Chestnut blight
Cryphonectria parasitica
For more information about this plant pest, see the CABI data sheet.
Survey Maps
- 12/2019 - Blight wiped out the American chestnut. Parallel efforts are close to bringing it back.
- 11/2019 - US to Consider Genetically Engineered Tree
- 7/2019 - Thom Smith | NatureWatch: Springside Park in fight to bring back chestnut trees
- 6/2019 - GE American Chestnut - Restoration of a Beloved Species or Trojan Horse for Tree Biotechnology?
- 5/2019 - An Important Community In Restoration Efforts To Protect The American Chestnut Tree
- 5/2019 - A chestnut grows, flowers in St. Anthony Park
- 1/2019 - Can genetic engineering save disappearing forests?
- 1/2019 - Campbell Vaughn: American chestnut trees still here, but hidden
- 7/2018 - How an uninvited pest doomed the ash tree
- 11/2018 - New outbreak of killer tree disease in south west Scotland