William J. Plumb
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View article: Preliminary genetic barcodes for ash ( <i>Fraxinus</i> ) species and generation of new wide hybrids
Preliminary genetic barcodes for ash ( <i>Fraxinus</i> ) species and generation of new wide hybrids Open
Societal Impact Statement The world‐wide diversity of ash trees includes genetic information encoding resistance to the ash dieback fungus and the emerald ash borer beetle, which are currently devastating ash populations in Europe and Nort…
View article: Rapid polygenic adaptation in a wild population of ash trees under a novel fungal epidemic
Rapid polygenic adaptation in a wild population of ash trees under a novel fungal epidemic Open
Rapid evolution through small shifts in allele frequencies at thousands of loci is a long-standing neo-Darwinian prediction but is hard to characterize in the wild. European ash tree ( Fraxinus excelsior ) populations have recently come un…
View article: <scp>UAV</scp> ‐derived greenness and within‐crown spatial patterning can detect ash dieback in individual trees
<span>UAV</span> ‐derived greenness and within‐crown spatial patterning can detect ash dieback in individual trees Open
Ash Dieback (ADB) has been present in the UK since 2012 and is expected to kill up to 80% of UK ash trees. Detecting and quantifying the extent of ADB in individual tree crowns (ITCs), which is crucial to understanding resilience and resis…
View article: Genetic barcodes for ash (<i>Fraxinus</i>) species and generation of new wide hybrids
Genetic barcodes for ash (<i>Fraxinus</i>) species and generation of new wide hybrids Open
Native ash tree species in Europe and North America are being devastated by ash dieback and the emerald ash borer, respectively. As worldwide ash species differ in their level of susceptibility to these threats, hybrid breeding may allow r…
View article: Rapid polygenic adaptation in a wild population of ash trees under a novel fungal epidemic
Rapid polygenic adaptation in a wild population of ash trees under a novel fungal epidemic Open
Rapid evolution via small shifts in allele frequencies at thousands of loci are a long- standing neo-Darwinian prediction but are hard to characterize in the wild. European ash tree ( Fraxinus excelsior ) populations have recently come und…
View article: Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA)5 Regulates Translation in Mitochondria and Chloroplasts to Enhance Growth and Stress Tolerance
Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA)5 Regulates Translation in Mitochondria and Chloroplasts to Enhance Growth and Stress Tolerance Open
The late embryogenesis abundant (LEA)5 protein is predominantly expressed in Arabidopsis leaves in the dark, the levels of LEA5 transcripts decreasing rapidly upon illumination. LEA5 is important in plant responses to environmental stresse…
View article: Evidence for the Widespread Occurrence of Bacteria Implicated in Acute Oak Decline from Incidental Genetic Sampling
Evidence for the Widespread Occurrence of Bacteria Implicated in Acute Oak Decline from Incidental Genetic Sampling Open
Acute Oak Decline (AOD) is complex syndrome affecting Britain’s keystone native oak species, (Quercus robur L. and Q. petraea L. (Matt.) Liebl.), in some cases causing mortality within five years of symptom development. The most distinguis…
View article: Genomic structure and diversity of oak populations in British parklands
Genomic structure and diversity of oak populations in British parklands Open
Societal Impact Statement The largest populations of veteran oak trees in Europe are found in British parklands: managed wood pastures up to 1000 years old. Here, we present genomic evidence that parkland oak populations harbour considerab…
View article: Genomic structure and diversity of oak populations in British Parklands
Genomic structure and diversity of oak populations in British Parklands Open
The two predominant oak species in Britain are Quercus robur (English or pedunculate oak) and Q. petraea (sessile oak). We sequenced the whole genomes of 386 oak trees from four British parkland sites and found over 50 million nuclear sing…
View article: Genes for ash tree resistance to an insect pest identified via comparative genomics
Genes for ash tree resistance to an insect pest identified via comparative genomics Open
Genome-wide discovery of candidate genes for functional traits within a species typically involves the sequencing of large samples of phenotyped individuals 1 , or linkage analysis through multiple generations 2 . When a trait occurs repea…
View article: The viability of a breeding programme for ash in the British Isles in the face of ash dieback
The viability of a breeding programme for ash in the British Isles in the face of ash dieback Open
Societal Impact Statement The current ash dieback epidemic in Europe caused by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus poses a key question to policy makers: whether or not to commit time and resources to the initiation of a breeding programme for the dev…
View article: Genomic basis of European ash tree resistance to ash dieback fungus
Genomic basis of European ash tree resistance to ash dieback fungus Open
Summary Populations of European ash trees ( Fraxinus excelsior ) are being devastated by the invasive alien fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus , which causes ash dieback (ADB). We sequenced whole genomic DNA from 1250 ash trees in 31 DNA pools…