PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF NONREGULATED STATUS FOR BLIGHT-TOLERANT DARLING 58 AMERICAN CHESTNUT (Castanea dentata) Submitted January 17, 2020 Event name: Darling 58 and offspring Tentative OECD Unique Identifier: ESF-DAR58-3 No CBI. Unfavorable information: None. The undersigned submits this petition under 7 CFR 340.6 to request that the Administrator make a determination that the article should not be regulated under 7 CFR part 340. Submitted kL-t�� William A. Powell, Ph.D. Director, American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse NY, 13210, 315-470-6744
[email protected] State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Prepared by Andrew Newhouse, Vernon Coffey, Linda McGuigan, Allison Oakes, Kaitlin Breda, Dakota Matthews, John Drake, John Dougherty, John French, Michael Braverman, Charles Maynard, William Powell Contributors A. Allwine, K. Baier, A. Brown, N. Cannon, E. Carlson, J. Carlson, K. D' Amico, T. Desmarais, C. Duong, S. Garrett, J. Gibbs, H. Goldspiel, A. Gray, T. Horton, J. Johnson, D. Leopold, S. McArt, L. Northern, A. Onwumelu, H. Pilkey, H. Roden, J. Rushton, K. Russell, E. Saraiva, S. Satchwell, M. Staton, S. Stehman, B. Sweeney, A. Teller, T. Tschaplinski, L. Will, J. Zarnowski, B. Zhang Darling 58 American Chestnut - ESF 1 Executive Summary Researchers at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) have developed Darling 58 American chestnut (Castanea dentata) trees with enhanced blight tolerance. This enhanced blight tolerance trait is generated by a single gene and can be passed on to subsequent generations through classical Mendelian inheritance.