Tools & Resources
Pest and disease resources
Specific tree and woodland problems
Diseases
- Acute oak decline
- Bleeding canker of Horse chestnut
- Conifer root and butt rot - Heterobasidion annosum
- Chronic oak dieback
- Dothistroma (red band) needle blight
- Dutch elm disease in Britain
- Massaria disease
- Neonectria canker of Abiesis
- Phytophthora austrocedri on juniper
- Phytophthora kernoviae
- Phytophthora lateralis
- Phytophtoradisease of the alder
- Sirococcus blight
- Sweet chestnut blight
- Xylella fastidiosa
Insects
- Asian Longhorn Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
- Elm Zigzag sawfly
- Great spruce bark beetle (Dendroctonus micans)
- Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)
- Oak pinhole borer (Platypus cylindrus)
- Oak processionary moth (Thaumetopoea processionea)
- Pine-tree lappet moth (Dendrolimus pini)
- Pine weevil (Hylobius abietis)
- Two Spotted Oak Buprestid beetles (Agrilus biguttatus)
- Horse chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella)
Mammals
- Feral wild boar
- Grey squirrels
- Livestock overgrazing in upland woodlands
- Preventing mammal damage to trees and woodland
- Recognising types of mammal damage to trees and woodland
- Reducing the impact of non-native or invasive vertebrates to forestry
Other
Publications
- Publications on protecting trees and tree healthPublications about environmentally acceptable measures of preventing and controlling damage to Britain's trees.
- Tree pest and disease alerts and advisory notesBulletins 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.
- Tree pest and disease postersA selection of posters that can be downloaded as PDFs and then printed at a size to suit. These were mostly produced for the 2012 APF show and have been popular as posters to display in offices or places of work.
Related services
- Pesticides efficacy testing - Quality assured field trials of new and existing pesticides under strictly controlled environmental conditions
- Hylobius Management Support System - Helps predict and reduce damage and costs due to large pine weevil
- PG Suspension - Biological control agent for Heterobasidion annosum
- Tree Health Diagnostic and Advisory Service