Forest Research and the Food & Environment Research Agency (Fera) are working to eradicate a breeding population of Asian longhorn beetle found in the Paddock Wood area of Maidstone in Kent. The Asian longhorn beetle, native to China, poses a serious threat to a wide range of broadleaved trees. It has caused extensive damage to…
Chestnut blight, caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica (C. parasitica), has been confirmed in Britain for the first time by scientists from Forest Research. The blight was found on young trees in two small orchards of European sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) in Warwickshire and East Sussex. The fungus infection is usually fatal to European sweet chestnut…
Across Europe horse chestnut trees are looking tired and ragged, and prematurely autumnal in colour, due to damage to their leaves by an insect: the horse chestnut leaf miner. Now is the time to record whether trees near you have been infected by joining our TreeWatch project. Help us record the spread of this pest…
