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    Path Note 16 Neonectria
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    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
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    Do non-native conifer plantations provide benefits for a native forest specialist, the wood ant Formica lugubris?
    Lead Author: Duncan Procter
    Recent research by Forest Research scientists and colleagues at the University of York shows that northern hairy wood ants (Formica lugubris) have successfully colonised plantations of largely non-native coniferous species in the North York Moors National Park. The studies show that there has been a remarkable expansion of the population of this ant into new […]
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    Global threats from Phytophthora spp. (PHYTO-THREATS)

     The PHYTO-THREATS project aims to address the risks to UK forest and woodland ecosystems from Phytophthora by examining the distribution and diversity of Phytophthoras in UK plant nursery systems.
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    Red Squirrels United

     Red Squirrels United brings together partners from across the UK to deliver red squirrel conservation. As part of this effort, Forest Research is undertaking a public attitudinal survey to understand levels of awareness of squirrel conservation issues and attitudes towards management methods.
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    Early detection of tree health pests and pathogens

     Forest Research social scientists are exploring how early detection technologies can be developed better in partnership with practitioners and industry representatives who may wish to take such technologies forward to commercial application.
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    Forestry publication document

    Plane wilt (canker stain disease) Pest Alert
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    Plane wilt, also known as canker stain disease, is a serious disorder of plane trees, which are important amenity trees in the parks and avenues of many European cities. The disease is caused by the fungus Ceratocystis platani, which is present in the USA and Europe, but considered to be indigenous only to North America. […]
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    Forestry publication document

    Xylella fastidiosa – Pest Alert
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    Xylella fastidiosa is a disease-causing bacterium that affects a wide range of important woody plants and broadleaved trees. It invades the xylem vessels that transport water throughout plants, and causes symptoms ranging from leaf scorch to tree dieback and death. In the natural environment it is transmitted by xylem-fluid feeding insects such as leafhoppers. Until recently […]
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    Biodiversity and rotation length

     Investigate how to incorporate biodiversity into an optimal rotation length model through literature review and data re-analysis of biodiversity links with stand age.
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    Future Proofing Plant Health

     The Future Proofing Plant Health project aims to provide evidence for the implementation of the GB Plant Biosecurity Strategy. It will focus on strategic areas related to new and emerging pests and diseases (prevention, detection, control, resilience), as well as identifying priority pests, diseases and pathways.
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    In planta detection used to define the distribution of the European lineages of Phytophthora ramorum on larch (Larix) in the UK
    Lead Author: K. M. King
    UK distribution of Phytophthora ramorum evolutionary types provided by new testing method. By developing a new molecular-based testing method based on PCR techniques, Forest Research scientists have been able to examine the distribution of the two main lineages of Phytophthora ramorum responsible for the major epidemic on larch (Larix spp.) in the UK. In a paper […]
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    Forestry publication document

    Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp
    Lead Author: Simon Morath
    News of a recent unwelcome discovery and how ‘citizen science’ can play an important role in surveying and identification. An overview of the 2015 discoveries of Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Oriental chestnut gall wasp; OCGW) in European sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) trees in Farningham Woods, Kent and St Albans, Hertfordshire, was published in Quarterly Journal of Forestry. It […]
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    Hot-water treatment as a possible method for eradicating Chalara fraxinea (Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus) infection from ash fruits (Fraxinus excelsior L)
    Lead Author: Shelagh McCartan
    Treating ash seeds with hot water may kill Chalara infection Immersing ash seeds in 44 °C water for 5 hours may eradicate Chalara infection in ash seeds without significantly reducing the viability of the seeds. Forest Research scientists have published the results of this trial in Quarterly Journal of Forestry. Batches of ash fruits were subjected to […]