Aerial application trial postponed until next year
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Forestry Commission Scotland has postponed its aerial application trial of a fungicide until 2015 – mainly because of the weather!
The intended application of fungicide by helicopter was to be the second of three such trials to help determine if the technique could practicably be used as a last-resort option to help limit the damaging impact of the pine disease, Dothistroma needle blight.
The fungal pathogen responsible for the disease attacks pine needles, which in turn limits the rate of tree growth, potentially leading to their death as well as reducing the timber yield and value. The potential future impact of Dothistroma on our iconic Caledonian pinewoods adds further weight to the need to examine potential options for the management of this serious disease of pine.
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/newsrele.nsf/WebNewsReleases/E92526FC71731FBC80257D2700264230
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