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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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Post-colonial biosecurity possibilities

In this project we explored what hinders and enables researchers, policy makers 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 Please note that since publication the products named may have been withdrawn or changed formulation, services may no longer be available, legislation superseded and addresses and contacts changed.

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Range expansion of bark beetles in the genus Ips (ECLIPSE)

First evidence of breeding by Ips typographus in the United Kingdom and expansion of Ips amitinus in Scandinavia, Ips duplicatus in central Europe and Ips cembrae in Great Britain and western/northern Europe suggest that factors that previously limited or moderated range expansion may be changing. This project will assess the...

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[Archive] Revised windiness scores for the windthrow hazard classification: the revised scoring method

Lead Author: C.P. Quine

RIN 230 (1993) 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 Please note that since publication the products named may have been withdrawn or changed formulation, services may no longer be available, legislation superseded and addresses and contacts changed.

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Acetamiprid used to prevent Hylobius abietis damaging young trees poses a very low risk of causing water contamination provided good forestry practices are followed

Lead Author: Huw Thomas

A study of chemical runoff following the use of acetamiprid as a pre-treatment and top-up spray to prevent damage from the large pine weevil (Hylobius abietis L.) to young trees was undertaken at a restock site in mid-Wales. The site was specifically selected to pose a high risk of chemical runoff, being a high elevation, […]

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An analysis of conifer experiments in Britain to identify productive alternatives to Sitka spruce

Lead Author: Victoria Stokes

An analysis of relevant species trials was carried out to assess the productivity of potential alternative conifer species to Sitka spruce on upland site types in Britain. Data from 87 forest experiments planted between 1929 and 1995 were analysed to compare long-term performance of 52 species with that of Sitka spruce under the same conditions and site type.

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Factsheet: Climate change and tree diseases (canker)

Lead Author: Carolyn Riddell

Canker-inducing pathogens kill the inner, living bark of trees resulting in poorer growth or mortality of affected individuals which limits their contribution to climate change mitigation.

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Factsheet: Climate change and tree diseases (Phytophthora)

Lead Author: Debra Fredrickson Matika

Milder and wetter winters, followed by increased spring rainfall, are likely to enhance the survival and infection potential of many tree pathogens. Hotter, drier summers leading to drought stress in trees will also increase their susceptibility to disease and expand the distribution range of some pathogens. The increased incidence and severity of diseases caused by Phytophthora species reduces the benefits that trees provide, including climate change mitigation.

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First report of Phytophthora pluvialis in Europe causing resinous cankers on western hemlock

This is the first report of P. pluvialis in Europe. This is also the first published report of P. pluvialis causing resinous cankers on western hemlock worldwide.

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Breeding ash trees for tolerance to ash dieback

Forest Research have been engaged in efforts to improve tolerance of ash trees to ash dieback caused by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (previously known as ‘Chalara‘) since the disease was first recognised in Great Britain in 2012. Progress has been made under three main projects: Living Ash Project Ash dieback mass screening trials Testing a range of ash species for tolerance to ash dieback Across these three projects,...

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Using genome resequencing to investigate racial structure, genetic diversity, sexual reproduction and hybridisation in the pine pathogen Dothistroma septosporum

Genome sequencing is used to determine the origins and genetic diversity of Dothistroma populations throughout the UK, and confirms the findings of our earlier paper discerning population structure with microsatellite analysis.

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Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network Programme: 2022 Review

Post-colonial biosecurity possibilities

[Archive] Dutch elm disease in Great Britain

Range expansion of bark beetles in the genus Ips (ECLIPSE)

[Archive] Revised windiness scores for the windthrow hazard classification: the revised scoring method

Acetamiprid used to prevent Hylobius abietis damaging young trees poses a very low risk of causing water contamination provided good forestry practices are followed

An analysis of conifer experiments in Britain to identify productive alternatives to Sitka spruce

Factsheet: Climate change and tree diseases (canker)

Factsheet: Climate change and tree diseases (Phytophthora)

First report of Phytophthora pluvialis in Europe causing resinous cankers on western hemlock

Breeding ash trees for tolerance to ash dieback

Using genome resequencing to investigate racial structure, genetic diversity, sexual reproduction and hybridisation in the pine pathogen Dothistroma septosporum

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Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network Programme: 2022 Review

Post-colonial biosecurity possibilities

[Archive] Dutch elm disease in Great Britain

Range expansion of bark beetles in the genus Ips (ECLIPSE)

[Archive] Revised windiness scores for the windthrow hazard classification: the revised scoring method

Acetamiprid used to prevent Hylobius abietis damaging young trees poses a very low risk of causing water contamination provided good forestry practices are followed

An analysis of conifer experiments in Britain to identify productive alternatives to Sitka spruce

Factsheet: Climate change and tree diseases (canker)

Factsheet: Climate change and tree diseases (Phytophthora)

First report of Phytophthora pluvialis in Europe causing resinous cankers on western hemlock

Breeding ash trees for tolerance to ash dieback

Using genome resequencing to investigate racial structure, genetic diversity, sexual reproduction and hybridisation in the pine pathogen Dothistroma septosporum