Will drought (or something else) eradicate this plant?

The UK is in drought and everything (including Himalayan Balsam) is drying up. Could this lead to Balsam's worst ever year for seed production? --- This week we meet Silvia (Project Assistant, Yorkshire & Derwent) and Alex (INNS & Biosecurity Officer) from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (again!) Find out more about YWT here: https://www.ywt.org.uk/ They work at the stunning Wheldrake Ings, 157 hectares of floodplain meadow which is an important SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), Special Area of Conservation (SAC), and European Special Protected Area (SPA) about 20 minutes outside of York. Visit Wheldrake Ings: https://www.ywt.org.uk/nature-reserve... ‪@CABIvideo‬ https://www.cabi.org/ --- I'm on a mission to find out what Balsam Bashing is, and nothing can stop me. With the help of Executive Producer Wife, Phife Dog and some TV friends who's employment status is shaky at best, we'll scour the land and meet conservationists, scientists, professors and all sorts of nice people who do all sorts of amazing work. --- References: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/article... https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dr... https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwn8n78... https://ahdb.org.uk/drought-feed-and-... https://www.ft.com/content/09c1ed51-8... https://www.cabi.org/invasivespecies/... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... --- Music by Chaotic Great (Dan Eastick) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1KRKy... Follow us on Instagram for updates!   / balsambashing   Also now TikTok @balsambashing --- #balsamplant #conservation #environment #outdoors #woodlands #climatechange #ecologicalbalance #greenspace #invasivespecies #documentary #nature #naturelovers #ecology #rustfungus --- Timestamps: 00:00 - July was dry 01:00 - Driest July in England and Wales since records began 02:31 - Himalayan Balsam update 05:13 - Alex and Silvia from ‪@YorksWildlife‬ 05:43 - Rust fungus - can it kill Himalayan Balsam? 07:38 - Photo-journal by ‪@CABIvideo‬balsam in its native range 08:37 - Explaining the rust fungus trial