Disease-hit trees to be assessed
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An avenue of trees that are showing the early signs of Dutch elm disease are to be surveyed.
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A healthy American chestnut tree discovered on a New Hampshire farm may serve as the "mother tree" to bring back a species nearly wiped out by Asian blight.
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By Griscom, Bronson W Daly, Douglas C; Ashton, Mark S  GRISCOM, B. W. (Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT 06511), D. C. DALY (The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458), AND M. S.
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Researchers are scrambling to find the cause of an ailment that is killing tens of thousands of honeybee colonies across the country.
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Hundreds of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction, threatening future cures for disease, experts warn.
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By Erik Robinson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Dec. 17--Loggers will thin out a 47-acre bug-infested swath of mature trees on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest under a proposed forest-health improvement project on the Mount Adams Ranger District.
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Reports of a disease in birds is under investigation in north Wales, the assembly government announces.
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Results of tests to establish whether a farm worker contracted bird flu are due to be revealed.
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CT scanners used for decades to peer inside humans are now being trained by scientists on hardwood trees to detect knots, cracks and other imperfections in a bid to help lumber mills make the best possible cuts of valuable logs.
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By Jennifer Caballero, The Record, Hackensack, N.J.  Sep. 17--Autumn is the time to admire the ever-changing foliage of the  trees. But for homeowners, it's also the season for picking up leaves, hewing  branches and trimming dying hedges.
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Assessing the effects of too much sun and heat, and too little moisture.
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A technique for identifying early liver damage could help improve detection of the deadly condition cirrhosis.
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ITHACA, N.Y. - A new test will help scientists quickly detect a fast-spreading aquatic virus that threatens the Great Lakes fishing industry, according to its developers at Cornell University.
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Researchers are creating a global malaria map to tackle the killer disease by pinpointing the areas where it strikes most often.
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Results on tests for soybean rust on Monday were expected to confirm the fungus has spread to three more Louisiana fields and one in Mississippi, an industry official familiar with the investigation told Reuters.
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A new analysis may help detect the earliest signs of cell damage caused by Alzheimer's disease.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Mar. 3--GAUTIER -- Sam Taylor said more than 1,000 dead trees have been removed from residential properties across Gautier, and at least 250 more could be removed by the end of June.