Read our news and other articles relating to our activities. You can also find out what we’re up to by following @Forest_Research on Twitter or through the Forest Research Vimeo channel and our LinkedIn Page.
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...
Plane lace bug (Corythucha ciliata) Present in the UK (Distribution unknown although likely to be limited) 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...
Detection dogs have been used in the UK to successfully identify tree disease, helping track down the deadly tree pathogen Phytophthora ramorum.
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.
Overview 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...
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...
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.
The disease Dothistroma needle blight (DNB), caused by pathogen Dothistroma septosporum, decreases tree resilience, causes significant timber losses, sometimes mortality, and has led to large-scale species change on the Public Forest Estate across Britain. This research aims to determine whether genetically distinct populations of the foliar pine pathogen, D. septosporum...
The Forest Trapping Network (FTN) forms a major part of GB's Future Surveillance Plan (FSP). The FTN specifically targets quarantine and priority species which other survey methods cannot detect.
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.
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.
