5 questions about the effort to save American elms
Scientists are fighting Dutch elm disease with the very fungus that caused it -- testing thousands of young trees to breed a hardier generation of American elms.
TL;DR
- Scientists are working to save the American elm.
- The strategy involves breeding a hardier generation of trees.
- This process includes testing thousands of young elms.
- The Dutch elm disease fungus is being used in the testing.
- The aim is to develop trees resistant to the disease.