The international conifer seed trade: what risk to the health of our forests?
In Belgium, coniferous forests are mainly regenerated by planting.
In Belgium, coniferous forests are mainly regenerated by planting.
An open-access decision-support tool for anticipating weather-related plant health risks in winter wheat cultivation
Many of the diseases affecting our forest species are caused by fungi that spread via wind-borne spores, sometimes over long distances.
In the last 30 years our forests have increasingly suffered so-called ‘emerging’ diseases caused by virulent pathogenic fungi from other continents.