Researchers discover natural resistance gene against spruce budworm
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists from Université Laval, the University of British Columbia and the University of Oxford have discovered a natural resistance gene against spruce budworm in the white spruce. The breakthrough, reported in The Plant Journal, paves the way to identifying and selecting naturally resistant trees to replant forests devastated by the destructive pest.