Research Projects
- Management of landfill leachate using Short Rotation Coppice Willow as a
bioremediation system.
- Interactions of willow varieties grown in mixtures, contributing
to sustainability
- Evaluation and testing of new and improved willow genotypes with
particular reference to their suitability for inclusion in mixtures.
- Fertilisation
and nutrient cycling in short rotation willow coppice.
- Clonal selection and evaluation
in Salix for energy production from short rotation coppice.
- Diseases of coppiced
willow: in particular rusts.
- Significance of insect pests of willow.