Bark-inhabiting fungal communities of European chestnut undergo substantial alteration by canker formation following chestnut blight infection [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 BackgroundChestnut forests are severely threatened by chestnut blight caused by the fungal pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica and the infected trees exhibit bark canker in the later stage of the disease.
Clovis Douanla-Meli, Julia Moll
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Hypovirus infection induces proliferation and perturbs functions of mitochondria in the chestnut blight fungus [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionThe chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, and hypovirus have been used as a model to probe the mechanism of virulence and regulation of traits important to the host fungus.
Jinzi Wang +10 more
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Field-Deployable Detection of Chestnut Blight Pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica Using Enzyme-Mediated Duplex Exponential Amplification [PDF]
Current Issues in Molecular BiologyChestnut blight caused by Cryphonectria parasitica poses a major threat to chestnut plantations worldwide. Rapid, field-deployable diagnostic tools are essential for effective disease surveillance and management.
Shuai Wang +5 more
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Testing the efficiency of natural hypovirulence for biological control of chestnut blight under field conditions [PDF]
IMA FungusGlobal increases in connectivity have greatly accelerated the frequency of biological invasions across most of Earth’s ecosystems, including forests. Once invasive organisms become established in a naïve environment, they are difficult to eradicate or ...
Simone Prospero +14 more
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Floristic changes following the chestnut blight may be delayed for decades. [PDF]
PLoS ONEA survey conducted in the 1920s, prior to the chestnut blight, indicated that chestnuts and oaks were codominant canopy species in White Oak Canyon, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
Richard Karban, Claire C Karban
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Isolation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens D39 and Identification of Its Antimicrobial Proteins Active Against Chestnut Blight [PDF]
MicroorganismsChestnut blight, caused by Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) M.E. Bar, is a destructive fungal disease threatening chestnut cultivation and production.
Tingting Deng, Linmin Wang, Tianhui Zhu
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Establishment of an RAA-CRISPR/Cas12a assay based on CpSge1 for rapid detection of Cryphonectria parasitica [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumChestnut blight disease caused by Cryphonectria parasitica is a serious branch disease that occurs worldwide, especially in Europe and North America.
Haoyu Wu +3 more
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BMC Plant Biology, 2023 Background Chestnut blight, one of the most serious branch diseases in Castanea caused by Cryphonectria parasitica, which has ravaged across American chestnut and most of European chestnut since the early twentieth century.
Xinghua Nie +7 more
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Agriculture, 2021 Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) M.E. Barr (Sordariomycetes, Valsaceae) is the causal agent of chestnut blight. This disease is a major concern for chestnut cultivation in Europe.
Emigdio Jordán Muñoz-Adalia +5 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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