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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Blue stain (FC Leaflet 53 – 1966)

     This Leaflet describes briefly the effects of blue stain on the wood of coniferous trees.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] The great spruce bark beetle
    Lead Author: J.M.B. Brown
    The insect Dendroctonus micans, a bark beetle that is found in North West Europe, has for long been held, by forest entomologists, to constitute a potential threat to coniferous plantations in Great Britain, although it is not yet established here. Accordingly, in June 1964, Mr D. Bevan, the Commission’s senior forest entomologist, and Mr J.M.B. […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Experiments on nutrition problems in forest nurseries – Volume 2 (supporting tables)
    Lead Author: Blanche Benzian
    This second volume of information related to experiments on nursery nutrition contains a full statement of the detailed results for each individual experiment discussed in volume 1. The detailed tabular statements are grouped into several parts: A. General, B. Seedbeds, C. Transplants, Appendix and Supplementary Tables.
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    Forestry publication document

    [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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    Forestry publication document

    [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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    Forestry publication document

    [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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    Forestry publication document

    [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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    Forestry publication document

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

     Information on resin-top disease of Scots pine
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [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.
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [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
  • Publications
    Forestry publication document

    [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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    Forestry publication document

    [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.