Moles are widespread throughout Britain but absent from Ireland. Even small populations can damage sports turf, playing surfaces and amenity lawns, but control may not be necessary in less intensively used or managed areas. The damage is a side-effect of moles' subterranean lifestyle - they live on...
Beech bark disease is most likely to attack trees with trunks that are more than 20cm in diameter, although it can also be a problem on young plantations. The disease occurs when heavy infestations of beech scale insect (Cryptococcus fagisuga) make enough feeding wounds in the bark to enable infection...
The biting mouthparts of this large group of pests mean that all parts of the plant are at risk of attack.
Eelworm pests are numerous and can damage a range of plants but some species are beneficial.
Black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) is a serious pest of ornamental nursery stock. The adults feed on susceptible plant foliage, leaving notched edges, and the larvae feed on roots. This damage causes in excess of £30m in annual losses for the ornamentals industry.
The animal's fast reproduction makes eradication impractical, but cooperative effort can limit crop damage.
Despite its limited impact on plant health, this fungal infection can cause customers to reject plants.
The most common and damaging pathogen on ornamental lawns and sports turf in the UK is the fungus Microdochium nivale (syn. Fusarium nivale).
This disease kills seedlings by drawing on the nutrients of a host's dead cells, causing plants to collapse.
Sudden oak death has caused extensive damage to a wide range of hosts on both sides of the Atlantic.
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