Editor’s pickUBC Faculty of Forestry's portable DNA device detects tree pests in under two hours
23-07-2020
Innovation, Forestry, DNA
New method tests for harmful species like the Asian gypsy moth and sudden oak death pathogen Asian gypsy moths feed on a wide range of important plants and trees. White pine blister rust can kill young trees in only a couple of years. But it’s not always easy to detect the presence of these destructive species just by looking at spots and …