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9780520247307

American Chestnut The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree

American Chestnut The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
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  • Comments: 1. The American chestnut was one of America's most common, valued, and beloved treesa "perfect tree" that ruled the forests from Georgia to Maine. But in the early twentieth century, an exotic plague swept through the chestnut forests with the force of a wildfire. Within forty years, the blight had killed close to four billion trees and left the species teetering on the brink of extinction. It was one of the worst ecological blows to North America...

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  • ISBN-13: 9780520247307
  • ISBN: 0520247302
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Publisher: University of California Press

AUTHOR

Freinkel, Susan

SUMMARY

Freinkel tells the dramatic story of the stubborn optimists who refused to let the American chestnut go. She relates their quest to save the tree through methods that ranged from classical plant breeding to cutting-edge gene technology.Freinkel, Susan is the author of 'American Chestnut The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree', published 2007 under ISBN 9780520247307 and ISBN 0520247302.

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