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In Vitro Technologies for American Chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkh) Conservation [PDF]

Plants, 2022
American chestnut (Castanea dentata), a native species of eastern North America, is an economically important deciduous hardwood tree that has been designated as endangered in Canada.
Zhuoya Liu, Wen-Lu Bi, Mukund R. Shukla, Praveen K. Saxena   +3 more
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Optimizing genomic selection for blight resistance in American chestnut backcross populations: A trade‐off with American chestnut ancestry implies resistance is polygenic [PDF]

Evolutionary Applications, 2020
American chestnut was once a foundation species of eastern North American forests, but was rendered functionally extinct in the early 20th century by an exotic fungal blight (Cryphonectria parasitica).
Jared W. Westbrook, Qian Zhang, Mihir K. Mandal, Eric V. Jenkins, Laura E. Barth, Jerry W. Jenkins, Jane Grimwood, Jeremy Schmutz, Jason A. Holliday   +8 more
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Developing Blight-Tolerant American Chestnut Trees. [PDF]

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, 2019
An invasive fungal pathogen has reduced the American chestnut (Castanea dentata), once a keystone tree species within its natural range in the eastern United States and Canada, to functional extinction. To help restore this important canopy tree, blight-tolerant American chestnut trees have been developed using an oxalate oxidase-encoding gene from ...
Powell WA, Newhouse AE, Coffey V.
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Speed Breeding Transgenic American Chestnut Trees Toward Restoration [PDF]

Plant Direct
The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was a dominant, foundational forest canopy tree in eastern North America until an imported chestnut blight (caused by Cryphonectria parasitica) rendered it functionally extinct across its native range ...
Thomas Klak, Hannah Pilkey, Virginia G. May, Dakota Matthews, Allison D. Oakes, Ek Han Tan, Andrew E. Newhouse   +6 more
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Ensemble modeling for American chestnut distribution: Locating potential restoration sites in Pennsylvania

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The American chestnut (Castanea dentata Borkh.) was an economically, ecologically, and culturally important tree in eastern American hardwood forests.
Alec F. Henderson, Jennifer A. Santoro, Peleg Kremer   +2 more
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Reconsidering the fire ecology of the iconic American chestnut

Ecosphere, 2020
The iconic American chestnut (Castanea dentata) once spanned a large portion of eastern North America before its functional extinction in the early 20th century due primarily to non‐native fungal pathogens.
Jeffrey M. Kane, J. Morgan Varner, Michael C. Stambaugh, Michael R. Saunders   +3 more
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European and American chestnuts: An overview of the main threats and control efforts

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Chestnuts are multipurpose trees significant for the economy and wildlife. These trees are currently found around the globe, demonstrating their genetic adaptation to different environmental conditions. Several biotic and abiotic stresses have challenged
Patrícia Fernandes, Patrícia Fernandes, Patrícia Fernandes, Maria Belén Colavolpe, Susana Serrazina, Rita Lourenço Costa, Rita Lourenço Costa   +6 more
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Beyond blight: Phytophthora root rot under climate change limits populations of reintroduced American chestnut

Ecosphere, 2022
American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was functionally extirpated from eastern US forests by chestnut blight, caused by a fungus from Asia. As efforts to produce blight‐resistant American chestnut germplasm advance, approaches to reintroduce chestnut ...
Eric J. Gustafson, Brian R. Miranda, Tyler J. Dreaden, Cornelia C. Pinchot, Douglass F. Jacobs   +4 more
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A Review of the Stress Resistance, Molecular Breeding, Health Benefits, Potential Food Products, and Ecological Value of Castanea mollissima

Plants, 2022
Chestnut (Castanea spp., Fagaceae family) is an economically and ecologically valuable species. The main goals of chestnut production vary among species and countries and depend on the ecological characteristics of orchards, agronomic management, and the
Yanpeng Wang, Cuiyu Liu, Zhou Fang, Qiang Wu, Yang Xu, Bangchu Gong, Xibing Jiang, Junsheng Lai, Jingen Fan   +8 more
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Habitat suitability model and range shift analysis for American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) in the United States

Trees, Forests and People, 2023
American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was a multifunctional hardwood tree species that provide both economic and ecological benefits in the United States. It was a major source of timber before the chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) invasion wiped
Segun M. Adeyemo, Joshua J. Granger
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