Chestnut Chat: Darling 58 Update

In this chat we have TACF’s Chief Conservation Officer Sara Fitzsimmons, SUNY-ESF’s American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project Director Andy Newhouse, TACF's Director of Science Jared Westbrook, SUNY-ESF’s American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project Assitant Director Patricia Fernandes and Meadowview Research Farms' Director of Research Vasiliy Lakoba discussing the latest updates about the current status of the Darling 58 transgenic American chestnut.
There has been a lot of excitement around the potential release of the Darling 58 tree, and recent regulatory delays and additional restrictions for distribution may reduce the ability for everyone to get seed, seedlings, or pollen as swiftly as originally hoped. In this Chestnut Chat, we’ll go through some frequently asked questions, while answering questions related to Darling 58 in the chat.
For more information, visit TACF's Darling 58 page at tacf.org/darling-58/

[@l.loganboswell1761]

Extremely interesting.

[@garyschneider6644]

Thank you for putting this on RUclips!

[@northerncousin7862]

Excellent summary of the state-of-the-art in wild Chestnut restoration

[@marcydobbs1653]

I just found this chat. Really happy to hear about the progress. I'm in Kentucky and have long appreciated the chestnut tree's role in Appalachian area.

[@stevecobb7844]

Thanks for the efforts. Good luck.

[@davemeyer1400]

Chestnut w/ Sara Fitzsimmons: 26DEC2023: David 77. Enjoying discussions. Greenville, Ohio. We havea few surviving old live chestnuts.

[@davemeyer1400]

As an elder 77 yr old retired biochemist, agriculturist. Darke Co, OH.

[@davemeyer1400]

Darling 58 Update.

[@davemeyer1400]

Consider: Yellowstone National Park: white pine destruction by white fly, then fire.

[@erichbrewer6403]

If there were fossil chestnut species in Greenland in the Oligocene epoch, why worry about Global warming?

[@erichbrewer6403]

Longleaf pines make much better lumber. You also get fox squirrels with these trees.