The Shape of Forests to Come?. Karen Charman.
by Charman, Karen; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 37Environment. Publisher: World Watch, 2005ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): American chestnut | Biotechnology | Botany | Forest ecology | Forest health | Forest regeneration | Forests and forestry | Genetic engineering | Transgenic plants | TreesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "At the turn of the last century [1900], nearly one out of every four trees in the eastern deciduous forests of the United States was an American chestnut. Averaging 30 meters tall and 2 meters wide, these majestic beauties ranged from Maine down through the Appalachian mountains and west to Michigan. The fast-growing and naturally rot-resistant chestnut was an important part of early American life, its timber widely used for log cabins, posts, and railroad ties and its abundant nut crop sustaining wildlife as well as livestock. But within 40 years, a fungal blight had spread throughout the tree's range, felling virtually every chestnut it touched--some 3.5 billion in all." (WORLD WATCH) This article describes the efforts by "Chuck Maynard and Bill Powell, directors of New York State's American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project....to genetically engineer a blight-resistant American chestnut."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Shape of Forests to Come?, May/June 2005; pp. 22-26.
"At the turn of the last century [1900], nearly one out of every four trees in the eastern deciduous forests of the United States was an American chestnut. Averaging 30 meters tall and 2 meters wide, these majestic beauties ranged from Maine down through the Appalachian mountains and west to Michigan. The fast-growing and naturally rot-resistant chestnut was an important part of early American life, its timber widely used for log cabins, posts, and railroad ties and its abundant nut crop sustaining wildlife as well as livestock. But within 40 years, a fungal blight had spread throughout the tree's range, felling virtually every chestnut it touched--some 3.5 billion in all." (WORLD WATCH) This article describes the efforts by "Chuck Maynard and Bill Powell, directors of New York State's American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project....to genetically engineer a blight-resistant American chestnut."
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