Can Gene Editing Save Christmas Trees From Climate Change? - Ambrook Research
First Lady Jill Biden hailed this year’s White House Christmas tree as a symbol of resilience. The 20-foot Fraser fir withstood the floods and landslides of Hurricane Helene in September, which killed over 5,000 other trees on the Cartner family’s christmas tree farm in Avery County, North Carolina . Meanwhile, the stately Norway spruce which illuminates Rockefeller Center this season was shipped from western Massachusetts, where growers have lost up to 25% of young trees to severe drought condi...