Dove Associates managing director John Adlam warned delegates at the Green-Tech open day in Spalding that glyphosate remains under threat from EU legislation.
Taxpayers have to be more willing to pay for control measures or risk serious consequences for familiar landscapes and gardens, according to researchers carrying out investigations for the UK Research Council Rural Economy & Land Use Programme.
Phytophthora ramorum has been identified in two outbreaks during January so far according to inspectors from the Food Environmment Research Agency (Fera).
Research by East Malling Research (EMR) into improving the control of three important top fruit pests promises to be of considerable help to growers.
New research led by the University of Warwick has found that some plant diseases use "stealth bomber" tactics to evade a plant's immune defences.
Growers are being urged to quarantine and inspect any new begonia stock for Spodoptera litura (tobacco cutworm) following an outbreak of the pest at this time last year.
Fargro managing director Dr Paul Sopp has said biopesticides are coming of age and the implementation of the Sustainable Use Directive (SUD) will see a boom in their use by growers.
Tomato growers are being warned of the threat of an early attack from the glasshouse or two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus spp.) as temperature dials are turned up to establish protected crops.
Essex County Council is hailing a decade-long scheme to control invasive species on its waterways as a success.
The London Tree Officers Association (LTOA) has said the coming oak processionary moth season may be critical, with the Forestry Commission stepping back "in terms of distance and resources".
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