Scientists identify first tree to explain strong tolerance to the disease raising hopes of developing a resistant strainA mature ash nicknamed Betty is offering new hope against ash dieback disease after the tree in an ancient woodland was the first to be identified as possessing a strong tolerance to the disease.
Scientists from a government-backed consortium of universities and research centres made the breakthrough after comparing the genetics of infected and uninfected trees with different levels of tolerance to ash dieback disease in Devon,Oxfordshire, Norfolk and in European woodlands.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com