Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut. Bruce Beehler is a ...

Current varieties, referred to as 'Darling' chestnuts, shows enhanced tolerance to chestnut blight thanks to a common gene that we inserted into their genome. We hope to return these trees can be ...

While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight leaves roots intact, so many chestnuts have been surviving by growing back from the roots ...

and throughout the American chestnut's range, we need to maintain a genetically diverse population of American chestnuts to ...

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 ...

Once the most prominent tree in the state, West Virginia was the only state entirely within the American chestnut’s natural ...

You’ve probably heard of chestnut trees. And depending on where you live, it’s possible you’ve even driven down a Chestnut Street in your hometown. But have you ever seen a healthy American ...

Aug 17, 2024 Aug 17, 2024 Updated Aug 18, 2024 The American chestnut tree was one of the most populous and mighty trees in eastern North America before a blight over the past century brought it to ...