Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 20, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE ON CHESTNUT (2006), pp. 45-49 (5 pages) Isolates of Cryphonectria parasitica, the causal agent of chestnut blight, were sampled from ...

The occurrence of multiple introductions may be a crucial factor in the successful establishment of invasive species, but few studies focus on the introduction of fungal pathogens, despite their ...

As molecular plant pathology research advances, more and more genes are being identified with a plant's ability to defend itself against disease (see Powell et al. 2006). In order to enhance ...

Three virulent and three curative, hypovirulent strains of Endothia parasitica were grown on agar media in the laboratory at eight different temperatures. The growth rate of several strains changed ...

Two images from the field show a chestnut sprout and a closeup of the fungus. The canker fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, is responsible for widespread loss of American chestnut trees from the forest ...

Once a defining tree of eastern forests, the American chestnut was nearly erased by a foreign fungus within a few human generations. A genetically engineered line known as Darling 54 has now pushed ...

This review provides an overview of the mycoviruses that are associated with the attenuation of fungal pathogenesis that is known as hypovirulence. The taxonomy and genome organization of hypoviruses ...

ONCE upon a time, according to folklore, a squirrel could travel through America’s chestnut forests from Maine to Florida without ever touching the ground. The chestnut population of North America was ...