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Some of the trees have started succumbing to blight. But researchers say the variation in resistance in each of the 150 trees could help them pinpoint which genes contribute to it.
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The giant American chestnut tree all but disappeared 70 years ago, killed by a blight that struck at the turn of the last century. By 1950, an estimated…
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The fall foliage season is sweeping through New Hampshire, causing residents and leaf-peepers to appreciate anew the forests in the state. The colors of…
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These days our world seems to grow ever faster. Of course, faster is a relative term - for the scientists trying to revive the American chestnut tree,…
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For decades now, scientists and volunteers in the Northeast have been trying to bring back the American chestnut tree, which a century ago comprised about…
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Thanksgiving leftovers in my kitchen include Chinese chestnut-stuffing. Most people know that our American chestnut trees were decimated by an Asian…
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Its fall in New England and that means apples, cranberries, pumpkins, and – about a hundred years ago – it meant chestnuts.But last century an invasive…