Manager Hans Johsens said the Santa Cruz Mountains provide ideal growing conditions for American-hybrid and Japanese chestnut trees — the coastal fog and rain help sustain the trees, the air ...

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 ...

American chestnut is a fast growing species that can reach a pinnacle of 120 feet high and 10 feet or more in diameter. The majority of the mature trees were between 3 and 5 feet in diameter and 60 to ...

Please visit Chestnut website to contact us ... while a majority develop several non-lethal cankers and keep growing. In contrast, related non-transgenic seedlings are susceptible and generally die ...

Advocate Pradeep Patole, who filed the complaint, stated that water chestnut farming within the lake is prohibited under High ...

United States chestnut production is less than 1 percent of total world production, with 919 farms producing chestnuts on more than 3,700 acres. Currently, New York is not listed among the top five ...