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The elm tree can return to the British countryside ... who have been working behind the scenes to cross elite elms with British native species to get a tree with the familiar shape and form.

A new strain has been created by crossing a British elm growing in Kent with a tree that contained disease-resistant genes from an Asian species. Professor Richard Buggs, senior research leader at ...