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 ...

The mission of the American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) is to conduct basic and applied research ...

In fact, the trees being planted at Flight 93 National Memorial are the latest batch from the American Chestnut Foundation (ACF), which is using a “backcross” technique to hybridize American chestnuts ...

as well as help the foundation restore blight-resistant chestnut trees based on their regions and genomes. "We learned that the American Chestnut Foundation has more work to do to conserve trees ...

Arborists and botanists have struggled to develop blight resistant chestnut trees for decades with little success. Until now. A genuine version of the American chestnut is at hand, but there is ...

SHIPMAN—Nostalgic Virginians are harvesting memories as iconic chestnut trees make a comeback from near extinction.