Europe’s ash dieback epidemic could well have been caused by just one or two mushroom-like fruiting bodies of a fungal pathogen from Asia, according to a comprehensive genome sequencing effort published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. This leaves even the most resistant ash trees at threat from the introduction of just one more spore from East Asia.
The Earlham Institute (EI, UK) and the Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU, China) are working together towards resolving the urgent issue of agri-food security in China by developing precision agriculture solutions - funded by the Newton Network+. With the largest population in the world, China feeds nearly 1.4 billion people - covering 22% of the globe's inhabitants.
