Highlights • UK publics do not support a ‘let nature take its course’ policy response to the disease Chalara affecting UK ash trees.• Genomic techniques offer a relatively quick and predictable means to develop a native ash tree tolerant to the disease.• The proportion of respondents who consider this approach acceptable was slightly larger than those who were anti-GM.• Pragmatic ‘genomics okay where good reason to use’ attitudes were associated with younger and more educated respondents.• Policy makers could consider genomic solutions to tree breeding with more confidence concerning their public acceptability.

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探索公众对英国树木病害解决方案的看法：对决策者的影响

亮点 • 英国公众不支持对影响英国白蜡树的 Chalara 病害采取“让自然顺其自然”的政策反应。• 基因组技术提供了一种相对快速且可预测的方法来开发对这种疾病具有耐受性的本地白蜡树。• 比例认为这种方法可以接受的受访者的比例略高于反对转基因的受访者。• 务实的“基因组学可以，只要有充分的理由使用”的态度与年轻和受过更多教育的受访者相关。• 政策制定者可以考虑用基因组解决方案进行树木育种对他们的公众接受度更有信心。