Pesticides alternative strategy for Reduction of Fungus (Heterobasidion annosum)
Subject Keywords
Pesticides, Chemicals
Sponsors
Description
Identifiers
Code
Effective date
Review year
Alternative Strategy
The adoption by the Forestry Commission in the 1960s of the non-pathogenic wood-rotting fungus Phlebiopsis (previously Peniophora) gigantea, now used under the name 'PG Suspension', for the treatment of pine stumps to prevent colonisation by Heterobasidion annosum, was a pioneering move that has been followed by other countries
Alternative Type
Specific strategy - Biocontrol
Pest Type
Fungus
Alternative Trial
No
Coverage Country
United Kingdom
Method
Reduction