New ‘Resistant Ash’ Breeding Project
Future Trees Trust is delighted to report a new consortium project funded by Defra to take forward work on producing ash for industry that is tolerant to ash dieback. This January, an archive of tolerant ash material from the Living Ash Project and Forest Research’s mass screening trials was planted [...]
Progress in the battle against ‘Ash die-back’
Progress in the battle against 'Ash die-back' Scientists at Queen Mary University of London in conjunction with partners at Kew Gardens (London), Forest Research (Roslin), and Teagasc (Dublin) have published a ground-breaking paper on the battle to find native ash tree resistant to the invasive alien fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, which causes ash dieback. [...]
Sitka Spruced
Sitka Spruced meeting at Roslin, 17th September 2019 Forestry Workshop on Genomic Selection: Implementation and Impacts for the UK The Sitka Spruced team is hosting a workshop on the implementation and impacts of genomic selection for UK forestry. The workshop, to be held on 17 September 2019 at the Roslin [...]