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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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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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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 +6 more
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Journal of Forest Science, 2005 The causal agent of the chestnut blight, the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) M. E. Barr (syn. Endothia parasitica (Murrill) P. J. Anderson et H. W. Anderson), was found out at new localities in the Czech Republic.
P. Haltofová +2 more
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Genomic basis of homoploid hybrid speciation within chestnut trees
Nature Communications, 2020 Chinese chestnut is widely cultivated for nut production and harbors value as a genetic resource for restoration of American and European chestnut trees destroyed by chestnut blight.
Yongshuai Sun +3 more
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Turkish Journal of Forestry, 2017 The objective of this study was to determine the factors causing the deterioration of the stand structures of chestnut forests in Kütahya-Simav and to reveal the relation between these factors and chestnut diseases.
İbrahim Turna +2 more
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In Vitro Technologies for American Chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkh) Conservation
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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