http://nyfablog.org/2012/02/18/suny-esf-alumni-sponsor-the-return-of-the-american-chestnut/ Reporting on the Flora of New York Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:12:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://nyfablog.org/2012/02/18/suny-esf-alumni-sponsor-the-return-of-the-american-chestnut/#comment-1319 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:33:00 +0000 http://nyfablog.org/?p=2258#comment-1319 A question: Are the plants you are calling “American chestnut” actually purebred individuals of that species that have been selected for resisistence to the pathogen, or have they been crossed with other Castanea spp or genetically engineered in order to obtain such resistence? I am not implying that hybridization or g.e. should not be used, or that such plants should not be used to repopulate our forests with chestnut, but it would be nice if the “new” chestnuts could have 100% genetic material from the original, indigenous populations.

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