Arboriculture

Young shoots on plants are susceptible to grazing damage while bucks' antlers can harm bark.

With action difficult and labour intensive, accurate identification of this root disease is key to tackling infection.

These pathogens can pose significant disease risks.

Soil-dwelling larvae of chafer beetles and crane flies are serious turf pests, feeding unseen in the topsoil layer beneath lawns, golf courses and sports fields. Chafer grubs also feed on roots of young trees, herbaceous perennials and nursery stock....

Dutch elm disease is a fungal wilt spread by the elm bark beetles Scolytus scolytus and Scolytus multi-striatus. Known in the UK since 1927, this disease was considered relatively unimportant until an outbreak of a more aggressive strain (Ophiostoma ...