It’s been a very long time since vendors sold the American chestnut on city sidewalks. It’s no longer the variety whose smell ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Since the turn of the 19th century, there has been a devastating loss of approximately four billion American Chestnut trees due to Chinese Blight because of the introduction of Japanese Chestnut trees ...