Keithia disease of thuja plicata in Western red ceder in Britain

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[Archive] Mycorrhizal associations and calluna heathland afforestation

Lead Author: W.R.C. Handley

Ever since its establishment in 1919, the Forestry Commission has taken an active interest in the afforestation of heathlands dominated by the common heather, Calluna vulgaris. These heaths hold a large reserve of plantable land, but are difficult areas for the good growth of most timber trees. Much research work has therefore been carried out […]

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[Archive] The status and development of elm disease in Britain

Lead Author: T.R. Peace

The discovery of the disease in Britain in 1927, and its persistence here until 1959, have provided certain unique opportunities for its study. The results of this study, with certain necessary references to European and American work, are presented here.

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[Archive] Experiments on nutrition problems in forest nurseries – Volume 1

[Archive] Rabbit control in woodlands

[Archive] Principal butt rots of conifers

[Archive] Resin-top disease of Scots pine (FC Leaflet 49 – 1964)

[Archive] Grey mould in forest nurseries (FC Leaflet 50 – 1964)

[Archive] Needle-cast of pine (FC Leaflet 48 – 1964)

[Archive] Keithia disease of thuja plicata (FC Leaflet 43 – 1963)

[Archive] Mycorrhizal associations and calluna heathland afforestation

[Archive] The status and development of elm disease in Britain

[Archive] Voles and field mice (FC Leaflet 44 – 1958)

[Archive] Keithia disease of thuja plicata (FC Leaflet 43 – 1958)

[Archive] The pine shoot moth (FC Leaflet 40 – 1956)

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