Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 20, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE ON CHESTNUT (2006), pp. 96-100 (5 pages) DNA analysis was used to characterize the chestnut germplasm grown or endangered in the region ...

Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987), pp. 27-33 (7 pages) Owing to the extreme difficulty to obtain rooted cuttings of adult chestnut, a research was carried out on the effects of ...

In recent years, scientists have begun to take traditional herbal remedies and local folklore a bit more seriously—especially in the wake of skyrocketing rates of microbial drug resistance. Many ...

A startup called American Castanea has joined the quest to revive the American chestnut tree, the first step in its plan to give forests a genetic upgrade. Under a slice-of-heaven sky, 150 acres of ...

The study of a chestnut leaf extract, rich in ursene and oleanene derivatives, shows that it that blocks Staphlococcus aureus virulence and pathogenesis without detectable resistance. Leaves of the ...

Citizen scientist volunteers are needed to help monitor sweet chestnut trees for pests and disease, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has said. Sweet chestnut trees or Castanea sativa can be found ...

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