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 +8 more
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Ensemble modeling for American chestnut distribution: Locating potential restoration sites in Pennsylvania [PDF]
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 +2 more
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Modelling chestnut biogeography for American chestnut restoration
Diversity and Distributions, 2012 Aim Chestnuts (Castanea spp.) are ecologically and economically important species. We studied the general biology, distribution and climatic limits of seven chestnut species from around the world. We provided climatic matching of Asiatic species to North
Songlin Fei +2 more
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Comparison of the transcriptomes of American chestnut (
BMC Plant Biology, 2009 Background1471-2229-9-51 American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was devastated by an exotic pathogen in the beginning of the twentieth century. This chestnut blight is caused by Cryphonectria parasitica, a fungus that infects stem tissues and kills the ...
Wheeler Nicholas +8 more
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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 +3 more
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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 +4 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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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 +3 more
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Speed Breeding Transgenic American Chestnut Trees Toward Restoration [PDF]
Plant DirectThe 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 +6 more
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The implications of American chestnut reintroduction on landscape dynamics and carbon storage
Ecosphere, 2017 In the eastern United States, American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was historically a major component of forest communities, but was functionally extirpated in the early 20th century by an introduced pathogen, chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica ...
Eric J. Gustafson +7 more
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