I have always found the tragic story of the American Chestnut, Castanea dentata, of great interest and have followed it since ...

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 ...

Sunlight filtered through the overstory of a thick Pennsylvania forest and a few rays fell upon the long, serrated leaves of the American chestnut trees down below. The higher Mike Manes ...

American chestnut once dominated nearly 200 million acres of land in the eastern Appalachian forests of the United States.

Now, scientists are using a combination of techniques to develop blight-resistant trees from this remaining population. The American Chestnut Foundation recognizes you can’t improve what you can ...

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 ...

I hope everyone who hears this story will find out more information, and go plant their own chestnut tree. The chestnut was almost lost, but not forgotten. Ask your parents or grandparents if they ...

“I said ‘Dad, what caused all these trees to die?’ he asked. “Was it lightning?’” It wasn’t lightning. His dad told him of the once-dominant American chestnut and the blight that ...

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 ...