Check out the American Chestnut Foundation! Scientists found a gene that gives chestnuts resistance to the blight. They're working on getting federal approval to pollinate wild chestnut trees with pollen from their engineered chestnuts and bring back the chestnut groves!
You can read about it here, it's a super cool story.
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Check out the American Chestnut Foundation! Scientists found a gene that gives chestnuts resistance to the blight. They're working on getting federal approval to pollinate wild chestnut trees with pollen from their engineered chestnuts and bring back the chestnut groves!
You can read about it here, it's a super cool story.