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.
Phytophthora austrocedrae has hit rare native juniper bushes at the Moor House - Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve in the North Pennines.
Slugs and snails have taken the top RHS pest enquiry slot for 2011 after having lost first place to viburnum beetle in 2010.
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.
Twenty six Dutch elm disease-resistant elms were planted in the Bedfordshire park to replace an avenue of English elms that succumbed to the disease in the 1970s.
Residents of Pangbourne in Berkshire and parts of west London are being cautioned not to touch the caterpillars of the pest oak processionary moth (OPM) that are now hatching out in oak trees there.
Conservative MP George Freeman has called for more research into the causes or poor bee health.
Conservation body Buglife has called for a suspension on the use of Neonicotinoid pesticides until they can be shown to be environmentally safe.
Gardeners calling Bayer Garden's garden care advisory line have been seeking advice on how to tackle their pest and disease problems.
Bayer CropScience is seeking to sell its manufacturing plant in Norwich as a going concern.
The NFU has said the European Commission needs to step up its hunt to find a chief scientist to assist in critical decisions surrounding issues such as food security and climate change.



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