Forestcast - Season 2: Backcross - Episode 5: Will Ash be the Blueprint for Tree Restoration?
Release Date
March 29, 2022
The number one way you can stop an insect invasion or pathogen from spreading is by stopping it from ever starting. Who says geneticists and ecologists can’t act in the same way—taking action before a tree is ever in danger?
With ash, proactive and collaborative breeding is already taking place, and it could be a roadmap for the future of tree species restorations.
In this Episode meet
- Jennifer Koch, Research Biologist
- Kathleen Knight, Research Ecologist
- Richard Sniezko, Center Geneticist, Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon
People
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Person
Jennifer Koch, PhD
Research Biologisthttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/jennifer.koch -
Person
Kathleen Knight, PhD
Research Ecologisthttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/kathleen.s.knight
Featured Science Resources
- J. Romero-Severson, Jennifer Koch. 2017. Saving green ash
- Jennifer Koch, David W. Carey, Mary E. Mason, Jeanne Romero-Severson, Therese M. M. Poland, Kathleen Knight, Charles Tubesing, Roger Gettig. 2020. Restoring Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica): Breeding for Resistance to the Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)
- Laura J. Kelly, William J. Plumb, Dave Carey, Mary E. Mason, Endymion D. Cooper, William Crowther, Alan T. Whittemore, Stephen J. Rossiter, Jennifer Koch, Richard J. A. Buggs. 2020. Convergent molecular evolution among ash species resistant to the emerald ash borer
External Publications
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Saving Oregon Ash (Oregon Dept. of Forestry - 2022)
Last updated December 3, 2025