Hackaday24 天
Hacking Trees To Bring Back The American Chestnut
One approach is based on conventional plant breeding techniques and has been crossing blight and PRR-resistant Chinese chestnuts with the American type. PRR resistance has been found to be less ...
Lose weight with chestnuts: The superfood that targets belly fat and lowers cholesterol
Chestnuts offer a healthy and satisfying snacking option, especially for those watching their weight. Lower in calories and ...
American chestnuts are part of Yuletide lore. But in the US, they’ve nearly been wiped out
Right now chestnut enthusiasts are cozying up next to their open fires (or toaster ovens) to roast a holiday snack that has ...
SUNY-ESF1 年
Enhanced Blight Resistance in Transgenic American Chestnut
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 ...
ABC News11 天
'Tis the season for roasting chestnuts. But in the US, native ones are almost gone
The American Chestnut Foundation, among others, has been trying for decades to breed a hybrid that is mostly American in genetics but with the fungus-fighting traits of the Chinese type.
The Columbian8 天
In U.S., native chestnuts to roast on an open fire are almost gone
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 wafts from street carts. Be ...