| Foresty Commission programme manager: | Steve Gregory |
| Research contact and location: | Anna Brown Tree Health Division Forest Research |
Red band needle blight is an economically important disease with a world-wide distribution and affecting a number of coniferous species, in particular pines. The primary aims of this programme are to determine the extent, severity and rate of spread of the disease in the UK with particular reference to East Anglia Forest District, the impacts that this could have on tree mortality and timber yields and the suitability of the different control measures within the UK. This will partly be achieved by surveys and by gaining a better understanding of the fungal biology in relation to the infection process and variation in the pathogen.
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