The Kump Education Center in Elkins welcomed community members Wednesday evening for a lecture titled “Returning the American Chestnut to Our Forests.” ...

Because the Darling trees display only American chestnut traits, they are appropriate highly suitable ... The OxO gene in Darling chestnuts is also found in many gluten-free grains and other foods ...

Now, scientists are using a combination of techniques to develop blight-resistant trees from this remaining population. The American Chestnut Foundation recognizes you can’t improve what you can ...

Sunlight filtered through the overstory of a thick Pennsylvania forest and a few rays fell upon the long, serrated leaves of the American chestnut trees down below. The higher Mike Manes ...

To a passerby, it probably looked like the volunteers wandering a soggy Murrysville meadow one morning this week were just ...

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 ...

Manager Hans Johsens said the Santa Cruz Mountains provide ideal growing conditions for American-hybrid and Japanese chestnut trees — the coastal fog and rain help sustain the trees, the air ...

The American chestnut almost was wiped out in the 20th century. Can scientists and the Park Service bring back this iconic tree? At the end of the long weekend last April, the volunteers were cold, ...

An additional step, regeneration, is needed for embryo tissue culture. To enhance blight resistance in the American chestnut tree, we are studying several gene products, regulatory regions of genes to ...