Kiwi scientists have learned how kauri stumps can keep themselves alive by feeding off water from neighbouring trees
Kiwi scientists have learned how kauri stumps can keep themselves alive by feeding off water from neighbouring trees
28 July 2019
The AUT researchers say it means we shouldn't view the trees as individuals... but as a "super-organism."
Dr Martin Bader says the discovery could make it harder to fight kauri dieback.
He says the common root network provides a motorway for the pathogen to spread... meaning it could spread faster.
However, Dr Bader says if a cure is ever found, the connected roots would transport it quicker to other sick trees.
© 2024 Newstalk ZB, NZCity