Nov 16, 2022
In todays episode of Propaganda By The Seed we speak with “Dr
Sandy” aka Sandra Anagnostakis. Dr. Sandy is a past-president
of the Northern Nut Growers Alliance. She has been working on
breeding blight resistant chestnuts since 1968 at the Connecticut
Agricultural Station and has selected and named many of the
cultivars currently in use. Her areas of expertise include Fungal
genetics and physiology, Plant genetics and breeding, and
Host-parasite interactions. We have a long ranging
conversation speaking about growing, harvesting, and breeding
chestnuts. Sandy talks about her experience working with
chestnuts for over 40 years, all the challenges and benefits of
this incredible plant and tons of fascinating historic anecdotes
from her work over the years.
For more information on Dr Sandy and her work, check out her bio page on the Connecticut Agricultural Station or look her up on Google Scholar.
(Note: this podcast was recorded around March/April 2022)