AfS Live | American chestnut: Saving an iconic tree

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Language: English

Publication Year: 2020

Dr. William (Bill) Powell, director of the American Chestnut Research & Restoration Project at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and Dr. Jared Westbrook, director of science at the American Chestnut Foundation, discuss the campaign to win regulatory approval for the blight-tolerant chestnut tree as the first genetically modified tree used in environmental conservation use in the US. The talk is be moderated by Sara Fitzsimmons, director of restoration at the American Chestnut Foundation.

Topic

Bt , GMO

Content Pillars

Climate Change

Focus Area

Agricultural Biotechnology , Environment , Science Communication

Keywords

America, Chestnut, blight-tolerant, GMO tree,

Country

United States

Published Date

02 Oct 2020

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