Thus it seemed reasonable that removing the oxalate from the blight fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica) might make it less harmful to the chestnut tree. To see how reduced oxalate affects the fungus' ...

Two images from the field show a chestnut sprout and a close up of the fungus. The canker fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, is responsible for widespread loss of American chestnut trees from the ...

Chestnut Blight: A disease caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica that has devastated American chestnut populations. Phytophthora Root Rot: A disease caused by the pathogen Phytophthora ...

From left to right, the trees are a blight-susceptible wild-type American chestnut (C. dentata) called Ellis 1, a blight-resistant Chinese chestnut (C. mollissima) tree called 'Qing,' and two ...

(WOWK) — American chestnut trees once covered ... However, in the late 1890s, a blight fungus imported from Asia ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — American chestnut trees once covered ... However, in the late 1890’s, a blight fungus imported from ...