The downfall of the American Chestnut tree is a somber chapter in the history of North American forests. Once towering giants that dominated the landscape of the Eastern United States, these ...

the once prevalent American chestnut became increasingly uncommon throughout its traditional range in the Appalachians. While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot ...

The mission of the American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project at the State University ... blight thanks to a common gene that we inserted into their genome. We hope to return these trees can ...

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 ...

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

The fungus had evolved alongside the Asian trees, which had developed resistance to it. The American chestnut had none. Its range at one point extended as far south as the Florida panhandle.

Still, American chestnut trees are better-suited for timber, they're culturally loved by people all over North America and they used to be an important species for the ecological health of forests ...

UNITED STATES — It’s been a very long time since vendors sold the American chestnut on city sidewalks. It’s no longer the variety whose smell some people associate with Christmastime as it ...

It's been a very long time since vendors sold the American chestnut on city sidewalks. It's no longer the variety whose smell some people associate with Christmastime as it wafts from street carts.