A silvicultural synthesis of sweet (Castanea sativa) and American (C. dentata) chestnuts

SL Clark, E Marcolin, MS Patrício… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) and American chestnut (C. dentata) have been explicitly
linked to ancient, historical, and contemporary cultures while enhancing ecological services …

[HTML][HTML] Returning the American chestnut to eastern North America

SE Schlarbaum - Proc. Southern Appalachian Mast Management …, 1989 - books.google.com
The devastation of American chestnut, Castanea dentata, by the chestnut blight fungus,
Cryphonectria parasitica, severly impacted forest-based industries and wildlife populations …

Establishment of American chestnuts (Castanea dentata) bred for blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) resistance: influence of breeding and nursery grading

SL Clark, SE Schlarbaum, AM Saxton, FV Hebard - New Forests, 2016 - Springer
European and American chestnut species (Castanea) have been decimated by exotic
species, most notably chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), since the early nineteenth …

Toward development of silvical strategies for forest restoration of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) using blight-resistant hybrids

DF Jacobs - Biological conservation, 2007 - Elsevier
Backcross breeding has provided a viable means to restore American chestnut (Castanea
dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.) to eastern North American forests, where the foundation species …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of phenotypic traits and blight-resistance in an American chestnut backcross orchard in Georgia

M Cipollini, NR Dingley, P Felch, C Maddox - Global Ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Inadequate cold tolerance as a possible limitation to American chestnut restoration in the northeastern United States

KM Gurney, PG Schaberg, GJ Hawley… - Restoration …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The American chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkh.), once a major component of
eastern forests from Maine to Georgia, was functionally removed from the forest ecosystem …

American chestnut restoration©

K Collins, S Fitzsimmons, T Saielli… - Proceedings of the 2016 …, 2016 - actahort.org
Since 1983, the restoration of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) has been pursued
by The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) in partnership with a number of other …

Dominance of interplanted American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in southwestern Wisconsin, USA

DF Jacobs, LR Severeid - Forest ecology and management, 2004 - Elsevier
American chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.) once dominated the eastern
deciduous forests of the USA before nearly all trees throughout the range were annihilated …

Reintroduction of American chestnut in the national forest system

SL Clark, SE Schlarbaum, CC Pinchot… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
American chestnut restoration depends on a multitude of biological, administrative, and
technological factors. Germplasm traditionally bred for resistance to the chestnut blight …