Reintroduction of American Chestnut in the National Forest System

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 502-512

  Clark, Stacy L ^a   Schlarbaum, Scott E ^b   Pinchot, Cornelia C ^c   Anagnostakis, Sandra L ^d   Saunders, Michael R ^e   Thomas Van Gundy, Melissa ^c   Schaberg, Paul ^c   McKenna, James ^c   Bard, Jane F ^a   Berrang, Paul C ^a   Casey, David M ^a   Casey, Chris E ^a   Crane, Barbara ^a   Jackson, Brian D ^a   Kochenderfer, Jeff D ^a   Lewis, Robert F ^a   MacFarlane, Russ ^a   Makowski, Robert ^a   Miller, Mark D ^a   Rodrigue, Jason A ^a   Stelick, Jim ^a   Thornton, Christopher D ^a   Williamson, Tyler S ^a   more..

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station   (United States)

^d Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backcross breeding; Chestnut blight; High quality seedlings; Progeny testing; USDA Forest Service

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FRUITS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION;

AMERICAN CHESTNUT RESTORATION; BACKCROSS BREEDING; CHESTNUT BLIGHT; HIGH QUALITY; SEEDLING PRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS; USDA FOREST SERVICE; VEGETATION ESTABLISHMENTS;

FORESTRY;

BREEDING; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GERMPLASM; PATHOGEN; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING;

CASTANEA DENTATA;

EID: 84906965089     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: 19383746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.13-106     Document Type: Article

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