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Scientists at SUNY ESF have been trying to bring back the American chestnut tree for decades. Three to four billion of the trees were destroyed by blight…
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Genetically modified food is something that’s discussed a lot. But scientists in Syracuse are trying to take that technology one step further, and create…
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Hardly anyone roasts American chestnuts over an open fire anymore: A blight all but wiped out the trees they grow on. Now the discovery of a soaring survivor could aid efforts to breed a hardier tree.
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The State University of New York School of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse has figured out a way to grow an American chestnut tree that…
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The American chestnut tree was once known as the king of the eastern forest. It tree grew more than 100 feet tall and six feet across, and accounted for a…
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SUNY ESF is working to bring back a tree that once made up one quarter of the standing timber in forests in the Eastern United States. Now, researchers…