NE1015: Biological Improvement, Habitat Restoration, and Horticultural Development of Chestnut by Management of Populations, Pathogens, and Pests

(Multistate Research Project)

Status: Inactive/Terminating

SAES-422 Reports

11/11/1111

11/15/2005

12/20/2006

Alexander, S., M. Alexander and J.H. Craddock. 2006. Host pathogen interactions in a segregating population of BC2F2 hybrid Castanea dentata after exposure to hypovirus-containing and hypovirus-free strains of Cryphonectria parasitica. In: Restoration of American Chestnut to Forest Lands: Proc. Of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004. The North Carolina Arboretum. Poster, available as a pdf on line at: http://chestnut.cas.psu.edu/nps.htm

Alexander, M.T., L.M. Worthen and J.H. Craddock. 2005. Conservation of Castanea germplasm of the southeastern United States. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 693:485-490.

Allen, T.D., A.L. Dawe and D.L. Nuss. 2003. Use of cDNA microarrays to monitor transcriptional responses of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica to infection by virulence-attenuating hypovirus. Eurkaryotic Cell 2:1253-1265 (not included in previous report).

Allen, T.D. and D.L. Nuss. 2004. Specific and common alterations in host gene transcript accumulation following infection of the chestnut blight fungus by mild and severe hypovirus. J. Virol. 78:4145-4155 (not included in previous report).

Carlson, J.C. 2006. Biological confinement of genetically engineered organisms. Pages 151-158 in: Steiner K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Craddock, J.H. 2006. Chestnut breeding in the United States. Pages 109-128 in: Tree Breeding Researchers: for the next half century. Proc. International Symposium for the 50th Anniversary of KFGR and the 20th Anniversary of the late Dr. S.K. Hyun. June 15-16, 2006, Forest Seed Research Center, Suanbo, Korea. KFRI.

Craddock, J.H., M.T. Alexander, S.H. Alexander, J.L. Bramblett and L.M. Worthen. 2005. Chestnut cultivar evaluations in Tennessee: orchard establishment and early germplasm characterization. Acta Hort (ISHS) 693:465-470.

Davis, D. 2006. Historical significance of American chestnut to Appalachian culture and ecology. Pages 53-60 in: Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Davis. J.E., T.L. Kubisiak and M.G. Milgroom. 2005. Polymorphic sequence-characterized codominant loci in the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. Mol. Ecol. Notes 5:195-197.

Dawe, A.L., V.C. McMains, M. Panglao, S. Kasahara, B. Chen and D.L. Nuss. 2003. An ordered collection of expressed sequences from Cryphonectria parasitica and evidence of genomic microsynteny with Neurospora crassa and Magnaporthe grisea. Microbiology 149:2373-2384 (not included in previous report).

Diskin, M. and K.C. Steiner. 2006. Rate of recovery of the American chestnut phenotype through backcross breeding of hybrid trees. Pages 129-131 in: Steiner K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Finley, J. and K.C. Steiner. 2006. Summary of facilitated workshop of restoration of American chestnut to National Park system lands. Pages 227-230 in: Steiner K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Gold. M.A., M.M. Cernusca and L.D. Godsey. 2005. Update on consumers preferences for chestnuts. HortTechnology 15: 904-906.

Gold. M.A., M.M. Cernusca and L.D. Godsey. 2006. Competitive market analysis: chestnut producers. HortTechnology 16:360-369.

Griffin, G. J. Elkins, D. McCurdy and L. Griffin. 2006. Integrated use of resistance, hypovirulence and forest management to control blight on American chestnut. Pages 97-107 in: Steiner K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Hebard. F.V. 2006. Notes from Meadowview 2005-2006. J. Am. Chestnut Found. 10:18-25.

Hebard, F.V. 2006. The backcross breeding program of The American Chestnut Foundation. Pages 61-77 in: Steiner K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Hunt, K. M.A. Gold, W. Reid and M. Warmund. 2005. Growing Chinese chestnuts in Missouri. Agroforestry in action. Univ. of Missouri Center for Agroforestry, 23 Jan. 2006.

Kellogg, S.K. and L.K. Rieske. 2005. Resistance to a fungal pathogen influences resistance to generalist herbivores. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 117: 209-219.

Kubisiak, T.L. C. Dutech and M.G. Milgroom. 2006. Fifty-four polymorphic microsatellite loci in the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. Mol. Ecol. Notes (in press).

Kubisiak, T.L. and M.G. Milgroom. 2006. Markers lined to vegetative incompatibility (vic) loci and a region of reduced recombination near the mating type locus (MAT) in Cryphonectria parasitica. Fungal. Genet. Biol. 43:453-463.

Kubisiak, T.L. and J. Roberds. 2006. Genetic structure of American chestnut populations based on neutral DNA markers. Pages 1009-122 in: Steiner K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Jacob-Wilk, D.M. Turina and N.K. Van Alfen. 2006. Mycovirus Crphonectria hypovirus 1 elements cofractionate with trans-golgi network membranes of the fungal host Cryphonectria parasitica. J. Virol. 80:6588-6596.

Lang, P. F. Dane and T.L. Kubisiak. 2006. Phylogeny of Castanea (Fagaceae) based on chloroplast trnT-L-F sequence data. Tree Genetics and Genomes 2:132-139.

Lang, P. F. Dane, T.L. Kubisiak and H.Huang. 2006. Molecular evidence for an Asian origin and a unique westward mirgration of species in the genus Castanea via Europe to North America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (in press).

Liang, H, H. Gao, C.A. Maynard and W.A. Powell. 2005. Expression of a self-processing putative pathogen resistance-enhancing gene construct in Arabidopsis. Biotech. L. 27:435-442.

Liu, S. and J.C. Carlson. 2006. Selection for Chinese vs American genetic material in blight-resistant backcross progeny using genomic DNA. Pages 133-150 in: Steiner K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Liu, Y.-C., J.N. Dynek, B.I. Hillman and M.G. Milgroom. 2006. Diversity of Cryphonectria parasitica and C. nitschkei in Japan and China, and partial characterization of a new chrysovirus species. Mycol. Res. (in press).

MacDonald, W.L. and M.L. Double. 2006. Hypovirulence: use and limitations as a chestnut blight biological control. Pages 87-95 in: Steiner K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Maynard, C.A., L.D. Polin, S. LaPierre, R.E. Rothrock and W.A. Powell. 2006. American chestnut (Castanea dentate (Marsh.) Borkh.). Pages 239-0251. In K. Wang, Ed. Agrobacterium Protocols: (2nd Edition) Methods in Molecular Biology Book Series #344, Humana Press, Inc. Totowa, NJ.

Merkle, S.A., G.M. Andrade, C.J. Nairn, W.A. Powell and C.A. Maynard (in press). Restoration of threatened species: a noble cause for transgenic trees. Tree Genetics and Genomes

http://www.springerlink.com/content/1614-2950/?k=Merkle

McGuire, I.C., J.E. Davis, M.L. Double, W.L. MacDonald, J.T. Rauscher, S. McCawley and M.G. Milgroom. 2005. Heterokaryon formation and parasexual recombination between vegetatively incompatible lineages in a population of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. Mol. Ecol. 14: 3657-3669.

Phelps, T. K.C. Steiner, C.C. Chen and J. Zacek. 2006. Planting trials of American chestnut in central Appalachian forests. Pages 161-166 in: Steiner K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Polin, L.D., H. Liang, R. Rothrock, M. Nishii, D. Diehl, A. Newhouse, W.A. Powell and C.A. Maynard. 2006. Transformation of American chestnut (Castanea dentate (Marsh.) Borkh.) somatic embryos. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 84:69-78.

Powell, W.A., C.A. Maynard, B. Boyle and A. Seguin. 2006. Fungal and bacterial resistance in transgenic trees. Pages 235-252. In: M. Fladung and D. Ewald, Eds., Tree Transgenics, Recent Developments. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, Germany. 357 p.

Rothrock, R.L., L. McGuigan, A. Newhouse, W.A. Powell and C.A. Maynard. (in press). Plate flooding as an alternative Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method for American chestnut somatic embryos. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture.

Schlarbaum, S., S. Brosi, and S. Anagnostakis. 2006. Feasibility of large-scale reintroduction of chestnut to National Park Service lands. Pages 195-202 in: Steiner K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Segers, G.C., R. van Wezel, X. Zhang, Y. Hong and D.L. Nuss. 2006. Hypovirus papain-like protease p29 suppresses RNA silencing in the natural fungal host and in a heterologous plant system. Eukaryotic Cell 5: 896-904.

Sisco, Paul H. 2006. An update on chestnut DNA projects: Part I. The genes for blight resistance from Chinese chestnut. J. Am. Chestnut Found. 20(1): 21-29.

Sisco, Paul. H. 2006. An update on chestnut DNA projects: Part II. Other uses of molecular markers in the TACF breeding program. J. Am. Chestnut Found. 20(2):35-43.

Smith, M.L. C.C. Gibbs and M.G. Milgroom. 2006. Heterokaryon incompatibility function of barrage-associated vegetative incompatibility genes (vic) in Cryphonectria parasitica. Mycologia 98:43-50.

Smith, M.L., M.G. Milgroom, D. Rigling and U. Heineger. 2006. Occurrence of Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 in the chestnut blight fungus in Macedonia. Forest Pathology 36:136-143.

Sotirovski, K., M.G. Milgroom, D. Rigling and U. Heineger. 2006. Occurrence of Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 in the chestnut blight fungus in Macedonia. Forest Pathology 36:136-143.

Steiner, K.C. 2006. Regional adaptation in American chestnut. Pages 123-128 in: Steiner K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Steiner, K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. 2006. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Strasser, Robert. 2006. Of place and time. J. Am. Chestnut Found. 10:12-15.

Sun, L., D.L. Nuss and N. Suzuki. 2006. Synergism between a mycovirus and a hypovirus mediated by the papain-like protease p29 of the prototypic hypovirus CHV1-EP713. J. General Virology (in press).

Suzuki, N., K. Maruyama, M. Moriyama and D.L. Nuss. 20053 Hypovirus paparin-like protease p29 functions in trans to enhance viral double-stranded RNA accumulation and vertical transmission. J. Virol. 77:11697-11707 (not included in previous report).

Turina, M., L. Zhang and Neal K. Van Alfen. 2006. Effect of Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 (CHV1) infection on Cpkk1, a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase of the filamentour fungus Cryphonectria parasitica. Fungal Genetics and Biology (in press).

University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry. 2004. Why chestnuts: Nutrition and your health. Univ. of Missouri Center for Agroforestry, 23 Jan. 2006.

http://www.centerforagroforestry.org/pubs/whychestnuts.pdf (not listed in previous report).

Welch, A.J., C.A. Maynard, A. J. Stipanovic and W.A. Powell. (in press). The effects of oxalic acid on transgenic Castanea dentate callus tissue expressing oxalate oxidase. Plant Science.

Worthen, L.M. 2005. Expression of hypovirulence in a segregating population of BC2F2 Castanea dentate hybrids. Departmental Honors Thesis, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

11/09/2007

Cernusca, M.M., M.A. Gold and L.D. Godsey. 200x. Influencing consumer awareness through the Missouri chestnut roast. Journal of Extension (submitted April 2007).


Churchill, A.C.L., Milgroom, M.G., and D.L. Nuss. 2007. Genomic sequencing of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica. Joint Genome Institute User's Group Meeting, Walnut Creek, CA, March 28-30, 2007 (abstract).


Cooper, W.R. and L.K. Rieske. 2007. Community associates of an exotic gallmaker, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in eastern North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100. 236-244.


Deng, Fuyou, T.D. Allen and D.L. Nuss. 2007. Ste12 transcription factor homologue CpST12 is down-regulated by hypovirus infection and required for virulence and female fertility of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. Eukaryotic Cell 6:235-244.


Deng, Fuyou, T.D. Allen, B.I. Hillman and D.L. Nuss. 2007. Comparative analysis of alterations in host phenotype and transcript accumulation following hypovirus and mycoreovirus infections of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. Eukaryotic Cell 6: 1286-1298.


Gold, M.A. and R. McCoy (eds). 2007. The Chestnut Grower. Newsletter of the Chestnut Growers of America. Vol. 9, No. 1-2, Winter, Spring 2007.


Gold, M.A. and M. Hall (eds). 2007. The Chestnut Grower. Newsletter of the Chestnut Growers of America. Vol. 9, No. 3-4, Summer, Fall 2007.


Hunt, K. L., M. A. Gold, and M. R. Warmund. 2007. Chinese chestnut cultivar performance in Missouri. Annual. Rpt. Northern Nut Growers Assn. (in press).


Haiyan Lin, Xiuwan Lan, Hong Liao, T.B. Parsley, D.L.Nuss, and Baoshan Chen. 2007. Genome Sequence, Full-Length Infectious cDNA Clone, and Mapping of Viral Double-Stranded RNA Accumulation Determinant of Hypovirus CHV1-EP721. Journal of Virology 81:1813-1820.


Jeffers, S.N., J.B. James and P.H. Sisco. 2007. Screening for resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi in hybrid seedlings of American chestnut. 4th IUFRO Phytophthoras in Forest and Natural Ecosystems, Asilomar, CA. http://nature.berkeley.edu/IUFRO2007/phytophthora/abstracts/32_jeffers.pdf


Keesey I.W. and Bruce A. Barrett. 2006. Preliminary data on the seasonal occurrence and oviposition preferences of the lesser chestnut weevil, Curculio sayi, in mid-Missouri. Entomological Society of America, Annual Meeting; Indianapolis, IN; 11 December 2006. Oral presentation.


Kubisiak, T.L., C. Dutech and M. Milgroom. 2007. Fifty-three polymorphic microsatellite loci in the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. Mol. Ecol. Notes 7:428-432.


Lang, P., F. Dane, T.L. Kubisiak, and H.W. Huang. 2007. Molecular evidence for an Asian origin and a unique westward migration of species in the genus Castanea via Europe to North America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 49-59.


Liu, Y.-C. and M.G. Milgroom. 2007. Diversity of viruses in Cryphonectria parasitica and C. nitschkei in Japan and China, and partial characterization of a new chrysovirus species. Mycological Research 111:433-442.


Liu, Y.-C. and M.G. Milgroom. 2007. High diversity of vegetative compatibility types in Cryphonectria parasitica in Japan and China. Mycologia. 99:279-284.


Merkle, S.A., G.M. Andrade, C.J. Nairn, W.A. Powell and C.A. Maynard. 2007. Restoration of threatened species: A noble cause for transgenic trees. Tree Genetics and Genomes 3: 111-118.


Papazova-Anakieva, I., K. Sotirovski, P. Cortesi and M.G. Milgroom. 2007. Horizontal transmission of hypoviruses between vegetative compatibility types of Cryphonectria parasitica in Macedonia. Eur. J. Plant Pathology (in press).


Rieske, L.K. 2007. Success of an exotic gallmaker, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, on chestnut in the USA: a historical account. EPPO Bulletin 37, 172-174.


Rothrock, R.E., L.D. Polin-Mcguigan, A.E. Newhouse, W.A. Powell, W.A. and C.A. Maynard. 2007. Plate flooding as an alternative Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method for American chestnut somatic embryos. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 88: 93-99


Segers, G.C., X. Zhang, F. Deng, Q. Sun and D.L. Nuss. 2007. Evidence that RNA silencing functions as an antiviral defense mechanism in fungi. PNAS 104: 12902-12906.


Sudo, K., McLane, H.L., Krasnoff, S.B., Anagnostakis, S.L., Gibson, D.M., and A.C.L. Churchill. 2007. Characterization of a polyketidesynthase gene of the chestnut blight fungus by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated targeted gene disruption. American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 28-August 1, 2007 (abstract) [http://www.apsnet.org/meetings/2007/abstracts/a07ma686.htm].


Sudo, K., McLane, H.L., Krasnoff, S.B., Anagnostakis, S.L., Gibson, D.M., and A.C.L. Churchill. 2007. Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated disruption of a polyketide synthase gene in Cryphonectria parasitica. Fung. Genet. Newsl. 54, #260 (abstract). http://www.fgsc.net/asil2007/xxivFGCposterAbs.htm], XXIV Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, March 20-25, 2007.


Welch, A.J., A.J. Stipanovic, C.A. Maynard, and W.A. Powell. 2007. The effects of oxalic acid on transgenic Castanea dentata callus tissue expressing oxalate oxidase. Plant Science 172:488-496.

12/05/2008

NE-1015 Publication List 2004-2008

Alexander, M.T., L.W. Worthen and J.H. Craddock. 2005. Conservation of Castanea dentata germplasm of the southeastern United States. III International Congress, Claves, Portugal, Oct. 20-23, 2004, Acta Hort (ISHS) 693:485-490.
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Alexander, S., M. Alexander and J.H. Craddock. 2006. Host pathogen interactions in a segregating population of BC2F2 hybrid Castanea dentata after exposure to hypovirus-containing and hypovirus-free strains of Cryphonectria parasitica. In: Restoration of American Chestnut to Forest Lands: Proc. Of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004. The North Carolina Arboretum., .
Allen, T.D. and D.L. Nuss. 2004. Linkage between mitochondrial hypovirulence and viral hypovirulence in the chestnut blight fungus revealed by cDNA microarray analysis. Eukaryotic Cell 3:1227-1232.
Allen, T.D. and D.L. Nuss. 2004. Specific and common alterations in host gene transcript accumulation following infection of the chestnut blight fungus by mild and severe hypovirus. J. Virol. 78:4145-4155.
Allen, T.D., A.L. Dawe and D.L. Nuss. 2003. Use of cDNA microarrays to monitor transcriptional responses of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica to infection by virulence-attenuating hypovirus. Eurkaryotic Cell 2:1253-1265.
Anagnostakis, S. L. 2007. Effect of shade on growth of seedling American chestnut trees. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 24:317-318.
Anagnostakis, S., J. Carlson, F.V.Hebard, T.L. Kubisiak, D. Nielsen, W. Powell, R. Sederof, P. Sisco,, C. Smith, J. Tomkins, and N. Wheeler. 2007. Genomic tool development for the Fagaceae. Abstract P505. Plant and Animal Genome XV, San Diego, CA, Jan. 13  17.
Anagnostakis, S.L. 2005. Chestnuts in the United States for food and timber. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 693:41-46.
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Anagnostakis, S.L. 2007. Effect of male parent on nut weight in chestnut. Norther Nut Growers Association. Nov. 7, 2007. .
Anagnostakis, S.L. and P. Devin. 2004. Nutrients in chestnut. Journal of The American Chestnut Foundation 18(1):38-41.
Andrade, G.M. and S.A. Merkle. 2005. Enhancement of American chestnut somatic seedling production. Plant Cell Reports 24:326-334.
Andrade, G.M., C. J. Nairn, H.T. Le and S.A. Merkle. 2006. Transgenic American chestnut trees: a novel approach for the restoration of the species. In Plant Biology 2006 Program and Abstracts, August 5-9, 2006, Boston, MA. Abstract No. P46017.
Biella S, M.L. Smith, J.R. Aist, P. Cortesi and M.G. Milgroom. 2002. Programmed cell death correlates with virus transmission in a filamentous fungus. Proc. Royal Soc. London, Series B-Biological Sciences 269 (1506): 2269-2276. (not included in previous report).
Buck, K.W., R. Eestban and B.I. Hillman. 2005. Family Narnaviridae. In Virus Taxonomy: Eighth Report of the International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses. C.M. Fauquet et al., etds. Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Carbone, I., Y.-C. Liu, B.I. Hillman and M.G. Milgroom. 2004. Recombination and migration of Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 as inferred from gene genealogies and the coalescent . Genetics 166:1611-1629.
Carlson, J.C. 2006. Biological confinement of genetically engineered organisms. Pages 151-158 in: Steiner K.C. and J.E. Carlson, eds. Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.
Cernusca, M.M., M.A. Gold and L.D. Godsey. 2008. Influencing consumer awareness through the Missouri chestnut roast. Missouri Journal of Extension (in press).
Churchill, A.C.L., Milgroom, M.G., and D.L. Nuss. 2007. Genomic sequencing of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica. Joint Genome Institute User's Group Meeting, Walnut Creek, CA, March 28-30, 2007 (abstract).
Cooper, W.R. and L.K. Rieske. 2007. Community associates of an exotic gallmaker, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in eastern North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100. 236-244.
Cooper, W.R. and L.K. Rieske. 2007. Community associates of an exotic gallmaker, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, in eastern North America. Annals of the Entomol Soc America 100, 236-244.
Cooper, W.R. and L.K. Rieske. 2008. Differential responses in American and Chinese chestnut to foliar application of jasmonic acid. Chemoecology 18, 121-127.
Cooper, W.R., and L.K. Rieske. Jasmonic acid treatment on chestnut benefits a gall forming wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus. Entomological Society of America National Meeting, San Diego, CA. December 2007.
Craddock, J.H. 2006. Chestnut breeding in the United States. Pages 109-128 in: Tree Breeding Researchers: for the next half century. Proc. International Symposium for the 50th Anniversary of KFGR and the 20th Anniversary of the late Dr. S.K. Hyun. June 15-16, 2006, Forest Seed Research Center, Suanbo, Korea. KFRI.
Craddock, J.T., M.T. Alexander, S.H. Alexander, J.L. Bramblett and L.M. Worthen. 2005. Chestnut cultivar evaluations in Tennessee: orchard establishment and early germplasm characterization, III International Congress, Claves, Portugal, Oct. 20-23, 2004, Acta Hort (ISHS) 693:465-470, .
Davelos, A.L. and A.M. Jarosz. 2004. Demography of American chestnut populations: efforts of pathogen and a hyperparasite. J. Ecology 92:675-685.
Davis, D. 2006. Historical significance of American chestnut to Appalachian culture and ecology. Pages 53-60 in: Restoration of American Chestnut To Forest Lands-Proceedings of a Conference and Workshop. May 4-6, 2004, The North Carolina Arboretum, Natural Resources Report NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR-2006/001, National Park Service, Washington, DC.
Davis, J.E., T.L. Kubisiak and M.G. Milgroom. 2005. Polymorphic sequence-characterized codominant loci in the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. Mol. Ecol. Notes 5 (2):195-197.
Dawe, A.L., G.C. Segers, T.D. Allen, V. C. McMains and D.L. Nuss. 2004. Microarray analysis of Cryphonectria parasitica G±- and G²³-signaling pathways reveals extensive modulation by hypovirus infection. Microbiology 150:4033-4043.
Dawe, A.L., V.C. McMains, M. Panglao, S. Kasahara, B. Chen and D.L. Nuss. 2003. An ordered collection of expressed sequences from Cryphonectria parasitica and evidence of genomic microsynteny with Neurospora crassa and Magnaporthe grisea. Microbiology 149:2373-2384.
Deng, Fuyou and D.L. Nuss. 2008. Hypovirus papain-like protease p48 is required for initiation but not for maintenance of virus RNA propagation in the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica. J. Virology 82:6369-6378.
Deng, Fuyou, T.D. Allen and D.L. Nuss. 2007. Ste12 transcription factor homologue CpST12 is down-regulated by hypovirus infection and required for virulence and female fertility of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. Eukaryotic Cell 6:235-244.
Deng, Fuyou, T.D. Allen, B.I. Hillman and D.L. Nuss. 2007. Comparative analysis of alterations in host phenotype and transcript accumulation following hypovirus and mycoreovirus infections of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. Eukaryotic Cell 6: 1286-1298.
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