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 ...

The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to plant 1,000 thriving American chestnut trees that are a hybrid ...

Invasives have largely wiped out the American chestnut and elm, caused “hell” with the beech, and are now wreaking havoc on ...

[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.

[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.

A number of approaches are bearing fruit. The American Chestnut Foundation (ACF), an alliance of amateur enthusiasts and plant pathologists, has created blight-resistant hybrid trees by crossing ...

As the Wall Street Journal recently reported, “The American chestnut became functionally extinct by the early 20th century.” Billions of them filled our forests, until a deadly blight from ...

The American chestnut almost was wiped out in the 20th century. Can scientists and the Park Service bring back this iconic tree? At the end of the long weekend last April, the volunteers were cold, ...