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 TACF | Jun 15, 2017 | External News
By the 1950s, two non-native pathogens had killed almost all American chestnut trees. “There’s a lot of interest in breeding a chestnut that looks like American chestnut, but has the disease resistance of Chinese chestnut,” says U.S. Forest Service research forester...