Darling 58

The Darling 58 is a genetically engineered American chestnut tree. The tree was created by American Chestnut Research & Restoration Program at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry to restore the American chestnut to the forests of North America. These Darling-58 trees are attacked by chestnut blight, but survive. Native un-modified trees are killed from the ground up by the blight, and only the root system survives. The roots then continue to send up shoots that are once again attacked by the blight and die back before they reach maturity, repeating the cycle. Darling-58 trees survive to reach maturity, produce chestnuts, and multiply to restore the American chestnut tree to the forests of North America. [1][2][3][4]

Further reading

The USDA Should Let People Plant Blight-Resistant American Chestnut Trees

References
  1. "SUNY-ESF researchers review petition to advance Chestnut tree restoration". The Daily Orange. October 27, 2020.
  2. Popkin, Gabriel (April 30, 2020). "Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut?". The New York Times.
  3. "Scientists Hope Genetic Engineering Can Revive the American Chestnut Tree". www.usnews.com. Reuters. April 22, 2021.
  4. Melton, Lisa (April 1, 2021). "GM chestnut, Sierra Club darling". Nature Biotechnology. 39 (4): 400. doi:10.1038/s41587-021-00903-w. PMID 33846656. S2CID 233221423 – via www.nature.com.
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