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Wees: The life of the Christmas tree

webfull — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 18:24:34 +0000

"Cultivated trees grow faster [than their natural counterparts] because in the early years much effort is spent weeding out the competition," points out David Wees, Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Plant Science at McGill's Macdonald Campus.

Published: 9 January 2023

Mount Royal to lose 4,000 trees in Montreal's emerald ash borer cull

webfull — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:29:23 +0000

City of Montreal will plant 40,000 saplings to replace trees that must be cut down

Thousands of ash trees infested by the tiny but destructive emerald ash borer will be cut down in Mount Royal Park by March 2019.

There are more than 10,000 ash trees in the park, and two-thirds have been treated against the invasive bug. The rest are getting axed.

Published: 22 January 2018

Plant trees to control climate change

webfull — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:35:24 +0000

Scientists at an international conference said on [November 30] that climate change was a global phenomenon that could only be controlled by planting more and more trees. This was stated in the concluding session of the first international conference on Conventional and Modern Approaches in Plant Sciences (CMAPS 17), organised by the Punjab University Department of Botany at Faisal Auditorium. [...] Dr Danielle Donnelly from �㽶��Ƶ Canada, [...] Dr Jaswinder Singh from �㽶��Ƶ Canada, [...] attended the event.

Published: 1 December 2017

Tracing the Origin of the Ebola Virus

webfull — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:31:41 +0000

Published: 9 January 2015

Slowing The Insect Invasion

webfull — Wed, 28 May 2014 18:52:40 +0000

Risk analysis finds savings for homeowners and local governments of excluding invasive pests like the emerald ash borer outweigh added cost to imported goods

Published: 28 May 2014