Pest & Disease Management Factsheets

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

Moles: how protect against root damage by tunnelling moles on ornamentals crops

Mealy bugs: what are the best control options for tackling mealy bugs?

Beetles: how to protect ornamentals crops against beetles

Tarsonemid & eriophyid mites: ways to prevent and treat Tarsonemid & eriophyid mites on ornamentals crops

Downy mildew: how can ornamentals growers identify, treat and prevent outbreaks of this fungal disease?

Powdery mildew: how to fend off powdery mildew infections in protected and outdoor ornamentals crops

Whiteflies: how to protect ornamentals crops against whitefly pests

Bacterial and fungal canker: how to protect ornamentals crops against bacterial and fungal canker

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

Phytophthora root rots: treatments and strategies to defend against phytophthora root roots in ornamentals production and the landscape

What you need to know about plant health best practice

Black root rot: how to protect vulnerable crops against black root rot attacks on ornamentals crops

Wilt: how to help prevent and treat wilt on ornamentals crops

Leatherjacket and chafer grub: how to prevent leatherjacket and chafer grub problems

Caterpillars: how to stop caterpillars devaluing ornamentals crops

Aphids: how to defend your protected ornamentals crop from aphids

Fungal leaf spots: chemical, cultural and biological control advice for treating fungal leaf spots on ornamental crops

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

Thrips: how can ornamentals growers avoid thrips damage?

Outdoor and glasshouse crops are at risk from these pests that will feed on flowers and leaves.

Mealybugs: how to identify and treat infestations of mealybug on ornamentals crops

Platanus anthracnose: how to treat the fungus that causes Platanus anthracnose

Scale insects: how to identify and eliminate scale insects

Rodenticides: controlling rodents in ornamentals production setting

Leaf and stem nematodes: how ornamentals growers can defend crops against leaf and stem nematodes

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

Sooty moulds: how can ornamentals growers control sooty moulds?

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 - Rust on ornamental crops

How can growers prevent the infections that cause this unsightly disease on plants' foliage and stems?

Pest & Disease Factsheet - Scab on ornamentals crops

What can nursery stock growers do to avoid this disease on apples and pears, among others?

Pest & Disease Factsheet - Slugs & snails on ornamentals crops

What action can farmers, growers and gardeners take to avoid crop damage from molluscan pests?

Pest & Disease Factsheet - Ash Dieback

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

Pest & Disease Management - Green manure

Additional crop benefits for growers make this an increasingly popular option as a biofumiagant.

Pest & disease factsheet - Leaf and stem nematodes

Eelworms can cause plant damage across a range of nursery stock, bulbs and herbaceous species.