[Taxacom] Australian wollemi pines dodge a bullet (this time)

[Anthony Gill]

I have no idea why the journalist posted aerial photos of the (secret)
location. Took me 10 minutes to match it on Google Earth.

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 1:02 PM Kenneth Kinman via Taxacom <
taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:

> Dear All,
>        The wild population of Wollemi pines is probably more vulnerable to
> disease than it is to fire ("Detection of Phytophthora multivora in the
> Wollemi Pine site and pathogenicity to Wollemia nobilis"; see weblink
> below).  It is no doubt easier put out a fire in the area than it is to
> eliminate fungal pathogens.
>         Thankfully these trees are now being grown throughout the world (I
> noted on Taxacom that they were first available for public sale in the USA
> in 2006; see weblink below).
>                               ----------------Ken Kinman
>
>
> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272092497_Detection_of_Phytophthora_multivora_in_the_Wollemi_Pine_site_and_pathogenicity_to_Wollemia_nobilis
>
> http://mailman.nhm.ku.edu/pipermail/taxacom/2006-October/108103.html
>
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>
> https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/wollemi-pines-known-as-dinosaur-trees-saved-from-nsw-bushfires-thanks-to-a-secret-firefighting-mission/news-story/e22b9bc8e2ff0bafe51a95853b64a3f6
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-- 
Dr Anthony C. Gill
Natural History Curator
A12 Macleay Museum
University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia.

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