The forest health initiative, american chestnut (Castanea dentata) as a model for forest tree restoration: Biological research program

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1019, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-190

  Nelson, C D ^a   Powell, W A ^b   Maynard, C A ^b   Baier, K M ^b   Newhouse, A ^b   Merkle, S A ^c   Nairn, C J ^c   Kong, L ^c   Carlson, J E ^d   Addo Quaye, C ^d   Staton, M E ^e   Hebard, F V ^f   Georgi, L L ^f   Abbott, A G ^g   Olukolu, B A ^g   Zhebentyayeva, T ^g  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f American Chestnut Foundation   (United States)

^g CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Candidate genes; Castanea; Chestnut; Disease resistance; Genomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899722331     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2014.1019.27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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