The team also discovered that natural selection is acting upon thousands of locations within the ash tree DNA, driving the evolution of resistance. The post Researchers find ash trees evolving ...

But he said other interventions would be needed to give ash trees a helping hand, such as protecting trees from grazing deer and breeding the most resilient trees for future plant ...

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have successfully decoded the genetic sequence of the ash tree, to help the fight against the fungal disease, ash dieback.

Travelling across Ireland, it is hard to ignore the lines of dead and dying ash trees in the hedges.

The disease has since wreaked havoc across the British countryside, leaving behind skeletal remains of dying ash trees. Dieback causes blackened leaves, stunted growth and shrivelled roots - Paul Figg ...

The presence of the invasive emerald ash borer, EAB, has been confirmed in Jack, Navarro, Somervell, Bell and Rockwall counties.

It is thought that the disease originates from Asia, where the ash trees are completely immune to its harm. In 2012 the genome of the HP fungus was sequenced in Norwich, England, allowing ...

Ash is susceptible to a number of insects and diseases, some not easily diagnosed. Ash yellows, caused by a tiny organism called a phytoplasma, produces symptoms similar to those observed and, in the ...

In heavily affected areas, up to 30% of beech trees are killed within seven years of contracting beech leaf disease.

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Ash tree genome aids fight against disease Date: December 26, 2016 Source: University of Queen Mary London Summary: Researchers have successfully decoded the genetic sequence of the ash tree, to ...