If I recall, someone has jammed a wheat gene into a few of them in just that manner. It's a tricky business, because chestnut had very particular properties, a

If I recall, someone has jammed a wheat gene into a few of them in just that manner. It's a tricky business, because chestnut had very particular properties, as wood, that made it quite valuable, and any gene interference, well ... who knows how it will change the resultant wood?