Mighty American Chestnut Poised for Return to America's Forests
Monday, March 6, 2017 - 07:32
in Mathematics & Economics
Scores of American chestnut seedlings growing in upstate New York are the vanguard in the restoration of what was once the most dominant tree in the eastern forests. The trees carry one gene, added by scientists, that makes them capable of withstanding the invasive blight that wiped out billions of their ancestors a century ago.