The chestnut plantations are the most profitable to be carried out in the Atlantic climate zones of Europe, as it shows the existence of Protected Geographical Identification labels for their fruits, which have a good market and are very appreciated in European countries, Asia and South America. Today, a well-managed chestnut stand called "soutos" can annually provide products worth more than 6000 euros per hectare, something very difficult or practically impossible to achieve with any other type of agricultural, livestock or forestry product. In addition to its economic importance, chestnut stans have a great ecological, landscape, genetic and cultural importance. Galicia has a great history of chestnut production because it was the main source of carbohydrates until the 19th century, when the potato crop became widespread and the appearance of the disease of the ink destroyed those chestnut stand located at low altitudes and climate with oceanic influence, circumstances that favor the expansion of the fungi that cause the disease.