Plant tissue culture (micropropagation ... To enhance blight resistance in the American chestnut tree, we are studying several gene products, regulatory regions of genes to control expression ...

Whether you have a large oak, poplar or chestnut tree in your yard ... sun-part-shade position under large trees. They can be grown from US hardiness zone 7 plus, and in milder regions, will ...

While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight leaves roots intact, so many chestnuts have been surviving by growing back from the roots ...

He loved to work with chestnut. Yet American chestnut trees are best appreciated in forests. They grow tall and fast—and contribute to the natural beauty of our world. We know that across time ...

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 ...