Sentences with phrase «ash dieback»

Håkansson's work has been developed in partnership with the Kent Downs AoNB and the Woodland Trust, who helped to source an ash tree suffering from the fungal infection Hymenoskyphus Fraxineus, also known as ash dieback.

A Queen Mary scientist will embark on a new project to decode the ash tree's entire genetic sequence in the hope of stopping Britain's trees from being completely devastated by the Chalara ash dieback fungal disease.

Exeter scientists have discovered that asexual spores of the ash dieback fungus (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) are infectious and can germinate on leaves or infect seedlings via soil.

It was believed that the fungus only multiplied by sexual reproduction but this is not the case, and this must now be taken into account in efforts to stop ash dieback.»

The ash dieback fungus could spread more quickly and affect more trees than previously expected, according to research at the University of Exeter.

«New warning over spread of ash dieback.»

«It's strongly suspected that ash dieback disease was imported by timber movements from East Asia.

The reference genome from QMUL was used by scientists at University of York who discovered genes that are associated with greater resistance to ash dieback.

Tens of millions of ash trees across Europe are dying from the Hymenoscyphus fraxinea fungus — the most visible signs that a tree is infected with ash dieback fungus are cankers on the bark and dying leaves.

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.

Project leader Dr Richard Buggs from QMUL's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences said: «This ash tree genome sequence lays the foundations for accelerated breeding of ash trees with resistance to ash dieback.

A young ash tree dying from ash dieback fungal disease.

The committee's report has attracted headlines for its concerns about the harshness of the cuts faced by Defra, which has been under strain dealing with the consequences of ash dieback disease, horsemeat contamination and flooding.

Not exact matches

Tighter controls on timber and plant movements into Europe are necessary to prevent further disastrous effects of plant diseases, a new study of the ash - dieback pathogen advises.

Ash dieback is a serious disease of ash trees which causes leaf loss and crown dieback, and usually kills affected trees.

The fungus which causes Chalara dieback of ash trees has the potential to defend itself against virus attacks, research by British scientists has shown.

Ash dieback threatens 95 % of all European ash trees and has already killed or severely damaged a quarter in southern Sweden and destroyed more than 80 % of young ash trees in Norway.