United Kingdom: Oak tree deaths herald new pest threat to traditional plants, Kew curator warns
By | Published: December 31, 2008
Telegraph: Dozens of oaks, many of them as old as 150 years, have had to be cut down at Kew in the last few years because of a beetle infestation which leaves the inside of the trunk looking "like honeycomb". Outdoor vegetable patches have been under attack all year round from pests previously only found in greenhouses. Meanwhile new invaders, such as a fingernail-sized insect which attacks wisteria, have been spreading as a result of milder winters and a looser controls on plants coming …
United Kingdom: Oak tree deaths herald new pest threat to traditional plants, Kew curator warns
Telegraph: Dozens of oaks, many of them as old as 150 years, have had to be cut down at Kew in the last few years because of a beetle infestation which leaves the inside of the trunk looking "like honeycomb". Outdoor vegetable patches have been under attack all year round from pests previously only found in greenhouses. Meanwhile new invaders, such as a fingernail-sized insect which attacks wisteria, have been spreading as a result of milder winters and a looser controls on plants coming …
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