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Dümmen Orange and Koppert Biological Systems have launched an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) protocol called GreenGuard.

Novel scientific methods have been used to collect and breed the native oak-boring beetle Agrilus biguttatus.

The Environment Agency has drawn up an action plan to tackle an invasion of floating pennywort in the River Thames believed to have originated in a London park.

The severity of the emerald ash borer's destruction of North America's native ash trees has been borne out by the latest International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, which lists five species as "critically endangered".

A range of available products can enhance trees' resistance to pest and disease attack, according to Dr Glynn Percival, who manages Bartlett Tree Experts' laboratory at the University of Reading.

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands today (14 September) opened Koppert Biological Systems' new information centre, unveiled to mark the family company's 50th anniversary.

An Oxford-based biotech firm has begun field trials of genetically modified (GM) diamondback moths that aim to control numbers of this damaging pest.

Blueberry growers have been warned that the blueberry aphid (Ericaphis scammelli) is likely to be widespread in Scotland and elsewhere, though a damaging virus it can carry remains undetected.

Sweet chestnut blight, a disease that affects sweet chestnut trees, has been found in South East London, the UK Government's Chief Plant Health Officer has confirmed.

The City of London Corporation, which owns Epping Forest, said it has destroyed two oak processioary moth (OPM) nests found at Hollow Pond to the south of the linear ancient woodland.