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Tree Breeding: Creating Tomorrow’s Healthy Forests Today

June 12, 2018 Paul Zankowski, Senior Advisor for Plant Health and Production and Plant Products, Office of the Chief Scientist and Sarah Federman, AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, Office of the Chief Scientist

Immobile and long-lived, trees endure extreme weather, fires, and pests for tens, hundreds, and even thousands of years. In Fishlake National Forest, Utah, there is a quaking aspen colony spanning 106 acres that is roughly 80,000 years old. To give you a sense of scale, if the average human lives 79...

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