Pest & Disease Management Factsheets

Slugs and snails: natural and chemical control options available to growers

Pest and beneficial beetles: those that provide natural pest control and those that are notifiable

Bacterial and fungal cankers: how growers can identify, prevent and treat them

Powdery mildew: solutions for ornamental growers

Whitefly: how ornamentals growers can prevent whitefly problems

Tarsonemid and eriophyid mites: a strong hand lens may help growers identify these plant pests

Phytophthora root rots: infections may cause wilting, stunting, root damage and root dieback

Soil-dwelling larvae: protecting lawns, sports turf and plants from chafer beetle and crane fly larvae

Mealybugs: how to safeguard vulnerable ornamental crops

Caterpillars: control options for ornamental crops

Fungal leaf Spots: how to manage fungal leaf spots on ornamental crops

Scab: how to prevent scab problems on ornamentals crops

Black root rot: Hygiene measures and disinfectants can help protect vulnerable crops from this fungal disease

Aphids: control options on ornamental crops

Vine weevils: ways to control these pests after the loss of active ingredients over recent years

Rats: How to control rats on ornamental crops

Adjuvants: crops will benefit if the right adjuvants are added to the spray tank

Sooty moulds: How can ornamentals growers control sooty moulds?

Damping-off: what steps can growers take to keep it off the ornamentals nursery?

Leaf miners: how growers can protect ornamentals crops from leaf miners

Leafhoppers, capsids, lace bugs & sap suckers: how to defend ornamentals crops against these pests

Plane anthracnose: how to treat a disease that can quickly render plants unsaleable

Peach leaf curl: how to combat the disfiguring effects of peach leaf curl on ornamentals crops

Wild rabbits: preventing costly rabbit damage to ornamentals crops

Green manures: How green manures can boost ornamentals

Compost tea: how compost tea helps crops resist disease attacks

Beetles: how to protect ornamentals crops against beetles

Winter moths: how growers can protect their forestry trees and ornamentals crops against winter moths

What you need to know about plant health best practice

Needle blights: how growers can manage and treat needle blights on conifers

What are the best ways to regulate plant growth?

Fusarium patch: how to protect turf and grasses from fusarium patch

Box blight: advice on how to protect ornamentals crops from box blight

Pear Leaf Blister Mite: how to tackle this common pest on ornamental crops

Red Thread: how groundskeepers can minimise damage from red thread on their turf

Red thread is among the most important diseases of sports and amenity turf, affecting both the visual appearance and the playing quality of the sward.

Giant Polypore: how foresters and arborists can treat and manage giant polypore on forest and woodland trees

Phytophthora ramorum: how land managers and ornamentals growers can manage the threat of 'sudden oak death'

This fungal disease has caused extensive tree loss in California, affecting mainly tanbark oak and some Quercus species, giving rise to the name sudden oak death.

Honey Fungus: chemical and cultural measures for the control of honey fungus in park, garden, woodland and commercial settings

Honey fungus is one of the most dreaded diseases of trees and shrubs in landscape plantings.

Dutch elm disease: how growers and arborists can cope with this fungal wilt

Roe, fallow and muntjac deer: how can growers, landscapers and grounds staff combat damage to plants and trees from deer

As development encroaches on their habitat, deer are becoming more of an issue on commercial nursery sites.

Beech Bark Disease - what measures and strategies can best protect woodland and forests against beech bark disease

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.

Pest & Disease Factsheet - Ash Dieback

What controls are available for growers to keep this devastating disease away from ash trees?