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DNA sequencing shows young trees are more likely to have gene variants that confer partial resistance to a fungus that has ...
Research suggests new generation of young ash trees showing greater resistance to ash dieback fungus than adult trees.
Scientists at RBG Kew and Queen Mary University of London have found evidence that young ash tree populations are evolving ...
Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Queen Mary University of London have discovered that a new generation of ash ...
Natural selection is acting upon thousands of locations within the ash tree DNA, driving the evolution of resistance as the ...
Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Queen Mary University of London have discovered that a new generation of ash ...
Previous studies found apparent resistance in some ash saplings, but the new study gives in-depth genetic information that ...
Ash dieback, which was first seen in the UK in 2012, causes leaf loss and crown dieback and can lead to tree death, with fears it could wipe out up to 85% of Britain’s native ash trees, as they ...
Britain's trees are evolving resistance to the deadly ash dieback fungus, scientists have revealed. The disease has wrought havoc on the countryside, leaving behind the remains of dying ash trees.
Ash dieback is caused by a fungus (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) native to Asia that slowly destroys trees’ ability to transport water. It began spreading in Europe in the 1990s and reached the UK in ...
Ash trees are fighting back against a disease that has ravaged the British countryside, new scientific evidence shows. When ash dieback arrived in 2012, predictions suggested up to 85% of ash trees ...
When ash dieback arrived in 2012, it was predicted up to 85% of ash trees could be lost. The disease has now spread to every corner of the British Isles, causing widespread damage to woodlands.