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    Agrilus fleischeri

    Not present in UK Notifiable – see ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name – Agrilus fleischeri (A. fleischeri) Agrilus fleischeri is an important pest of aspen and poplar (trees in the genus Populus). Willows (Salix spp.) have also been recorded as hosts of this pest, which is native to East-Asia. There have been no reported discoveries of the pest […]
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    Deep mountain longhorn beetle (Neocerambyx raddei)

    Not present in UK Notifiable – See ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name – Neocerambyx raddei (N. raddei) Photo © Kirill V. Makarov Deep mountain longhorn beetle, also known as Oak longhorn beetle (Neocerambyx raddei, previously known as Massicus raddei), is a major pest of Asian oak species such as Quercus mongolica and Quercus liaotungensis. It has also been found to […]
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    Plane lace bug (Corythucha ciliata)

    Plane lace bug (Corythucha ciliata) Present in the UK (Distribution unknown although likely to be limited distribution) We welcome records of this pest – see ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name – Corythucha ciliata (C. ciliata) Plane lace bug (PLB), also commonly known as the Platanus lace bug or sycamore* lace bug, is an insect pest of plane (trees […]
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    Forest Trapping Network (FTN)

    The Forest Trapping Network (FTN) is a Great Britain-wide, broad-spectrum surveillance network which monitors for GB priority pest and EU quarantine organisms that other survey methods are unable to detect. The FTN is a rolling programme which will survey 4-6 woodlands withing 100 forests for quarantine pests over five years.
  • Publications

    The Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network

    Lead Author: Racheal Lee
    This article, published in the Journal of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGjournal), outlines the work of the Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network (WPHSN), a Welsh Government funded plant health initiative. Launched in 2022 by Forest Research (FR), the primary aim of the WPHSN is to monitor the presence and absence of native and invasive […]
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    Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network Programme: 2023 review

    Lead Author: Racheal Lee
    This document is an Annex to the Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network Programme 2022 Review, and reports on the second year of the WPHSN activities undertaken on behalf of the Welsh Government. It describes a network of insect and spore traps placed at strategic woodland sites across Wales to monitor and record the presence/absence of invasive pests and pathogens which may negatively affect our trees, woodlands, and forests.
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    Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network Programme: 2022 review

    Lead Author: Racheal Lee
    This document describes and reports on the first year of activities undertaken for the Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network (WPHSN), a ground-breaking Welsh Government funded project to monitor native and invasive pests and pathogens that may pose a threat to health of plants and trees across Wales.
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    Understanding the significance and impacts of different populations of Dothistroma septosporum on native and exotic forest species in Britain

    This research aims to determine whether genetically distinct British populations of the foliar pine pathogen, Dothistroma septosporum are phenotypically different from one another.
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    Review of the Forest Trapping Network Year One Rollout 2022

    Lead Author: Alice Walker
    The Forest Trapping Network (FTN) forms a major part of GB’s Future Surveillance Plan (FSP). The FSP is a Great Britain-wide, broad-spectrum strategy to monitor quarantine and priority insect pests of forests included in the Plant Health (Phytosanitary Conditions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. The FSP outlines several survey techniques which target species on the […]
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    Post-colonial biosecurity possibilities

    In this project we explored what hinders and enables researchers, policymakers and practitioners in their work protecting native trees and forests in New Zealand/Aotearoa and Wales/Cymru. This is an international collaborative project between the two countries called Post-colonial biosecurity possibilities.
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    [Archive] Dutch elm disease in Great Britain

    Lead Author: John Gibbs
    RIN 252 (1994) Out of print research publications from the 1980s and 1990s. Please note that since publication the products named may have been withdrawn or changed formulation, services may no longer be available, legislation superseded and addresses and contacts changed.