The Living Ash Project aims to identify a large and diverse number of ash trees with good tolerance to ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus.), to secure this material for further breeding work, and to quickly make this material available to industry. Trees that are selected will be further screened for tolerance in two different ways, via chemical fingerprinting and directly through controlled inoculations.
Ash dieback is a non native fungal pathogen that was first identified in the UK in 2012.
