Fitzsimmons said Chinese chestnut trees are fairly common in ... Tall, mature American chestnuts that still produce flowers, and possibly reproduce, are rare and studied intensely.

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 ...

is to conduct basic and applied research that will lead to the development of blight-tolerant American chestnut trees (Castanea dentata). Our goal is to reintroduce a population of these tolerant ...

They were large, up to 100 feet tall, with spreading crowns that blossomed into springtime displays of fragrant, creamy-white flowers. Their soft and rot ... despite the almost complete lack of ...

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 American chestnut had none ... the best American traits from different regions. For example, trees in the north tended to flower later in the spring than their southern counterparts, possibly ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — American chestnut trees once covered the state of West Virginia, providing essential materials and ...

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 ...

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 ...