by Jules Smith | Nov 22, 2021
Join us Friday, December 17 at 11:30 AM (EST) for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat: Phytophthora cinnamomi and American chestnut. Steve Jeffers, Professor of Plant Pathology & Extension Specialist, Ornamental Crops & Trees at Clemson University, and Katie McKeever,...
by Jules Smith | Jan 14, 2019 | eSprout
Students from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC planted 160 chestnuts at the campus on November 29 after delays due to cold weather and the first dusting of snow in the Asheville area. The seedlings are from 40 different genetic families from across the native...
by Jules Smith | Jul 13, 2017 | eSprout
For the past three breeding seasons, TACF’s Meadowview staff has been performing controlled crosses between American chestnut backcross trees previously identified to have inherited resistance to chestnut blight or Phytophthora root rot from Chinese chestnut. Trees...