New data demonstrate that transgenic American chestnuts produce significantly smaller blight cankers than their ...

The American chestnut is a singular, iconic tree of the eastern United States. It was majestic, supported animals that lived ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher is working to restore the American chestnut, an important wildlife tree and timber resource that dominated the landscape from Maine to Mississippi ...

The American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project team remains committed to chestnut and tree restoration research, building off nearly 35 years of dedicated work and study. Our research so far ...

Plant tissue culture (also known as micropropagation) is a method of propagating plants asexually in aseptic conditions. The four main steps of micropropagation are establishment, multiplication, ...

The American chestnut tree once reigned as the king of hardwoods in the eastern United States. Some 4 billion covered 200 million acres along both sides of the Appalachian Mountains running from Maine ...