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The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a large, fast-growing deciduous tree of the beech family native to eastern North America. [3] As is true of all species in the genus Castanea, the American chestnut produces burred fruit with edible nuts. The American chestnut was once one of the most important forest trees throughout its range, [4][5 ...
The American Chestnut Cooperators' Foundation ( ACCF) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, scientific, and educational foundation that was organized in 1986 and with the help of research and volunteers from Virginia Tech Universit y, is dedicated to restoring the American chestnut ( Castanea dentata) [1] to its former place in the United States Eastern ...
Cryphonectria parasitica is a parasitic fungus of chestnut trees. This disease came to be known as chestnut blight. Naturally found in South East Asia, accidental introductions led to invasive populations of C. parasitica in North America and Europe. In the first half of the 20th century, the fungal disease had a devastating economic and social ...
The original habitat of the American chestnut. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture / Wikimedia Commons. An estimated 3 billion to 6 billion American chestnut trees once covered forests ...
The mission of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) is to restore the American chestnut tree to the forests of Eastern North America by breeding genetically diverse blight-resistant trees, evaluating various approaches to the management of chestnut pests and pathogens, and reintroducing the trees into the forest in an ecologically acceptable manner.
The Darling 58 is a genetically engineered American chestnut tree. The tree was created by American Chestnut Research & Restoration Program at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) in collaboration with The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) [1] to restore the American chestnut to the forests ...
Career. Awards and honors. William Powell (biologist) William Powell (died November 12, 2023) was an American biologist. He was a professor of biology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry from 1983 until 2022. [ 1 ] In 1989, he founded the American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project with ...
The American chestnut, virtually eliminated from eastern forests, survived in small isolated pockets. Some survivors have been cross-bred with the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut and introduced into National Forests in trial studies. Parasitoid wasps have been approved for release by the USDA to combat the emerald ash borer. Pesticide ...