Horse chestnut leaf damage 'not linked' to canker risk

Horse chestnut trees infested with foliage-damaging leaf miner insects are not at greater risk from a bacterial disease, a study shows. Forest Research scientists carried out the study to examine the impact of the bugs and whether it left trees susceptible to bleeding canker disease. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23490686#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa