Last Friday, led by Reinhardt University's Kylie Stover and TACF's Jamie van Clief, nearly 90 hybrid chestnuts were planted at the Austin Flint orchard just north of Waleska. These chestnuts were pre-screened for Phytophthora root rot (PRR) resistance at Clemson University by Dr. Steve Jeffers and his crew. Those planted were the top performers that are expected to carry genetic resistance to this lethal chestnut disease. Here are just a few pics from the day! Volunteers included:
Hayden Stover
Charles West
Hailey Gregorich
Julia Hunt
Vinny Varsalona
Cassidy Wallace
CareyJo Titus
Mike Lloyd
Zach Felix
Keith Hudson
Jamie Van Clief
Kylie Stover
Matthew Bowman
Sarah Hill
Many thanks to all who helped out!
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Come to our event on Dec 13 at River Remedy in Rome (1-5 pm) to learn about projects like this and how you can help!
It's less than two weeks until our chestnut seedling distribution event in Rome. Please see the invitation on our Facebook page and log on to get yours! $20 + handling fees for a bundle of 2 seedlings; max 5 bundles (10 seedlings) per person.
The American Chestnut Foundation
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Check out this new article on pre-blight and pre-phytophthora distribution of American chestnut in Georgia by Joyce and Nathan Klaus! biogeography.pensoft.net/article/161937/
The American Chestnut Foundation
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Without further ado (and there has been A LOT of ado), I present the published version of our American chestnut species distribution modeling paper! We started this project ca 2012, picking away at it...0 CommentsComment on Facebook