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Climate Change Ecology, 2021 Following the near-eradication of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) over the last century by an invasive fungal pathogen, progress has been made in recent decades towards generating blight-resistant varieties for restoration in its former native ...
Paul H. Noah +3 more
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Modeling and Analysis of American Chestnut Populations Subject to Various Stages of Infection
Letters in Biomathematics, 2014 American chestnuts, Castanea dentata, were once a dominant tree in eastern deciduous forests of the United States before the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, was introduced unintentionally in the early 1900s in New York.
Anita Davelos Baines +2 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was once an integral part of eastern United States deciduous forests, with many environmental, economic, and social values. This ended with the introduction of an invasive fungal pathogen that wiped out over three
Andrew E. Newhouse +5 more
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DNA release from plant tissue using focused ultrasound extraction (FUSE)
Applications in Plant Sciences, 2023 Premise Sample preparation in genomics is a critical step that is often overlooked in molecular workflows and impacts the success of downstream genetic applications. This study explores the use of a recently developed focused ultrasound extraction (FUSE)
Alexia Stettinius +8 more
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Descriptions of Chestnut Cultivars for Nut Production in the Eastern and Midwestern United States
HortScience, 2021 The Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima Blume) and other Castanea species (Castanea spp. Mill.) have been imported and circulated among growers and scientists in the United States for more than a century. Initially, importations of C.
Ronald S. Revord +8 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2017 American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was once a cultural, ecological, and economic staple of hardwood forests of the Eastern United States; however, chestnut blight caused by Cryphonectria parasitica has severely threatened its significance. The American
Martin Cipollini +3 more
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Insects, 2022 The lesser chestnut weevil, Curculio sayi (Gyllenhal), can cause irreparable damage to chestnuts through direct consumption and/or introduction of secondary pathogens.
Camila C. Filgueiras, Denis S. Willett
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Use of Alternative Wood for the Ageing of Brandy de Jerez
Foods, 2020 The use of alternative types of wood has arisen for the aging of the Brandy de Jerez, on a pilot plant level. In particular, besides the use of American oak, two more types of oak have been studied, French oak and Spanish oak, allowed by the Technical ...
M. Valme García-Moreno +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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International Journal of Horticultural Science, 2002 The chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr [syn.: Endothia parasitica (Murr) Anderson] caused almost total destruction of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) and widely spread on European chestnut (Castanea saliva) in many ...
L. Radócz, I. J. Holb
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