[PCA] NEWS: New way to clone hemlock trees able to fight off deadly pest

[Kwong, Olivia]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150203112127.htm

New way to clone hemlock trees able to fight off deadly pest
February 3, 2015
University of Georgia

For the first time, University of Georgia researchers have successfully
cryogenically frozen germplasm from hemlock trees being wiped out across
the eastern US by an invasive insect. They've also unlocked a new way to
clone the few hemlock trees apparently fighting off the hemlock woolly
adelgid, which could potentially lead to a solution for the pest.

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