Breeding Blight and Root-rot Resistant American Chestnut Trees

TACF’s Paul Sisco will be presenting a workshop at the 61st Annual Iowa State University Shade Tree Short Course conference on February 21-23. The conference will be held at the Scheman Continuing Education Building on Iowa State’s campus. Paul’s workshop, Breeding Blight and Root-rot Resistant American Chestnut Trees, will take place on Wednesday, February 22 from 1:00-2:00 P.M. He plans to talk about the work being done to develop American chestnuts resistant to the blight and to root rot caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi. To sign up, you can register the morning of the workshop from 7:30-9:15 A.M. on the first floor of the Scheman Building. Click here to see a printable brochure of the conference schedule.