University of Guelph looks at tree cloning to save American elms

[SwampDonkey]

University of Guelph plant agriculture researchers plan to repopulate American elms by developing new techniques for cloning and producing trees resistant to its biggest killer - Dutch elm disease.

Duplicating disease-resistant elms is no easy task because only one of about every 100,000 elm trees has natural resistance.

The Guelph researchers are working with trees in the U of G Arboretum and across Canada to identify and develop a germplasm that is completely resistant to Dutch elm disease.

Funded by the Gosling Foundation, a non-profit organization for ecological preservation, protection and education.



http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2010/06/researchers_dev_1.html