New data demonstrate that transgenic American chestnuts produce significantly smaller blight cankers than their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chestnuts, once a staple in the American kitchen, especially among indigenous people, have all but disappeared. Yet, there are ...

Forestry Research is reporting cases of sweet chestnut blight in Devon A new outbreak of a tree disease has been identified in Devon and has sparked an appeal for people to check their trees. Forestry ...

ASHEVILLE, NC - April 29, 2013 at 10 am, volunteers from the Carolinas Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) will gather to plant 100 potentially blight and root-rot resistant American ...

Scientists have a plan to restore the nearly extinct American chestnut to its abundant glory, and they need New York City residents’ help. The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to ...

At the Kingman Research Farm just outside of the University of New Hampshire campus, there’s an orchard of chestnut trees, growing under the watchful eyes of researchers. The American chestnut was a ...

PITTSFIELD — An orchard of chestnut trees in Springside Park got some tough love Wednesday when a group of volunteers inoculated them against an invasive disease. The action will kill off 80 to 90 ...

The woodland in my backyard on the outskirts of Decatur now has a new distinction — the home of two American chestnut trees, planted there last week by my forestry friend, Dale Higdon. The trees — or ...

The giant chestnut tree the Puyallup School District removed from a school playground last month can pose a life-threatening allergic reaction only if digested, experts say. Dr. Jeffrey Demain, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forestry Research is reporting cases of sweet chestnut blight in Devon [PA Media] A new outbreak of a tree disease has been ...