Tom Saielli, Mid-Atlantic Regional Science Coordinator, TACF, will give a talk on "Restoring the American Chestnut: Field and Forest Progeny Tests," at the Washington County Public Library, Abingdon, VA; 7:00 pm, Thursday, March 8, 2018. The public is invited to attend.
Tom Saielli, Mid-Atlantic Regional Science Coordinator, TACF, will give a talk on "Restoring the American Chestnut: Field and Forest Progeny Tests," at the Washington County Public Library, Abingdon, VA; 7:00 pm, Thursday, March 8, 2018. The public is invited to attend.
The American chestnut is a unique example of a tree species, decimated by introduced pathogens, that is on the verge of restoration. For over thirty years, TACF has been breeding chestnut trees to introduce disease resistance from Chinese chestnut into a genetically diverse population of American chestnut. The major bottleneck has been screening the thousands […]
The American chestnut is a unique example of a tree species, decimated by introduced pathogens, that is on the verge of restoration. For over thirty years, TACF has been breeding chestnut trees to introduce disease resistance from Chinese chestnut into a genetically diverse population of American chestnut. The major bottleneck has been screening the thousands […]