Protecting trees

 

Research programmes

• Collaborative frameworks in land management: a case-study of wild deer in Britain
• Condition survey of non-woodland amenity trees
• Dieback of birch
• Impact of insects on tree growth
• Impact of pests and pathogens under changing management
• Impact of Phytophthora diseases on trees
• Impacts of large herbivores on woodlands
• Integrated forest management (IFM) of Hylobius abietis
• Mammal damage to trees and woodland
• Management of grey squirrels
• Plant health risk and monitoring evaluation (PHRAME)
• Red band needle blight

Related topics

• Alien invasive species and international trade
• Biological control of conifer root and butt rot
• Bleeding canker of Horse chestnut
• Dutch elm disease in Britain
• Horse chestnut leaf miner - Cameraria ohridella
• Management of great spruce bark beetle - Dendroctonus micans
• Oak decline / oak dieback
• Oak pinhole borer, Platypus cylindrus
• Oak processionary moth - Thaumetopoea processionea

Publications

• Publications about protecting trees
• Tree pest and disease alerts and advisory notes:
  • Asian Longhorn Beetle ^(PDF-1721K)
  • Emerald Ash Borer ^(PDF-4140K)
  • Horse Chestnut Leafminer ^(PDF-179K)
  • Oak pinhole borer ^(PDF-286K)
  • Oak processionary moth ^(PDF-412K)
  • Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death) ^(PDF-184K)
  • Problems on plane trees ^(PDF-400K)

Tree pest and disease alerts and advisory notes are bulletins and handbills showing signs and symptoms of tree pests and diseases and advice on what to do if you suspect the pest or disease is present.

Related products and services

• Hylobius Management Support System - Helps predict and reduce damage and costs due to large pine weevil
• Pesticide Safety Directorate efficacy testing - Quality assured field trials of new and existing pesticides under strictly controlled environmental conditions
• PG Suspension - Biological control agent for Heterobasidion annosum
• TimberTherm™ - Software tool to optimise heat treatment of timber
• Tree Health Diagnostic and Advisory Service
• Tree Doctor - Software tool to identify diseases of forest and amenity trees

Contact

For further information contact:

Pathogens and abiotic disorders

Dr Joan Webber
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH

Tel: +44 (0) 1420 22255
Fax: +44 (0) 1420 23653
Email: joan.webber@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Invertebrate pests

Dr Hugh Evans
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH

Tel: +44 (0) 1420 22255
Fax: +44 (0) 1420 23653
Email: hugh.evans@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Mammalian and rodent pests

Dr Chris Quine
Forest Research
Northern Research Station
Roslin
Midlothian
EH29 9SY

Tel: +44 (0) 131 4452176
Fax: +44 (0) 131 4455124
Email: chris.quine@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Research into 'protecting trees' within Forest Research is centred in the Tree Health Division and Ecology Division.