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Growing chestnut tree from seed time lapse (165 days)

This time-lapse shows the cold-stratified process and how a chestnut tree growing from a seed to a young plant. We started ...
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Blight-resistant chestnut seeds set in soil in Cressona orchard

CRESSONA — Seeds lying deep inside a sleepy hillside orchard could play a crucial role in the regeneration of the embattled American chestnut tree. Early Friday morning, a team of volunteers dropped ...
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Volunteers plant 4,000 chestnut seeds to restore blighted trees

Every American chestnut tree from Alabama to Maine will eventually succumb to blight. “It’s just a matter of when,” said Larry Grossman, president of the Maryland chapter of the American Chestnut ...
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Purification and in vitro Chaperone Activity of a Class I Small Heat-Shock Protein Abundant in Recalcitrant Chestnut Seeds

A 20-kD protein has been purified from cotyledons of recalcitrant (desiccation-sensitive) chestnut (Castanea sativa) seeds, where it accumulates at levels comparable to those of major seed storage ...