Tree health and protection

 

• Herbicide Advisor
  Web-based expert system to advise on the relative efficacy of different herbicides for scenarios with a mix of weed and crop species, at varying times of the year.
• Hylobius Management Support System
  A decision support system to help foresters predict and reduce damage and costs due to large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis.
• Nematode Treatment Service
  A complete service to forest managers wishing to use nematodes to reduce damage caused by weevils.
• Pesticide Safety Directorate efficacy testing
  Provision of quality assured field trials of new and existing pesticides under strictly controlled environmental conditions.
• PG Suspension
  A biological control agent for Heterobasidion annosum (formerly known as Fomes annosus).
• TimberTherm™
  A software tool to optimise the heat treatment of timber.
• Tree Health Diagnostic and Advisory Service
  Nationwide diagnosis, identification and advice on tree diseases.
• Tree Doctor
  Interactive PC-based program for tree owners, woodland managers and education to identify the diseases of forest and amenity trees.