For me, autumn means warm chestnuts. From pig feed to an expensive delicacy. They're so expensive!
#fall #chesnut
#Darling line is a genetically engineered lineage of American #Chesnut tree.A #Wheat gene was introduced This gene expresses Oxalate Oxidase that can degrade Oxalic Acid produced during chestnut #Blight and prevent
#Cankers - large areas of dead plant tissue - that kill the tree.
http://bit.ly/3TxMOox
#Darling58 is the variety chosen for an experimental plantation in Indiana,US but something went terribly wrong with its phenotype.
Genetic engineering was meant to save chestnut trees. Then there was a mistake.

The mistake would prove to be the latest in a series of concerns, driving the American Chestnut Foundation to pull its support for the effort.

The Washington Post
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#chesnut tree


I've used pixelfed's "Ginza" filter, to make it
"warmer" than it was