Standing tall at the confluence of ornamental beauty, wildlife value, and nutritional significance, chestnut trees (Castanea spp.) are the most beneficial trees to grace any yard. Cousins to the ...

Fitzsimmons said Penn State helped plant 5,000 chestnut trees this spring, many of them starting off in a greenhouse around the corner from Beaver Stadium. She said many of the saplings would be ...

Several decades later, we are seeking government approval to begin distributing the first blight-tolerant transgenic American chestnut. These trees were produced by inserting a gene called oxalate ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...