Ash dieback has wiped out thousands of ash trees across the UK in the past 14 years.

The emerald ash borer's larvae attack trees from within. Beech leaf disease from nematodes attack beech trees; Various fungal species plague white pine trees. PAXTON – When it c ...

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 ...

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, exhibit greater resistance to the ...

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 ...

For more than a decade, ash dieback has been observed in Ireland. Caused by the invasive fungal species Hymenoscyphus fraxineus this disease currently represents the greatest threat to the survival of ...

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 ...