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

[Kenneth Kinman]

Hi Anthony,
         Thankfully, in order to "ensure the species survives, an insurance population of young Wollemi Pines has been planted at another secret location in the Blue Mountains."   "Access to the insurance site is strictly controlled and each piece of equipment taken in has to be washed down with fungicide to stop the spread of Phytophthora."
         That second population, along with seeds in seed banks, as well as trees growing at sites throughout the world, should ensure the species survival.  This is no doubt easier and less expensive than protecting something like the whooping crane (since you can't grow a whooping crane from seed and grow one in a pot).
                                  -----------------Ken Kinman

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-21/secret-bid-to-save-prehistoric-wollemi-pines/5758542

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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<mailto: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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