The chestnut tree, an emblematic species with both cultural and economic significance across Europe and Asia, faces considerable challenges due to a range of fungal diseases.

Darling-58 sprouts, a transgenic American chestnut created by ESF researchers, grow in a nutrient solution. Darling 54, a ...

NO CHESTNUT TREE DISEASES.; Trees Affected Only by Severe Weather Conditions, an Expert Declares. Share full article. Oct. 1, 1908. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

The USDA has begun a 45-day open comment period for its review of the Darling chestnut, making the final step in the process ...

Once a towering presence in northeastern forests, the American Chestnut is making a quiet comeback in Brooklyn.

Discover the major common tree diseases in the United States. Armillaria attacks both hardwoods and softwoods and causes either yellowing leaves or browning needles. Wood that is decaying from ...

As molecular plant pathology research advances, more and more genes are being identified with a plant's ability to defend itself against disease (see Powell et al. 2006).In order to enhance ...

A young American chestnut tree grows in a field at a SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry field research station in Syracuse, N.Y., on July 14, 2022.

The American chestnut tree was nearly wiped out by disease. But efforts are underway to develop a new strain that's more resistant to blight.

The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to plant 1,000 thriving American chestnut trees that are a hybrid with the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut tree in the five boroughs.