GMO American Chestnuts - will the King of the Eastern Forests return? - CornellForestConnect2024-03-29T09:14:48Zhttp://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/forum/topics/gmo-american-chestnuts-will-the-king-of-the-eastern-forests-retur?commentId=6448444%3AComment%3A25226&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAn update on American Chestn…tag:cornellforestconnect.ning.com,2017-05-18:6448444:Comment:252262017-05-18T15:42:45.893ZBrett Chedzoyhttp://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/profile/BrettChedzoy
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<tr><td valign="top" width="100%"><p>PHILADELPHIA — The nearly century-old effort to employ selective breeding to rescue the American chestnut, which has been rendered functionally extinct by an introduced disease -- Chestnut…</p>
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<tr><td width="100%" valign="top"><p>PHILADELPHIA — The nearly century-old effort to employ selective breeding to rescue the American chestnut, which has been rendered functionally extinct by an introduced disease -- Chestnut blight, eventually will succeed, but it will take longer than many people expect. That is the gist of find...</p>
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</table> Brett, thanks for your intere…tag:cornellforestconnect.ning.com,2015-02-13:6448444:Comment:168252015-02-13T15:45:10.644Zroy hopkehttp://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/profile/royhopke
<p>Brett, thanks for your interest in the American chestnut. I share this "obsession", obviously.</p>
<p>I noticed a couple of comments which I have to respond to:</p>
<p>-Just because Monsanto and arborgen had something to do with the development of the resistant GMO does not immediately imply that the tree is "evil". Come on, folks.</p>
<p>- There is little reason to believe that just because there is only one gene being used to combat the blight, the blight will evolve to work around the…</p>
<p>Brett, thanks for your interest in the American chestnut. I share this "obsession", obviously.</p>
<p>I noticed a couple of comments which I have to respond to:</p>
<p>-Just because Monsanto and arborgen had something to do with the development of the resistant GMO does not immediately imply that the tree is "evil". Come on, folks.</p>
<p>- There is little reason to believe that just because there is only one gene being used to combat the blight, the blight will evolve to work around the cure. The gene counteracts the precise way the blight works, that is it counteracts oxalic acid the blight forms. The blight would have to become an entirely different fungi for the lack of durability argument to be valid. This anti oxidase strategy simply cuts blight off at the knees.</p>
<p>-I get tired of the attitude that every GMO is evil. Why is it evil? Just because!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>-Getting this GMO tree through the approval process with the feds will be more of a political hurdle that a scientific one.</p>
<p>That's what really scares me. Getting turned down for valid concerns is what should happen, if it IS a valid concern.</p>
<p>"Just because" is not a valid concern.</p>
<p>- A materialized, and disappointing "just because" is the USFS backing of the Chinese -American hybridization strategy.</p>
<p>This has been a failure and will continue to be a failure. It seems to be another "just because".</p> Hi Brett,
Thanks for your com…tag:cornellforestconnect.ning.com,2015-01-28:6448444:Comment:168102015-01-28T19:37:51.904ZAnne Petermannhttp://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/profile/AnnePetermann
<p>Hi Brett,</p>
<p>Thanks for your comments regarding our press release warning of the dangers of genetically engineered American chestnuts. Just by way of some background, I have been working on forest protection since 1989 and on the risks and dangers of GE trees since 1999. Global Justice Ecology Project and the Campaign to STOP GE Trees have allied groups, as well as scientists, foresters, geneticists, Indigenous Peoples who join us in our rejection of all GE trees. There is simply too…</p>
<p>Hi Brett,</p>
<p>Thanks for your comments regarding our press release warning of the dangers of genetically engineered American chestnuts. Just by way of some background, I have been working on forest protection since 1989 and on the risks and dangers of GE trees since 1999. Global Justice Ecology Project and the Campaign to STOP GE Trees have allied groups, as well as scientists, foresters, geneticists, Indigenous Peoples who join us in our rejection of all GE trees. There is simply too little known about forest ecology (as any forest ecologist knows) and especially little known about the long term impacts of genetic engineering to assume that releasing GE trees into the environment is a safe and good idea. Our position is that there are far too many unknowns to allow such potentially disastrous risks to be taken. </p>
<p>And yes, SUNY ESF having the financial backing of corporations who stand to profit from the legalization of GE trees raises some serious red flags about their claims to want to "restore" forests. Especially since ArborGen is a subsidiary of multinational timber companies.</p>
<p>As for your accusation that GJEP gets its funding from "strange bedfellows," I wish you would enlighten me.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Anne Petermann, Executive Director, Global Justice Ecology Project</p> A briedfexplanation of backcr…tag:cornellforestconnect.ning.com,2015-01-14:6448444:Comment:163452015-01-14T22:37:28.759ZLewis E. Wardhttp://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/profile/LewisEWard
<p>A briedfexplanation of backcross method and bilt in multiple resistance.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.acf.org/r_r.php" target="_blank">http://www.acf.org/r_r.php</a></p>
<p>A briedfexplanation of backcross method and bilt in multiple resistance.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.acf.org/r_r.php" target="_blank">http://www.acf.org/r_r.php</a></p> Brett,
Leaving a brief repl…tag:cornellforestconnect.ning.com,2015-01-14:6448444:Comment:165702015-01-14T00:16:56.998ZLewis E. Wardhttp://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/profile/LewisEWard
<p>Brett,</p>
<p> Leaving a brief reply because I just discorvered your review/comments about the GMO American Chestnuts.bI will add other supporting information in the next few days.</p>
<p> I often agree with the Global Justice Ecology Project, however there article on the GMO chestnuts wasn't their best effort. I would encourage you to engage them here.</p>
<p> My own criticsm of the GMO project is based on:1) the lack of durability of single gene resistance, 2) traditional backcrossing…</p>
<p>Brett,</p>
<p> Leaving a brief reply because I just discorvered your review/comments about the GMO American Chestnuts.bI will add other supporting information in the next few days.</p>
<p> I often agree with the Global Justice Ecology Project, however there article on the GMO chestnuts wasn't their best effort. I would encourage you to engage them here.</p>
<p> My own criticsm of the GMO project is based on:1) the lack of durability of single gene resistance, 2) traditional backcrossing of Chinese to American has produced several cultivars that are adapted regionally and are being tested, and 3) one of the original board members of the New York Chapter stated something to the effect that he didn't want any Chinese genes contaminating the American Chestnut. The 3rd is particularly racist and ignorant of the fact that the chestnuts shared common ancestors.</p>
<p> On the second point the backcrosses over the last 30 years are currently in the 3rd and 4th generation and show strong resistance and adaptibility to diverse climates. The resulting progeny are 98%-99% American. </p> Brett,
Thanks for sharing the…tag:cornellforestconnect.ning.com,2014-12-23:6448444:Comment:163392014-12-23T18:24:40.231ZKevin Mathershttp://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/profile/KevinMathers
<p>Brett,</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing the article (and your thoughts). For those who would like a good read that provides some historical background on the efforts to save the chestnut I recommend Susan Freinkel's "The American Chestnut: The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree".</p>
<p>Kevin</p>
<p>Brett,</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing the article (and your thoughts). For those who would like a good read that provides some historical background on the efforts to save the chestnut I recommend Susan Freinkel's "The American Chestnut: The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree".</p>
<p>Kevin</p>