The European chestnut, Castanea sativa Mill, covers a total area of 2.53 million hectares two million of which are chestnut forests, i.e. forests where chestnut is the dominant tree species, being the remaining 0.53 million hectares devoted to fruit production (20.9% of the total chestnut-growing area). Chestnut fruit production in Europe declined considerably during the XX century to the curre...

The present study was aimed to assess the macronutrient composition and the amino acid and vitamin E profiles of Castanea sativa shell from different production regions of Portugal (Minho, Trás-os-Montes and Beira-Alta). The nutritional composition was similar for all samples, with a high moisture content and low fat amounts. Arginine and leucine were the predominant essential amino acids (EAA)...

Total number of pollen, pollen recognition, fructose, glucose, sucrose and moisture were examined in 41 honey samples collected Ayder Plateau August 2012. Following the recognition samples, 36 taxa detected. Castanea sativa Miller. was found all a dominant. The total (TPN-10 g) 10g varieted between 3438 87056. It has been determined that normal dominant pollen. content ranged 16.4-20.9%. In fru...

• Simple coppicing is the best suited coppice system for a light demanding species such as chestnut tree. The growing performance of coppices function stool and standard densities. Any release detrimental shoots. We recommend simple to produce high quality wood. In last decades, releasing standards have become very common in some cases even mandatory management options systems Europe. As tree, ...