Several decades later, we are seeking government approval to begin distributing the first blight-tolerant transgenic American chestnut. These trees were produced by inserting a gene called oxalate ...

Now, scientists are using a combination of techniques to develop blight-resistant trees from this remaining population. The American Chestnut Foundation recognizes you can’t improve what you can ...

For those who aren’t aware of this childhood game, conker fights – or simply 'conkers' – involves using the seeds of horse ...

An additional step, regeneration, is needed for embryo tissue culture. To enhance blight resistance in the American chestnut tree, we are studying several gene products, regulatory regions of genes to ...