01/26/2010

2008-2009 Publications
Aguilar, F.X., M.M. Cernusca, and M.A. Gold. 2009. A preliminary assessment of consumer preferences for chestnuts (Castanea spp.) using conjoint analysis. HortTechnology 19: 216-223.

Andrade, G.M., C.J. Nairn, H.T. Le and S.A. Merkle. 2009. Sexually mature transgenic American chestnut trees via embryogenic suspension-based transformation. Plant Cell Reports 28:1385-97.

Barakat, A., D.S. DiLoreto, Y. Zhang, C. Smith, K. Baier, W.A. Powell, N. Wheeler, R. Sederoff and J.E. Carlson. 2009. Comparison of transcriptome from cankers and healthy stems in American chestnut (Castanea dentata) and Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima). BMC Plant Biology, 9:51 11 pages.

Cernusca, M.M., M.A. Gold and L.D. Godsey. 2008. Influencing consumer awareness through the Missouri chestnut roast. Journal of Extension 46(6). Published online. 8 p. www.joe.org/joe/2008december/rb7p.shtml

Cooper, W.R. and L.K. Rieske. In review. Ecological interactions among Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) community associates. Ecological Entomology, submitted fall 2009.

Cooper, W.R. and L.K. Rieske. In review. Chestnut species and jasmonic acid treatment influence development and community interactions of galls produced by Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Arthropod Plant Interactions, submitted summer 2009.

Cooper, W.R. and L.K. Rieske. 2009. Woody stem galls interact with foliage to affect community associations. Environmental Entomology 38, 417-424.

Cooper, W.R. and L.K. Rieske. 2008. Differential responses in American (Castanea dentata Marshall) and Chinese (C. mollissima Blume) chestnut (Fagales: Fagaceae) to foliar application of jasmonic acid. Chemoecology 18, 121-127.

Cooper, W.R. and L.K. Rieske. 2009. Sustainable Management of the Invasive Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp? Interactions between native and introduced natural enemies. The Nutshell, June 2009.

Dawe, A.L. W. A. Van Voorhies, T. A. Lau, A. V. Ulanov and Z. Li. 2009. Microbiology, in press (available online as doi: 10.1099/mic.0.029033-0).

Gold, M.A., M.M. Cernusca and L.D. Godsey. 2008. A competitive market analysis of the U.S. shiitake mushroom marketplace. HortTechnology 18: 489-499.

Gold, M.A., M.M. Cernusca and L.D. Godsey. 2009. Agroforestry Product Markets And Marketing. Chapter 11. In: Garrett, H.E. (ed). North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice. 2nd Edition. Agronomy Society of America, Madison, WI.

Gold, M.A. and H.E. Garrett. 2009. Agroforestry Nomenclature, Concepts and Practices. Chapter 3. In: Garrett, H.E. (ed). North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice. 2nd Edition. Agronomy Society of America, Madison, WI.

Gold, M.A. and M.H. Hall (eds.). 2009. Agroforestry Comes of Age: Putting Science into Practice. 11th North American Agroforestry Conference Proceedings. Columbia, MO. May 31-June 3, 2009. 517 p.

Gonzalez, Donis I.R., M. Mandujano, C. Medina-Mora and D.W. Fulbright. 2009. Presence of mycotoxins after 90 days of storage in fresh chestnuts. 4th Annual Chestnut Symposium, Beijing, China, Oct. 2008. Acta Horticulturae (in press).

Jacob-Wilk, D., M. Turina, P. Kazmierczak and N.K. Van Alfen. 2009. Silencing of Kex2 significantly diminishes the virulence of Cryphonectria parasitica. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 22:211-221.

Kim. M.-J., B.-R. Kwon, S.-M. Park, H.-J. Chung. M.-S. Yan, A.C. L. Churchill, N.K. Van Alfen and D.-H. Kim. 2008. Promoter analysis of the cell surface-abundant and hypoviral-regulated cryparin gene from Cryphonectria parasitica. Mol. Cells 26:496-502.

Lan, Xiuwan; Ziting,Yao, Yan Zhou, Jinjie Shang, Haiyan Lin, D.L. Nuss, and B. Chen. 2008. Deletion of the cpku80 gene in the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, enhances gene disruption efficiency. Current Genetics 53:59-66.

Milgroom M.G., K. Sotirovski, M. Risteski, and M.T. Brewer. 2009. Heterokaryons and recombinants of Cryphonectria parasitica in two clonal populations in southeastern Europe. Fungal Genet. Biol. 46: 849-854.

Monteiro-Vitorello, C.B., G. Hausner, D.B. Searles, E.A. Gibb, D.W. Fulbright and H. Bertrand. 2009. The Cryphonectria parasitica mitochondrial ms gene: plasmid-like elements, introns and homing endonucleases. Fungal Genetics and Biology 46:837-848.

Sun, Q., G.H. Choi and D.L. Nuss. 2009. Hypovirus-responsive transcription factor gene pro1 of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica is required for female fertility, asexual spore development and stable maintenance of hypovirus infection. Eukaryotic Cell 8:262-270.

Sun, Q., G.H. Choi and D.L. Nuss. 2009. A single Argonaute gene is required for induction of RNA silencing antiviral defense and promotes viral RNA recombination. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (in press).

Valdivia, C., L. Zabek, J. Arbuckle, M. Gold and C. Flora. 2009. Human and Institutional Dimensions of Agroforestry. Chapter 13. In: Garrett, H.E. (ed). North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice. 2nd Edition. Agronomy Society of America, Madison, WI.

Willyerd, K.L. A.M. Kemp and A.L. Dawe. 2009. Controlled gene expression in the plant pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica by use of a copper-responsive element. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75:5417-5420.

Zhang, X. and D.L. Nuss. 2008. A host dicer is required for defective viral RNA production and recombinant virus vector RNA instability for a positive sense RNA virus. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 105:16749-16754.

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2009-2010 Publications

Aguilar, F.X., M.M. Cernusca, and M.A. Gold. 2009. A preliminary assessment of consumer preferences for chestnuts (Castanea spp.) using conjoint analysis. HortTechnology 19: 216-223.

Anagnostakis, Sandra. 2010. Identification of chestnut trees. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. 29 Sept. 2010. .

Barakat, A., J. Carlson, M. Staton, T. Kubisiak, C. Smith, S. DiLoreto, K. Baier, M. Atkins, B. Blackmon, S. Ficklin, F. Hebard, P. Sisco, W. Powell, S. Anagnostakis, D. Nielsen, A. Abbott, N. Wheeler, and R. Sederoff. 2010. Analyses of the transcriptome of the Fagaceae species. Proceedings of Plant and Animal Genome XVIII Meeting, San Diego, California, January 9-13, 2010, W234.

Barakat, A., D.S. DiLoreto, Y. Zhang, C. Smith, K. Baier, W.A. Powell, N. Wheeler, R. Sederoff, J. E. Carlson. 2009. Comparison of the transcriptomes of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) and Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) in response to the chestnut blight infection. BMC Plant Biology. 9:51 (pp. 1-11).

Carlson, J.E., A.G. Abbott, S. Anagnostakis, K. Baier, A. Barakat, J.B James, N. Islam-Faridi, S. Ficklin, F. Hebard, T. Kubisiak, C. Maynard, S.M. Merkle, W. Miller, C.J. Nairn, W. Powell, S.C. Schuster, L.P. Tomsho, T.K. Wagner and C.D. Nelson. 2010. Forest Health Initiative for American chestnut restoration. Proceedings of Plant and Animal Genome XVIII Meeting, San Diego, California, January 9-13, 2010, P523.

Chen, Chen, Q. Sun, B. Narayanan, D.L. Nuss and O. Herzberg. 2010. Structure of oxaalacetate acetylhydrolase, a virulence factor of the chestnut blight fungus. J. Biol. Chem. 285:26685-26696.

Costa, R., F. Tavares, H. Machado, S. Serrazina, L.T. Dinis, J. Gomez-Laranjo, M.S. Pais, and T. Kubisiak, T. 2009. Understanding disease resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi in Castanea sp. Proceedings of the Genomics of Forest and Ecosystem Health in the Fagaceae (Beech Family), Nov 10-13, 2009, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. p.32.

Donis Gonzalez. I.R., M. Mandujano, C. Medina-Mora and D.W. Fulbright. 2009. Presence of mycotoxins after 90 days of storage in fresh chestnuts. 4th International Chestnut Symposium, Beijing, China. Acta Horticulturae 844: 69-74.

Donis Gonzalez, I.R., E.T. Reyser, D. Guyer and D.W. Fulbright. 2010. Efficacy of postharvest treatments for reduction of molds and decay in fresh Michigan chestnuts. First European Chestnut Conference. Acta Horticulturae 866: 563-570.

Donis Gonzalez, I.R., E.T. Reyser, D. Guyer and D.W. Fulbright. 2010. Shell mold and kernel decay of fresh chestnuts in Michigan. First European Chestnut Conference. Acta Horticulturae 866: 353-358.

Fulbright, D.W. 2006. Chestnut culture in Italy. Annual Rept. Northern Nut Growers Association. 1-41 (published in 2010).

Fulbright. D.W., M. Mandujan and S. Stadt. 2010. Chestnut production in Michigan. First European Chestnut Conference. Acta Horticulturae 866: 531-537.
Gold, M.A., M.M. Cernusca and L.D. Godsey. 2009. Agroforestry Product Markets And Marketing. Chapter 11. In: Garrett, H.E. (ed). North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice. 2nd Edition. Agronomy Society of America, Madison, WI.

Gold, M.A. and H.E. Garrett. 2009. Agroforestry Nomenclature, Concepts and Practices. Chapter 3. In: Garrett, H.E. (ed). North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice. 2nd Edition. Agronomy Society of America, Madison, WI.

Gold, M.A. and M.H. Hall (eds.). 2009. Agroforestry Comes of Age: Putting Science into Practice. 11th North American Agroforestry Conference Proceedings. Columbia, MO. May 31-June 3, 2009. 517 p.

Guyer, D. J. Xing, M. Mandjuano and D.W. Fulbright. 2010. Influence of selected factors on efficiency and effectiveness of a peeling machine for chestnut. First European Chestnut Conference. Acta Horticulturae 866: 595-603.

Hunt, K.L., M.A. Gold and M.R. Warmund. 2008. Status of Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima) Cultivar Performance in Missouri. 4th International Chestnut Congress Sept. 25-28, 2008, Beijing, China.

Islam-Faridi, N., C.D. Nelson, P.H. Sisco, T.L. Kubisiak, F.V. Hebard, R.L. Paris and R.L. Phillips. 2009. Cytogenetic analysis of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) using fluorescent in situ hybridization. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 844:207-210.

Liang, H, P.A. Kumar, V. Nain, W.A. Powell, J.E. Carlson. Selection and Screening Strategies. Chapter 4. In: C. Kole, C.H. Michler, A.G. Abbott and T,C. Hall (eds) Transgenic Crop Plants: Volume 1: Principles and Development. Springer-Verlag  Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo, 2010, pp 85-144.

Lin, Y-C., J-M. Frigerio, C. Cabane, C. Bodenes, A. Daruvar, P. Rouze, M. Staton, A. Barakat, T. Kubisiak, A. Kremer, C. Plomion and Y. Van de Peer. 2009. In silico screening of conserved orthologous sequences (COS) from Fagaceae ESTs resources. Proceedings of the Genomics of Forest and Ecosystem Health in the Fagaceae (Beech Family), Nov 10-13, 2009, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. Poster No.17, p.54.

Medina-Mora, C.M. and D.W. Fulbright. 2010. Evaluation of simple sequence repeats (SSR) for genetic analysis of chestnut trees in Michigan orchards. First European Chestnut Conference. Acta Horticulturae 866: 127-133.

Milgroom, M.G., K. Sotirovski, M. Risteski and M.T. Brewer. 2009. Heterokaryons and recombinants of Cryphonectria parasitica in two clonal populations in southeastern Europe. Fungal Genet. Biol.46: 849-854.

Nelson, C.D., J.E. Carlson, S.A. Merkle, W. Powell, C.J. Nairn, C. Maynard, T.L. Kubisiak, F.V. Hebard, S. Anagnostakis and A. Abbott. 2009. Biotechnological tools for accelerating species restoration. Proceedings of the Genomics of Forest and Ecosystem Health in the Fagaceae (Beech Family), Nov 10-13, 2009, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. p.39.

Salamon, J.A., R. Acuña and A. L. Dawe. 2010. Phosphorylation of phosducin-like protein BDM-1 by protein kinase 2 (CK2) is required for virulence and Gb subunit stability in the fungal plant pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica. Mol. Microbiol. 76: 848-860.

Sederoff, R., N. Wheeler, J. Carlson, A. Barakat, W. Powell, K. Baier, T. Kubisiak, P. Sisco, F. Hebard, S. Anagnostakis, J. Tomkins, A. Abbott, M. Staton, C. Smith, D. Nielsen and S. Ficklin. 2010. A genome platform for chestnut. Proceedings of Plant and Animal Genome XVIII Meeting, San Diego, California, January 9-13, 2010, W253.

Sederoff, R., N. Wheeler, J. Carlson, A. Barakat, W. Powell, K. Baier, T. Kubisiak, P. Sisco, F. Hebard, S. Anagnostakis, J. Tomkins, A. Abbott, M. Staton, C. Smith, D. Nielson and S. Ficklin. 2009. The chestnut genome project: looking ahead, opportunities, and challenges. Proceedings of the Genomics of Forest and Ecosystem Health in the Fagaceae (Beech Family), Nov 10-13, 2009, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. p.7.

Sisco, P.H., R.R. Sederoff, J.P. Tomkins, J.E. Carlson, T.L. Kubisiak, M.E. Staton, F.V. Hebard, S.L. Anagnostakis, W.A. Powell and C.P. Smith. 2009. The United States National Science Foundation project on developing tools for the study of the Fagaceae: Castanea, Quercus, and Fagus. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 844:267-274.

Spinger, J.C., A.L.D. Baines and A.M. Jarosz. 2009. Hypovirus mediated recovery of blight infected American chestnut trees in Michigan. Phytopathology 99: S123.

Springer, J.C., M.T. Chansler, A.L.D. Baines and A.M. Jarosz. 2010. Vegetative incompatibility diversity in Michigan populations of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. 95th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA.

Staton, M., D. Henry, M. Monsanto, S. Ficklin, C-H. Cheng, G., Fang, B. Blackmon, A.Barakat, J. Tomkins, F. Hebard, T. Kubisiak, J. Carlson, R. Sederoff, R. and A. Abbott. 2009. Comparative genome analysis of Chinese chestnut to model plant species and Fagaceae family species. Proceedings of the Genomics of Forest and Ecosystem Health in the Fagaceae (Beech Family), Nov 10-13, 2009, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. p.20.

Sun, Qihong, G.H. Choi and D.L. Nuss. 2009. A single argonaute gene is required for induction of RNA silencing antiviral defense and promotes viral RNA recombination. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 106:17927-17932.

Valdivia, C., L. Zabek, J. Arbuckle, M. Gold and C. Flora. 2009. Human and Institutional Dimensions of Agroforestry. Chapter 13. In: Garrett, H.E. (ed). North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice. 2nd Edition. Agronomy Society of America, Madison, WI.

Wheeler, N., D. Nielson, C. Smith, J. Tompkins, A. Abbott, M. Atkins, B. Blackmon, M. Staton, S. Ficklin, F. Hebard, P. Sisco, J. Carlson, A. Barakat, W. Powell, K. Baier, S. Anagnostakis, T. Kubsiak, C. Burdine and R. Sederoff. 2009. Annotated EST-based SSR and SNP genetic maps for chestnut. Proceedings of the Genomics of Forest and Ecosystem Health in the Fagaceae (Beech Family), Nov 10-13, 2009, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. p.11.

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Baidyaroy, D., G. Hausner, D.W. Fulbright and H. Bertrand. 2011. Mitochondrial plasmid-like elements in some hypovirulent strains of Cryphonectria parasitica. Fungal Genetics and Biology 48:764-774.

Baidyaroy, D., G. Hausner, M. Hafez, F. Michael, D.W. Fulbright and H. Bertrand. 2011. A 971-bp insertion in the rns gene is associated with mitochondrial hypovirulence. Fungal Genetics and Biology 48:775-783.

Chen, C., Q. Sun, B. Narayanan, D.L. Nuss and O. Herzberg. 2010 Structure of oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase, a virulence factor of the chestnut blight fungus. J. Biol. Chem. Vol. 285: 26685-26696.

Chen, Min-Mei, M. Jiang, J. Shang, X. Lan, F. Yang, J. Huang, D.L. Nuss and B. Chen. 2011. CYP1, a hypovirus-regulated cyclophilin, is required for virulence in the chestnut blight fungus. Molecular Plant Pathology 12:239-246.

Choi, G.H., A.L. Dawe, A. Churbanov, M.L. Smith, M.G. Milgroom, D.L. Nuss. 2011. Molecular characterization of vegetative incompatibility genes that restrict hypovirus transmission in the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica. Genetics (in press).

Clark, S.L., S.E. Schlarbaum, A.M. Saxton and F.V. Hebard. 2011. Making history: Field testing of blight-resistant American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in the southern region. In: (Fei, S., Lhotka, J.M., Stringer, J.W., Gottschalk, K.W. Miller, G.W. eds.) Proceedings, 17th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 2010, April 5-7, Lexington, KY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-78. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 656-657.

Cooper, W.R. and L.K. Rieske. 2010. Gall structure affects ecological associations of Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Environmental Entomology 39, 787-797.

Cooper, W.R. and L.K. Rieske. 2011. A native and an introduced parasitoid utilize and exotic gall-maker host. Biocontrol 56.

Donis-Gonzalez, I., E.T. Ryser, D. Guyer and D.W. Fulbright. 2010. Efficacy of postharvest treatments for reduction of molds and decay in fresh Michigan chestnuts. First European Chestnut Conference. Acta Horticulturae 866:563-570.

Donis-Gonzalez, I., E.T. Ryser, D. Guyer and D.W. Fulbright. 2010. Shell mold and kernel decay of fresh chestnuts in Michigan. First European Chestnut Conference. Acta Horticulturae 866:353-362.

Fulbright, D.W., M. Mandujan and S. Stadt. 2010. Chestnut production in Michigan. First European Chestnut Conference. Acta Horticulturae 866:531-537.

Guyer, D., J. Xing, M. Mandujano and D.W. Fulbright. 2010. Influence of selected factors on efficiency and effectiveness of a peeling machine for chestnut. First European Chestnut Conference. Acta Horticulturae, 866:595-603.

Hao, J.J., H. Lie, I.R. Donis-Gonzalez, X.H. Lu, A.D. Jones and D.W. Fulbright. 2011. Antimicrobial activity of chestnut extracts for potential use in managing soil-borne plant pathogens. Plant Disease (in press).

Hebard, F.V., S. Yarnes and W.Y.C. White. 2010. Meadowview notes 2008-2009. Journal of the American Chestnut Foundation 24:23-32.

Jacob-Wilk, D., M. Marino, M. Turina, P., Kazmierczak and N.K. Van Alfen. 2011. Differential expression of the putative Kex2 processed and secreted aspartic proteinase gene family of Cryphonectria parasitic. Fungal Biology (in press).

Medina Mora, C.M., and D.W. Fulbright. 2010. Evaluation of simple sequence repeats (SSR) for genetic analysis of chestnut trees in Michigan orchards. First European Chestnut Conference. Acta Horticulturae 866:127-133.

Mu, Rong, T.A. Romero, K.A. Hanley and A.L. Dawe. 2011. Conserved and variable structural elements in the 5 untranslated region of two hypoviruses from the filamentous fungus Cryphonectria parasitica. Virus Research 161:2030-208.

Nuss, D.L., 2010. Mycoviruses. In Cellular and Molecular Biology of Filamentous Fungi. (K. A. Borkovich and D. J. Ebbole, Eds.) ASM Press, Washington, DC, pp. 145-152.

Nuss, D.L. 2011. Mycoviruses, RNA silencing and viral RNA recombination. Advances in Virus Research 80:25-48.

Pinchot, C.S., S.E. Schlarbaum, A.M. Saxton, S.L. Clark, C.J. Schweitzer, D.R. Smith, A.M. Mangini and F.V. Hebard. 2011. Incidence of Craesus castanea Rohwer (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) on chestnut seedlings planted in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky. J. Entomological Sci. 43:265-268.

Pinchot, C.S., S.E. Schlarbaum, J.A. Franklin, D.S. Buckley, S.L. Clark, C.J. Sweitzer, A.M. Saxton and F.V. Hebard. 2011. Early results of a chestnut planting in Eastern Kentucky illustrate reintroduction challenges. In: Proc. 16th Biennial South Siliviculture Conference (in press).

Springer, J.C., M.T. Chansler, A.L. Davelos-Baines and A.M. Jarosz. 2011. Diversity of vegetative incompatibility groups in Michigan populations of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, 1996-2009. 96th Annual Earth Stewardship Association meeting, Austin, TX, August 7-12, 2011.

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