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Pest & Disease Management - Dutch elm disease - Serious outbreaks can be expected every 20 years
By John Adlam 14 October 2011
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 novo-ulmi) occurred in the late 1960s, linked to the import of logs.
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