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 ...

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 ...

The researchers at SUNY have figured out how to move a gene from wheat into the genome of the American chestnut. It allows the trees to break down the toxins from the Asian blight. In other words ...

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 ...

Depending on the region, chestnut trees can contract untold diseases, so checking the history is necessary before planting. For instance, blight is a concern in the East, gall wasps in the ...

Blight traveled out in circles from the Bronx, with airborne spores affecting chestnut trees elsewhere in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. In 1909, the Buffalo Courier reported that 10,000 ...

To a passerby, it probably looked like the volunteers wandering a soggy Murrysville meadow one morning this week were just ...

Citrus greening destroys citrus trees worldwide, causing economic losses. Late blight devastates tomato and potato crops, especially in cool, moist regions. Chestnut blight wipes out American ...

Though Murrill’s doomsday predictions for the American chestnut proved true, the tree was never forgotten; efforts to outwit the chestnut blight began immediately and have never stopped. In fact, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

commonly known as chestnut blight, that decimated the American chestnut in the early 1900s. With all the right conditions in place, the 120 trees planted in the La Honda orchard can produce ...