Trees being destroyed by disease could be saved by breakthrough discovery

An epidemic spreading across Europe affecting some of Britain’s most ecologically-important trees may be over as scientists ...
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The fast-track tree breeding method that is restoring European ash to the landscape

A fast-track method of breeding disease-resistant ash trees has been developed by researchers leading efforts to conserve the ...
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Hope for Britain’s ash trees as study finds resistance evolving to killer fungus

British woodlands appear to be evolving resistance to the invasive fungus causing the devastating tree disease ash dieback, scientists have said. Researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and ...
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In 'Points North' podcast, researchers try to save ash trees from extinction

In 2006, Kathleen Knight was walking through a forest in northwest Ohio. She's a researched ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service. All around her were big, beautiful ash trees, tall trunks with lush ...
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Cornell works to develop ash trees resistant to emerald ash borer

ITHACA, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Cornell University is developing a new variety of ash tree that could be resistant to a particularly destructive pest. The university is the first propagation center in the ...