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Phytophthora Species Associated with Roots of Native and Non-native Trees in Natural and Managed Forests

August 3, 2020

Roots act as a biological filter that exclusively allows only a portion of the soil-associated microbial diversity to infect the plant. This microbial diversity includes ...

The climate is putting European forests under sustained pressure, study says

July 21, 2020

No year since weather records began was as hot and dry as 2018. A first comprehensive analysis of the consequences of this drought and heat ...

Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions

July 10, 2020

The world's forests have never been more threatened by invasions of exotic pests and pathogens, whose causes and impacts are reinforced by global change.

Novel species of Huntiella from naturally-occurring forest trees in Greece and South Africa

July 10, 2020

Huntiella species are wood-infecting, filamentous ascomycetes that occur in fresh wounds on a wide variety of tree species. These fungi are mainly known as saprobes although ...

A Genome-Wide Association Study for Resistance to the Insect Pest Leptocybe invasa in Eucalyptus grandis Reveals Genomic Regions and Positional Candidate Defense Genes

July 7, 2020

The galling insect, Leptocybe invasa, causes significant losses in plantations of various Eucalyptus species and hybrids, threatening its economic viability.

Forests: at the heart of a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

July 3, 2020

This brief highlights how forests and the forestry sector provide essential services and products to support health and livelihoods during times of crisis, how investing ...

Low genetic diversity and strong geographic structure in introduced populations of the Eucalyptus foliar pathogen Teratosphaeria destructans

June 29, 2020

The aggressive Eucalyptus leaf pathogen, Teratosphaeria destructans, causes widespread damage in tropical and subtropical Eucalyptusâ€growing regions of Indonesia, China, Thailand, East Timor, Vietnam, Lao, and South Africa.

Scientists’ warning on invasive alien species

June 25, 2020

Biological invasions are a global consequence of an increasingly connected world and the rise in human population size.

Poroid Hymenochaetaceae associated with trees showing wood-rot symptoms in the Garden Route National Park of South Africa

June 23, 2020

Poroid Hymenochaetaceae associated with wood rots of trees in three timber-harvesting compartments of the Garden Route National Park (GRNP), South Africa, were investigated using multilocus ...

Expected benefits of genomic selection for growth and wood quality traits in Eucalyptus grandis

June 14, 2020

Genomic selection (GS) can substantially reduce breeding cycle times in forest trees compared to traditional breeding cycles.

The Value of Forests

June 11, 2020

Short animation film which provide concrete information about the value of forests and their impact on human health.

Sappi acts ForNature and celebrates World Environment Day 2020

June 5, 2020

If there is something that the last few lockdown months have taught many of us, is that we need to make 'Time for Nature'. We ...

Ceratocystis wilt on Eucalyptus: first record from South Africa

June 2, 2020

Wilt and death of an E. grandi times E. urophyll a variety was recently observed in the Zululand region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

A Traded Tree: What Rosewood means to Africa

May 28, 2020

The ‘hero' of this story is rosewood. The illegal trade in the wood is one of the world's most lucrative businesses, and affects much of ...

World Bee Day, 20 May 2020

May 20, 2020

Forestry South Africa celebrates World Bee Day by making bees the focus of their new standard operating procedure

Shining a light on the protection mechanism of plants against excess sunlight

May 19, 2020

In a world first, scientists have mapped how plants dispel excess sunlight as heat. Future understanding of this process could have the potential to protect ...

Guest Article: Sustainable Forests and Reaching the SDGs

April 3, 2020

Whether from the emergence of infectious diseases, the growing risks to global food systems, or from the increasing variability in global climate and local weather ...

Distribution and genetic diversity of five invasive pests of Eucalyptus in sub-Saharan Africa

March 28, 2020

Eucalyptus is one of the most planted tree genera across the world, but is heavily challenged by invasive insect pests originating from the native range ...

Maternal effects should be considered in the establishment of forestry plantations

March 15, 2020

Breeding strategies for plants focus on the genetic influence on their phenotypes. However, the phenotype is not only the outcome of the genotype or the ...

Scientists Discover that Trees have a Heartbeat

February 24, 2020

More than two years have passed since the detection of what is arguably the most damaging tree pest ever to arrive in South Africa: the ...

City of Cape Town slams ‘malicious’ poisoning of gum trees

February 24, 2020

The City of Cape Town has slammed the malicious poisoning of a tenth gum tree since October. A large gum in Wessels Road, Kenilworth, was ...

Ethiopia Plants 350 Million Trees in 12 Hours, Smashing World Record

February 18, 2020

In a race to reforest the desert, Ethiopia just planted 5 times as many trees as India did when it broke the world record two ...

Cutting edge tech helps prevent catastrophic forest fires

February 18, 2020

The forestry industry in South Africa is using world-leading technology to detect fires and wisps of smoke in plantations. The technology has proven itself in ...

Ancient tree with record of earths magnetic field reversal in its rings discovered

February 17, 2020

An ancient tree that contains a record of a reversal of Earth's magnetic field has been discovered in New Zealand. The tree-an Agathis australis, better ...

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Phytophthora Species Associated with Roots of Native and Non-native Trees in Natural and Managed Forests

The climate is putting European forests under sustained pressure, study says

Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions

Novel species of Huntiella from naturally-occurring forest trees in Greece and South Africa

A Genome-Wide Association Study for Resistance to the Insect Pest Leptocybe invasa in Eucalyptus grandis Reveals Genomic Regions and Positional Candidate Defense Genes

Forests: at the heart of a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

Low genetic diversity and strong geographic structure in introduced populations of the Eucalyptus foliar pathogen Teratosphaeria destructans

Scientists’ warning on invasive alien species

Poroid Hymenochaetaceae associated with trees showing wood-rot symptoms in the Garden Route National Park of South Africa

Expected benefits of genomic selection for growth and wood quality traits in Eucalyptus grandis

The Value of Forests

Sappi acts ForNature and celebrates World Environment Day 2020

Ceratocystis wilt on Eucalyptus: first record from South Africa

A Traded Tree: What Rosewood means to Africa

World Bee Day, 20 May 2020

Shining a light on the protection mechanism of plants against excess sunlight

Guest Article: Sustainable Forests and Reaching the SDGs

Distribution and genetic diversity of five invasive pests of Eucalyptus in sub-Saharan Africa

Maternal effects should be considered in the establishment of forestry plantations

Scientists Discover that Trees have a Heartbeat

City of Cape Town slams ‘malicious’ poisoning of gum trees

Ethiopia Plants 350 Million Trees in 12 Hours, Smashing World Record

Cutting edge tech helps prevent catastrophic forest fires

Ancient tree with record of earths magnetic field reversal in its rings discovered

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