Gill Green, BSc

 

Entomologist,Tree Health Division

Email: gill.green@ forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1420 22255
Tel direct: +44 (0)1420 526263
Fax: +44 (0)1420 23563

Address:
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH
UK

Gill graduated from Nottingham University in 1964, having studied Agricultural Science. She joined Forest Research in 1992, to work on the impacts of insects on tree growth programme, which is concerned with studying the effects of defoliating insects on trees.

Current role

Entomologist, Tree Health Division

Current programmes

Impacts of insects on tree growth

Providing technical support which is currently looking at the effect of the green spruce aphid (Elatobiun abietinum) on Sitka spruce through long-term field experiments in Radnor forest, Wales, and the dispersal and impact of the horse chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella).

Research areas

• Green spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum)
• Horse chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella)

Main recent publications

Straw, N.A., Fielding, N.J., Green, G. and Price, J. (2002). The impact of green spruce aphid, Elatobium abietinum (Walker), on the growth of young Sitka spruce in Hafren Forest, Wales: delayed effects on needle size limit wood production. Forest Ecology and Management 157: 267-283.

Straw, N.A. and Green, G. (2001). Interactions between green spruce aphid, Elatobium abietinum (Walker), and Norway and Sitka spruce under high and low nutrient conditions. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 3: 263-274.

Straw, N.A., Fielding, N.J., Green, G. and Price, J. (2000). The impact of green spruce aphid, Elatobium abietinum (Walker), and root aphids on the growth of young Sitka spruce in Hafren Forest, Wales: effect on height, diameter and volume. Forest Ecology and Management 134: 97-109.

Straw, N.A., Fielding, N.J., Green, G. and Coggan, A. (1998). The impact of green spruce aphid, Elatobium abietinum (Walker), on the growth of young Sitka spruce in Hafren Forest, Wales: pattern of defoliation and effect on shoot growth. Forest Ecology and Management 104: 209-225.