Blight Control and Restoration of the American Chestnut

By G. J. Griffin. Journal of Forests, 2000

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Efforts to restore the American chestnut focus on natural blight resistance found in a few surviving trees of the species in the natural range, strains of the blight fungus with reduced virulence (hypovirulence), and introduction of Asian chestnut blight resistance into American chestnut. These approaches may be used alone or in combination. Also critical are site selection and other forest management practices.

Subfields: Cell Biology, Endocrinology, Plant Science

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Restoration of threatened species: a noble cause for transgenic trees (2007, methodology): “Attempts to restore the species to the forest have included (1) searching for natural blight resistance in surviving American chestnut trees, (2) hybridizing American chestnut with blight-resistant Asian chestnuts, (3) inducing mutations using gamma irradiation, and (4) using hypovirulent strains of”
Anthropogenic alterations of genetic diversity within tree populations: Implications for forest ecosystem resilience (2008, background): “Rare genotypes resistant to both chestnut blight and Dutch elm disease have been identified and are critical to species recovery efforts (Cheng et al., 1997; Griffin, 2000).”
Mechanisms of disease‐induced extinction (2004, background): “Two other plant pathogens have also caused dramatic and widespread declines in their hosts: the chestnut blight (Endothia parasitica) (Griffin 2000) and the Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma ulmi) (Gibbs 1978; Brasier 1987; Hubbes 1999).”