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