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Path News 20 - June 2010 (PDF-1100K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Summary of enquiries in 2009/2010
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage
  • England and Wales:
    • Summary of enquiries in 2009/2010
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage

Path News 19 - October 2009 (PDF-1140K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Damage to Lodgepole pine in Caithness
    • Drought effects on Sitka spruce
    • Pine-tree lappet moth breeding in Scotland
  • England and Wales:
    • Ink disease of sweet chestnut
    • Tar Spot of sycamore
    • Collybia fusipes

Path News 18 - May 2009 (PDF-953K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Summary of enquiries in 2008/2009
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage
  • England and Wales:
    • Summary of enquiries in 2008/2009
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage

Path News 17 - September 2008 (PDF-962K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Lophodermium seditiosum on Scots pine
    • Entomosporium mespili on hawthorn
    • Horse chestnut
  • England and Wales:
    • Dieback of Norway spruce
    • Powdery mildew
    • Horse chestnut leaf miner

Path News 16 - April 2008 (PDF-990K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Summary of enquiries in 2007/2008
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage
  • England and Wales:
    • Summary of enquiries in 2007/2008
    • Biotic and Abiotic damage
    • Oak decline

Path News 15 - October 2007 (PDF-932K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Ramichloridium pini on lodgepole pine
    • Dutch elm disease
    • Horse chestnut
  • England and Wales:
    • Leaf spot of sycamore
    • Shoot browning of Wellingtonia

Path News 14 - May 2007 (PDF-96K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Summary of enquiries in 2006/2007
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage
  • England and Wales:
    • Summary of enquiries in 2006/2007
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage

Path News 13 - October 2006 (PDF-964K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Dieback of Juniper
    • Unknown fungus on birch
    • Scale insects
  • England and Wales:
    • Ivy and trees
    • Poplar Scab

Path News 12 - May 2006 (PDF-694K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Summary of enquiries in 2005/2006
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage
  • England and Wales:
    • Summary of enquiries in 2005/2006
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage

Path News 11 - July 2005 (PDF-1014K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Frost damage
    • Alder dieback
    • Heterobasidion annosum on Scots pine
  • England and Wales:
    • Red band needle blight
    • Thin ash crowns
    • Frothing oak

Path News 10 - May 2005 (PDF-281K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Summary of enquires in 2004-2005
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage
  • England and Wales:
    • Summary of enquires in 2004-2005
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage

Path News 9 - October 2004 (PDF-291K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Armillaria killing on restock sites
    • Chrysomyxa rust on Norway Spruce
    • Poor health of beech
  • England and Wales:
    • Tar spot of sycamore
    • Phytophthora disease of alder
    • Dutch elm disease

Path News 8 - July 2004 (PDF-286K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Anisogramma on birch
    • Bleeding canker on horsechestnut
    • Dieback and death of spruce
  • England and Wales:
    • Blossom wilt and spur blight
    • Poplat Scab
    • Guignardia Leaf Blotch

Path News 7 - April 2004 (PDF-267K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Summary of enquires in 2003-2004
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage
  • England and Wales:
    • Summary of enquires in 2003-2004
    • Cause of damage
    • Leaf blight and stem canker of holly

Path News 6 - December 2003 (PDF-292K)

  • Ramorum Dieback/Sudden Oak Death

Path News 5 - August 2003

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Nectria canker of rowan
    • Bacterial canker of cherry
    • Lophodermella conjuncta needle cast
  • England and Wales:
    • Black canker of willow
    • Mildew on oak
    • Sphaeropsis shoot blight

Path News 5 (PDF-237K)


Path News 4 - June 2003 (PDF-126K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Die-back of young oak
    • Birch dieback
    • Damage to Scots pine
  • England and Wales:
    • Needle cast of Douglas Fir
    • Herbicide damage
    • Blossom and shoot blight of cherry

Path News 3 - April 2003 (PDF-638K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Summary of enquires in 2002-2003
    • Biotic damage
    • Abiotic damage
  • England and Wales:
    • Summary of enquires in 2002-2003
    • Dieback of oak
    • Biotic and abiotic damage

Path News 2 - September 2002 (PDF-743K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Die-back of silver birch
    • Cherry leaf diseases
    • Green sprice aphid
  • England and Wales:
    • Phomopsis Canker of Juniper
    • Willow Scab
    • Anthracnose of Plane

Path News 1 - July 2002 (PDF-354K)

  • Scotland and Northern Britain:
    • Do you have disease Rhododendron?
    • Anisogramma shoot disease of birch
    • Browning of Scots pine
  • England and Wales:
    • Red Band Needle Blight
    • Bleeding Cankers
    • Poplar Leaf and Shoot Blight