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New genetic approaches raise hopes for restoring the American chestnut to its former glory

By Steve Strauss, University Distinguished Professor of Forest Biotechnology, Oregon State University

By identifying the genes and molecules crucial to resistance in American chestnuts and other species, researchers hope to use genomic techniques to breed trees that can flourish in the face of blight.

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