While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight leaves roots intact, so many chestnuts have been surviving by growing back from the roots ...
is to conduct basic and applied research that will lead to the development of blight-tolerant American chestnut trees (Castanea dentata). Our goal is to reintroduce a population of these tolerant ...
One of the key findings in recent studies is the identification of Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi as a major cause of brown rot in chestnut fruits in various regions, including Chile and Spain.