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10 Feb 2012

The latest edition of the UK Pesticide Guide is now out. Changes to pesticide approvals in EC Regulation 1107/2009 are now in place and must be complied with. "Many products have been issued with revised expiry dates and some have been granted extensions," said editor Martin Lainsbury. "However, a number...

Pesticide treatment clarified for fuchsia gall mite control

10 Feb 2012

The RHS has conceded that it gave out incorrect information about fuchsia gall mite when it said there was no effective pesticide to control the burgeoning pest.

EC consults on alien species

10 Feb 2012

The European Commission has launched consultation on invasive alien species.

Pest & Disease Management - Fusarium patch - A threat to turf when conditions are cold and wet

10 Feb 2012

The most common and damaging pathogen on ornamental lawns and sports turf in the UK is the fungus Microdochium nivale (syn. Fusarium nivale).

Phytophthora austrocedrae hits English junipers for the first time

09 Feb 2012

Phytophthora austrocedrae has hit rare native juniper bushes at the Moor House - Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve in the North Pennines.

Big Tree Plant gets started

20 Jan 2012

Gateshead Council is to plant 650 trees in Cross Lane Meadows nature reserve, the first of 16 sites in Defra's Big Tree Plant initiative.

Fuchsia gall mite and leek moths enter RHS top 10 pests list

12 Jan 2012 | by Matthew Appleby

Slugs and snails have taken the top RHS pest enquiry slot for 2011 after having lost first place to viburnum beetle in 2010.

Forestry Commission halts larch felling

08 Nov 2011 | by Matthew Appleby

The Forestry Commission has introduced a temporary moratorium on issuing new permissions to fell larch trees during the winter in the areas of Britain at greatest risk of having ramorum disease.