A researcher and lecturer at UHI Inverness has launched a children’s book as part of his pioneering study to conserve elm ...

Invasives have largely wiped out the American chestnut and elm, caused “hell” with the beech, and are now wreaking havoc on ...

And new threats keep coming: beech leaf disease ... to Dutch elm disease. And I’m planting a hemlock, which might just survive because of a new “biocontrol” — an introduced beetle ...

It’s a preposterously small beetle, no bigger than a sesame seed ... It’s not like Dutch elm disease that’s specific to elm trees. What we’ve got here is the Dutch elm disease of ...

On the other hand, if broad-leaf weeds like fat hen and redshank are ... starting point for budgeting fertiliser requirements. Flea beetle pressure is certainly not going away and, with the ...

Dutch elm disease (DED) primarily affects American ... Mexican stone, pinyon, and short-leaf pine. This disease causes death within five years of a tree's life if a stem infection occurs.

With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of the species diversity of all herbivores. Leaf beetles can be found to ...

With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of the species diversity of all herbivores. Leaf beetles can be found to ...

With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of the species diversity of all herbivores. Leaf beetles can be found to feed on ...

In a lot of cases, these critters can be allowed to run their course without too much concern but when it comes to pests like the elm leaf beetle, it requires a concerted effort to try and ...

Source: Ahto Agan Currently, two tree diseases are receiving particular attention in Estonia: ash dieback caused by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus and Dutch elm disease caused by ... to pathogens and pests.