From left to right, the trees are a blight-susceptible wild-type American chestnut (C. dentata) called Ellis 1, a blight-resistant Chinese chestnut (C. mollissima) tree called 'Qing,' and two ...

As the old Chinese proverb goes, "One Generation Plants the Tree, the Next Generation Enjoys the Shade." Please join us in this first generation, so we can help the next! Identifying blight resistant ...

One approach is based on conventional plant breeding techniques and has been crossing blight and PRR-resistant Chinese chestnuts with the American type. PRR resistance has been found to be less ...

However, The American Chestnut ... option is Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) trees, whose crop typically floods the farmer markets, as they're hardy against both the blight and the cold ...

One approach is based on conventional plant breeding techniques and has been crossing blight and PRR-resistant Chinese chestnuts with the American type. PRR resistance has been found to be less ...