Some have suggested that it would be better just to let the American chestnut tree vanish. Our forests, they say, can repopulate with Asian varieties of the tree that are more adapted to the ...

ESF remains committed to chestnut and tree restoration research ... and we are continuing work on Darling, DarWin, and other varieties to find the best path forward for chestnut restoration.

Chestnut trees freely hybridize, and other hybrid varieties exist. Hybrid trees often have traits that are associated with the non-American parent. This can be useful in agricultural and horticultural ...

While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight leaves ... This allows them to more rapidly screen varieties for blight resistance to further ...