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 ...

[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.

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 ...

The wood is a buttery yellow with a straight grain that ... Arborists and botanists have struggled to develop blight resistant chestnut trees for decades with little success.

[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.

Chestnut blight wipes out American chestnut trees and ... ultimately causing the plant to wilt, yellow, and die. The spread of Banana Panama Disease is facilitated by contaminated soil, water ...

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 ...