Science·elDiario·2d agoUnited States
American Chestnut Tree Returns to Bronx Zoo
20 blight-resistant hybrids planted where disease first found in 1904
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The Bronx Zoo planted 20 blight-resistant hybrid American chestnut trees in October 2026, over a century after forest chief Hermann Merkel documented the fungal disease there in 1904 that killed some 4 billion trees.
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American chestnutBronx ZooconservationCryphonectria parasiticareforestation
