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 ...

"It's the tree version of quinoa, to create a very bad analogy ... Over the last 36 years, volunteers and TACF partners have been breeding blight-resistant Chinese chestnut trees with American ...

It protects the tree by breaking down a toxin created by the blight ... Hybrid trees have a blended genome from two related species, such as American chestnut and Chinese chestnut. In contrast, ...

Japanese and Chinese chestnuts have a natural resistance ... breaks down the acid that blight uses to attack the tree. The American Chestnut Tree foundation made an animated video to explain ...

You’ve probably heard of chestnut trees. And depending on where you live, it’s possible you’ve even driven down a Chestnut Street in your hometown. But have you ever seen a healthy American ...

There’s an old holiday tradition in the U.S. that's become increasingly harder to celebrate: fire-roasted chestnuts. Thanks to an endemic fungus, about 4 billion American chestnut trees were ...