The American chestnut tree, once dominant in eastern U.S. forests, was nearly wiped out by a deadly fungal disease. Now there is hope: a project for genetically modified, disease-resistant chestnut trees has reached an important milestone. Biologist Andrew Newhouse, director of the American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project at the State University of New York, says they have received the...
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