Workshop: FIGHTING ASH DIEBACK WITH NEW AND OLD TOOLS
Date: AUGUST 23-25, 2017
Location: Skovskolen, Nödebo, Denmark
This HealGenCAR workshop, organised in cooperation with Evoltree, focussed on the development of better ash material in the light of ash dieback disease using new and old tools.
European ash forests are being decimated by the invasive pathogenic fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus throughout Europe. Inherited differences in tolerance level among ash trees of the natural gene pool suggest that pathways are available to obtain better material of ash for the future forests. The specific aim of the workshop was to bring together people with special interest in the improvement of European ash challenged by the pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus.
The meeting included scientific indoor sessions to we exchange ideas on how to test, breed and develop markers and other methodologies to assist breeding of healthy ash. In addition specific sites of interest were visited.
Here you find the information and program of the HealGenCAR ash workshop in Denmark in PDF format