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(Ad-Free) Problems with GMO Chestnuts : American Chestnut Federation
🕑 Added 2025-01-02 17:40:39 +0000 UTCIn this episode we talk with Jared Westbrook, a geneticist with the American Chestnut foundation, about the issues with the transgenic American chestnuts that have been produced in the last decade or two, as well as what might be The best way to move forward with the process of creating a blight resistant American chestnut tree and reintroducing it to Eastern American forests.
For more info on the work of this foundation or to become a member, please visit www.TACF.org
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Ana Rita
The genes is something i have to understand better...is difficult for me to understand how they select...
Nick Geeslin
The chestnut is a sad but very clear, compelling, and approachable tale about ecology and genetics. I find myself going to the story of the chestnut when explaining invasive species. This was a cool show. Need to go back and listen to the other one.
