Biodiversity
There are an increasing number of non-native pests and pathogens that are impact the UK’s trees. The decline in a particular tree species will impact a wide range of other species that use that trees species as well as driving changes in ecosystem...
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Reduction in the availability and quality of plant food resources through arable intensification and habitat fragmentation has been cited as a major cause of the decline in pollinators in the UK and worldwide, and is likely to have a negative impact...
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We have been breeding raspberry varieties for Scotland, UK and Europe for > 40 years. A key trait (conferred by one or more major resistance genes) is for resistance to the main aphid pest, the large raspberry aphid. This strategy has been very...
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![]() Cathy Hawes Research Scientist |