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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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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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eLife, 2021 Invasive microbial species constitute a major threat to biodiversity, agricultural production and human health. Invasions are often dominated by one or a small number of genotypes, yet the underlying factors driving invasions are poorly understood.
Lea Stauber +4 more
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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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A plan to diversify a transgenic blight‐tolerant American chestnut population using citizen science
Plants, People, Planet, 2020 Societal Impact Statement Over four billion American chestnut trees have been killed as a result of an introduced pathogen, the chestnut blight fungus.
Jared W. Westbrook +3 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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Viruses, 2022 Biological control of Cryphonectria parasitica fungus, causal agent of chestnut blight, by virus infection (hypovirulence) has been shown to be an effective control strategy against chestnut blight in Europe and some parts of North America.
Pedro Romon-Ochoa +8 more
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Interactions between invasive pests and pathogens in a native chestnut forest [PDF]
NeoBiotaThe introduction in the same area of different invasive species can result in novel interactions, with unpredictable consequences. We carried out a study in Galicia (northwestern Iberian Peninsula) with the aim of clarifying the interactions between two ...
María Flora Romay-Río +4 more
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