Arboriculture plays an essential role in protecting oak trees, but did you know that despite being a vital part of the tree management family, there is a succession crisis in arboriculture?

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Rômulo Carleial from Centre for Forest Protection & Kew Science presents, 'Genomic basis of Quercus robur resistance to acute oak decline in Britain'.

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Louise Gathercole from Centre for Forest Protection & Kew Science presents, 'Population and landscape genomics of British oaks'.

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Jo Clarke from Future Trees Trust presents, 'Oak research at the Future Trees Trust'.

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Bryan Elliot from RoyalForestrySociety presents, Oak Silviculture 'Creating conductive environments/ecosystems/habitats that suit growth strategies of Oak in UK'.

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Neil Audsley from Fera presents 'Alternatives for the control of oak processionary moth'.

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Emily Grace & Diana Vinchira-Villarraga from BIFoR present 'From Metabolomics to Bacteriophages: strategies to understand and control acute oak decline'.

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Matt Coombes from University of Warwick presents 'Monitoring and Understanding Oak Health'.

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It's #PlantHealthWeek ! Today's focus is #PlantHealthScience 🔬
Last year, we spoke to Dr Rômulo Carleial about his work. He is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Centre for Forest Protection & Kew Science
Read the latest update in the Action Oak Annual Report 2024: ow.ly/BK3V50RzEa9

Kicking off today's presentations, Richard Wright from Cardiff University shares an update on his research.

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Knowing more about the environmental and genetic reasons why some trees are unaffected by disease, even when others around them are, can help us to take action to protect our oaks 🌳💚

Check out Louise Gathercole's tale of how 'to catch a tree killer' 👇
kew.org/read-and-watch…

Bacteria and a wood-boring beetle can devastate Britain's oak trees in 'acute oak decline' - but WHY are some trees more resistant to the syndrome? 🤔🌳

Rômulo Carleial of Kew and Centre for Forest Protection is building on Action Oak work to see if DNA holds the answer! 🧬
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Shwmae o Gaerdydd! 
Hi from Cardiff! We're looking forward to welcoming attendees to our Partner Event today 🌞

Congratulations to Kate Halstead on publishing the first paper from her Action Oak supported PhD. Good to see investigation of #StormArwen and impact on heritage trees in NE England.

🐛 Oak Processionary Moth can cause harm to humans & animals, & weaken oak trees.
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Use biosecure trees from nurseries with Plant Healthy certification or similar to protect against pests and diseases.

Plant a diversity of tree species to encourage greater resilience and adaption to climate change.

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I'm happy to share that our paper has been published in Forest Ecology and Management, IUFRO 10th Wind and Trees Conference special edition.

'Localised damage patterns to oak during severe UK storms in winter 2021':
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S03…

A huge thanks to all authors involved