Biotech Startup Breeds Blight Tolerant American Chestnut Without Any Genetic Defects
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A biotech startup has developed blight-resistant American chestnut trees using a proprietary breeding approach (big data, forestry, and genomics) without deep genetic tinkering, with potential application to American elm, ash, and white oak trees ravaged by introduced diseases.
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