Restoring the American chestnut by researching its genome

Junglekeeper · Jul 24, 2019

Restoring the American chestnut by researching its genome

the National Institute of Food and Agriculture will help Associate Professor Jason Holliday of the College of Natural Resources and Environment research methods to utilize the genetic diversity of remaining trees as part of broader efforts to introduce disease-resistant American chestnuts to U.S. forests.

Two parallel methods in tree breeding...are inching closer towards successfully developing a blight-resistant cultivar. Once that is accomplished, the next challenge is incorporating the genetic diversity that the pre-blight trees had developed over centuries to ensure that American chestnut can reclaim its place as a nut-producing tree in North American forest ecosystems.

Holliday's...team will gather and sequence the genomes of the surviving American chestnuts to understand how pre-blight genomic variation across the historical range of the species helped these trees adapt to and thrive in specific environments.
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wcutler · Jul 24, 2019

Here is a link to the other recent posting on the American chestnut: Should we resurrect the American chestnut tree with genetic engineering?.

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