Posted on 18 May 2009 by takecover08
Forest Research is to develop guidance on managing and drawing up controlling strategies for the bleeding canker tree blight, reports Horticulture Week.
“This disease has rapidly become widespread throughout Britain over the past five years,” said a representative for the research arm of the Forestry Commission.
Bleeding canker of horse chestnut was caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas [...]
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Posted on 9 March 2009 by takecover08
Experts hope an elm tree that survived the ravages of Dutch elm disease could hold the key to the species survival in the UK, the BBC News website reports.
The elm was discovered in a Worcestershire hedgerow, near Pershore, two years ago.
It had remained unnoticed because it was assumed all elms in the area had been [...]
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Posted on 4 March 2009 by takecover08
The avenue of 43 horse chestnut trees at Barrington Court, near Ilminster, in Somerset is being cut down and replaced with a variety of oak, the Telegraph reports.
The National Trust decided the trees had do go for safety reasons, following an infection of bleeding canker that causes the trees to lose bark and branches and [...]
Filed under: conservation, horse chestnut, tree disease | Tagged: arboretum, bleeding canker, defra, england, environment, forestry commission, horse chestnuts, national trust, oaks, scotland, spores, tree disease, tree felling, trees, uk, uk government, wales | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 21 January 2009 by takecover08
Arboriculture specialists may have found a cure for bleeding canker in horse chestnut trees, Horticulture Week reports.
It says arboculturalist consultancy Jonathan Cocking Associates (JCA) will trial a newly patented product with English Heritage.
JCA managing director Jonathan Cocking said he was trademarking the product, which kills canker bacterium in trees’ vascular systems.
Plugs of bark are removed [...]
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Posted on 11 January 2009 by takecover08
Restrictions have been introduced on visitors to the New Forest National Park in southern England after the discovery of a plant and tree-killing disease, the BBC News website reports.
Sudden oak death (Phytophthora ramorum) was discovered in a small number of rhododendron bushes along one of the park’s trails.
Visitors have been told to stick to pathways [...]
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Posted on 4 October 2008 by takecover08
When pine bark beetles kill trees, scientists believe they may also alter local weather patterns and air quality, reports the Environmental News Service (ENS).
For the next four years, researchers will study forests from southern Wyoming to northern New Mexico to determine the precise relationship between the beetles, the trees they kill and the atmosphere.
A new [...]
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