Ash dieback – a fatal disease of Britain’s native ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) – is one of the worst tree disease epidemics the UK has ever seen. The disease is caused by a fungus that originated in ...

Ash dieback is a severe disease that has substantially threatened European ash populations, particularly Fraxinus excelsior. The disease is caused by the invasive ascomycete fungus Hymenoscyphus ...

For they have managed to germinate new Ash saplings in around seven days. This is a stunning discovery because the ...

Trees being destroyed by disease could be saved by breakthrough discovery - Researchers have developed a fast-track method of breeding disease-resistant ash that could save the species ...

Ash dieback and other tree diseases are resulting in significantly more greenhouse gas emissions than previously thought because a large amount of carbon is escaping from woodland soils, a study has ...

British trees are under threat from the increasing number and severity of dangerous diseases that are already having a major impact on landscapes, the National Trust has warned. Diseases such as ash ...

Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Queen Mary University of London have discovered that a new generation of ash trees, growing naturally in woodland, exhibits greater resistance to the ...

Felicity Stout said overseeing the felling of so many trees had been hard Peak District bosses are planning to create a tree nursery to help replace the millions of trees it expects to lose to ash ...

A decade after ash dieback was found in the UK, there is still a real threat of importing other diseases with a “similarly devastating” impact, conservationists warn. The disease, which causes leaf ...

Work has started to fell 5,000 trees infected with ash dieback at Westonbirt Arboretum. The site's 200-acre Silk Wood has been closed for the removal of 2,000 ash trees over the next four weeks. A ...

An epidemic spreading across Europe affecting some of Britain’s most ecologically-important trees may be over as scientists have developed a fast-track method of breeding disease-resistant ash. Ash ...