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 ...

2006). In order to enhance blight-tolerance in the American chestnut tree, we are studying several gene products, regulatory regions of genes to control expression (promoters), and the possibility of ...

In the early 20th century, a blight fungus wiped out most of the 4 billion American chestnut trees on the eastern seaboard. The loss was... Blight destroyed the American chestnut tree. Can ...

[via Inhabitat] Between logging and the introduction of chestnut blight, the once prevalent American chestnut became increasingly uncommon throughout its traditional range in the Appalachians.

This blight attacks the tree's bark, creating cankers that girdle and ultimately kill mature trees. By the mid-20th century, approximately 99% of American Chestnut trees had succumbed to the blight.

Arborists and botanists have struggled to develop blight resistant chestnut trees for decades with little success. Until now. A genuine version of the American chestnut is at hand, but there is ...

[via Inhabitat] Between logging and the introduction of chestnut blight, the once prevalent American chestnut became increasingly uncommon throughout its traditional range in the Appalachians.

Today, there are approximately 435 million American chestnut trees in the country and most are killed by blight long before they reach maturity. The American chestnut, today, is considered ...

The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was once a dominant tree species in eastern North America, but it faced near extinction due to the chestnut blight, a disease caused by the introduced ...