Premiered Jul 27, 2022

Jesse and Priscilla talk with forest biotechnologist and environmental scientist William Powell about the citizen-scientist fight to save and repopulate the American Chestnut. The American Chestnut is an “almost perfect” tree because of its numerous benefits to humans, animals, and the environment.

1:23 – The Chestnut Nut

9:30 – Creating Blight Resistance

9:40 – How the Fungus Attacks the Tree

10:37 – Oxalate Oxidase

12:59 – Quantitative Resistance

13:44 – Seedling Growth

13:52 – Field Plantings

19:46 – Regulatory Approval

23:44 – Love of Trees