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Old 19th December 2007, 03:10 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Online Seminars: American Chestnut

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Originally Posted by lenphillips View Post
Online Seminars has an article called American Chestnut. It will be available for discussion at the website until the end of December.

Online Seminars: American Chestnut

This article is not so much about an American symbol as it is about how this tree was saved from extinction. Researchers believe they have finally achieved success in getting rid of the chestnut blight? I wonder if this process will work for other diseases?
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Or work in opposition to exotic insect attacts such as EAB, etc. In China these beetles are not a major threat to ash. Why not just import Chinese Ash? As I understand their ash are not very asthetically pleasing trees. Cultivars may be the answer.
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