C. Dana Nelson, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Michael Ulyshen, Cory K. Adams, Jacqui Adams, Susan B. Adams, Mickey Bland, Don C. Bragg, Chuck Burdine, Mac A. Callaham, Richard Chaney, Gregg Chapman, Patsy Clinton, Cinnamon Dixon, Jacob Floyd, Phillip Jordan, Tara L. Keyser, Stephanie H. Laseter, Rachel Mallinger, Virginia McDaniel, Bryan Mudder, C. Dana Nelson, Katherine Odanaka, A. Christopher Oishi, Shawna L. Reid, Samm Reynolds, Kevin Robertson, Daniel Saenz, Mary Anne Sayer, Nathan Schiff, Brian Scholtens, Joel Scott, Martin Spetich, Melanie K. Taylor, John Willis, Andrew D. Young. 2024. Spatiotemporal patterns of forest pollinator diversity across the southeastern United States
• Tyler J. Dreaden, Katherine E. Smith, C. Dana Nelson, Emily E. D. Coffey, Lauren Eserman, Jason A. Smith. 2024. Genetic variation in the endangered Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia Arn.) and implications for conservation1
• Austin M. Thomas, Mark V. V. Coggeshall, Philip A. O’Connor, C. Dana Nelson. 2024. Adaptive Strategies of White Oak (Quercus alba) in Response to Climate Change: Insights from a 40-Year Study of Growth and Phenology
• Drew A. Larson, Margaret E. Staton, Beant Kapoor, Nurul Islam-Faridi, Tetyana Zhebentyayeva, Fan Shenghua, Jozsef Stork, Austin Thomas, Alaa S. Ahmed, Elizabeth C. Stanton, Allan Houston, Scott E. Schlarbaum, Matthew W. Hahn, John E. Carlson, Albert G. Abbott, Seth DeBolt, C. Dana Nelson. 2024. A haplotype resolved reference genome of Quercus alba sheds light on the evolutionary history of oaks
• Carolyn C. Pike, C. Dana Nelson, Kevin M. Potter. 2024. Loblolly Pine: Guidance for Seed Transfer Within the Eastern United States
• Shenghua Fan, Laura L. Georgi, Frederick V. Hebard, Tetyana Zhebentyayeva, Jiali Yu, Paul H. Sisco, Sara F. Fitzsimmons, Margaret E. Staton, Albert G. Abbott, C. Dana Nelson. 2024. Mapping QTLs for blight resistance and morpho-phenological traits in inter-species hybrid families of chestnut (Castanea spp.)
• Austin M. Thomas, Mark V. V. Coggeshall, Philip A. O’Connor, C. Dana Nelson. 2024. Climate Adaptation in White Oak (Quercus alba, L.): A Forty-Year Study of Growth and Phenology
• Albert G. Abbott, Margaret E. Staton, John M. Lohtka, Laura E. DeWald, Tetyana Zhebentyayeva, Beant Kapoor, Austin M. Thomas, Drew A. Larson, Denita Hadziabdic, Seth DeBolt, C. Dana Nelson, John E. Carlson. 2024. Will “Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow”? White Oak (Quercus alba) Biology in the Anthropocene
• Nurul Islam-Faridi, George L. Hodnett, Tetyana Zhebentyayeva, Laura L. Georgi, Paul H. Sisco, Frederick V Hebard, C. Dana Nelson. 2024. Cyto-molecular characterization of rDNA and chromatin composition in the NOR-associated satellite in Chestnut (Castanea spp.)
• Chuck Burdine, Chance K. Parker, Warren L. Nance, Esteban Galeano, C. Dana Nelson. 2023. Conserving Mississippi origin American Chestnut genotypes - Initial results with a modified nut -grafting method,
• Ellen Crocker, Kumari Gurung, Jared Calvert, C. Dana Nelson, Jian Yang. 2023. Integrating GIS, Remote Sensing, and Citizen Science to Map Oak Decline Risk across the Daniel Boone National Forest
• Douglass F. Jacobs, Kas Dumroese, Andrea N. Brennan, Faith T. Campbell, Anna O. Conrad, Jason A. Delborne, Sara Fitzsimmons, David Flores, Christian P. Giardina, Leigh Greenwood, Juan A. Martín, Scott A. Merkle, C. Dana Nelson, Andrew E. Newhouse, William A. Powell, Jeanne Romero‑Severson, David N. Showalter, Richard A. Sniezko, Steven H. Strauss, Jared Westbrook, Paul Woodcock. 2023. Reintroduction of at‑risk forest tree species using biotechnology depends on regulatory policy, informed by science and with public support
• John Butnor, Bob Eaton, C. Dana Nelson. 2022. Growth Response of mature longleaf pine to drought and thinning at the Harrison Experimental Forest in south Mississippi
• Rachel Thunder, Anna O. Conrad, Chuck Burdine, Jian Yang, John M. Lhotka, Albert G. Abbott, C. Dana Nelson. 2022. White oak (Quercus alba L.) microsatellite markers for genetic diversity studies
• Daniel Ence, Katherine Smith, Shenghua Fan, Leandro Gomide Neves, Robin Paul, Jill Wegrzyn, Gary Peter, Matias Kirst, Jeremy Brawner, C. Dana Nelson, John Davis, J. Holland. 2021. NLR diversity and candidate fusiform rust resistance genes in loblolly pine
• Nurul Islam-Faridi, Tetyana Zhebentyayeva, George L. Hodnett, Laura L. Georgi, Paul H. Sisco, Frederick V Hebard, C. Dana Nelson. 2021. Ribosomal DNA organization and composition in American and Chinese chestnuts
• Shaik M. Hossain, Don C. Bragg, Virginia McDaniel, Carolyn C. Pike, Barbara S. Crane, C. Dana Nelson. 2021. Evaluation of long-term shortleaf pine progeny tests in the Ouachita and Ozark National Forests, USA
• Carolyn Pike, Jennifer Koch, C. Dana Nelson. 2021. Breeding for Resistance to Tree Pests: Successes, Challenges, and a Guide to the Future
• C. Dana Nelson, Jennifer Koch, Richard A. Sniezko. 2020. Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on the Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions in Forestry—Tree Resistance to Insects and Diseases: Putting Promise into Practice
• Nurul Islam-Faridi, Hamidou F. Sakhanokho, C. Dana Nelson. 2020. New chromosome number and cyto-molecular characterization of the African Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) - “The Tree of Life”
• Margaret Staton, Charles Addo-Quaye, Nathaniel Cannon, Jiali Yu, Tetyana Zhebentyayeva, Matthew Huff, Nurul Islam-Faridi, Shenghua Fan, Laura L. Georgi, C. Dana Nelson, Emily Bellis, Sara Fitzsimmons, Nathan Henry, Daniela Drautz-Moses, Rooksana E. Noorai, Stephen Ficklin, Christopher Saski, Mihir Mandal, Tyler K. Wagner, Nicole Zembower, Catherine Bodénès, Jason Holliday, Jared Westbrook, Jesse Lasky, Frederick V Hebard, Stephan C. Schuster, Albert G. Abbott, John E. Carlson. 2020. A reference genome assembly and adaptive trait analysis of Castanea mollissima ‘Vanuxem,’ a source of resistance to chestnut blight in restoration breeding
• C. Dana Nelson, Ellen V Crocker, Laura DeWald, Earl M. Raley, Joshua P. Adams, Barbara S. Crane, Gary F. Peter, Claudio Casola, John M. Davis, Scott A. Merkle. 2020. Report on the Thirty-Fifth Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference (SFTIC 2019)
• Katherine Smith, Junli Zhang, Marc Hughes, Craig Echt, Sedley A. Josserand, C. Dana Nelson, Jason Smith. 2020. Restoration After the Laurel Wilt Disease Epidemic
• Bradford Condon, Ellen Crocker, Abdullah Almsaeed, C. Dana Nelson, Albert Abbott, Margaret Staton. 2020. Treesnap: a Citizen Science App Connecting Tree Enthusiasts and Forest Scientists
• John E. Carlson, Margaret E. Staton, Charles Addo-Quaye, Nathaniel Cannon, Tetyana Zhebentyayeva, Nurul Islam-Faridi, Jiali Yu, Matthew Huff, Shenghua Fan, Anna O. Conrad, Stephan C. Schuster, Albert G. Abbott, Jared Westbrook, Jason Holliday, C. Dana Nelson, Laura Georgi, Frederick V Hebard. 2020. An Improved Chinese Chestnut Genome
• Margaret E. Staton, Abdullah Almsaeed, Bradford Condon, Ming Chen, Jill L. Wegrzyn, Doreen Main, Stephen P. Ficklin, Albert G. Abbott, C. Dana Nelson, John E. Carlson. 2020. Searching, downloading and analyzing tree genetic and genomic data with the hardwood genomics website
• Bradford Condon, Abdullah Almsaeed, Ellen Crocker, Albert Abbott, C. Dana Nelson, Margaret Staton. 2020. Treesnap: a citizen science project and mobile app to tag trees for science
• C. Dana Nelson, Jennifer Koch, Kevin M. Potter, Susan Mccord, Adam Costanza, Mark Coggeshall, Margaret Staton, Albert Abbott. 2020. Better forest health through tree resistance-collaborative approaches
• Tetyana Zhebentyayeva, Andrew Gitto, Steven Jeffers, Paul Sisco, Taylor Perkins, Hill Craddock, Christopher Saski, Jared Westbrook, Frederick Hebard, Laura Georgi, Joseph James, Margaret Staton, C. Dana Nelson, Albert Abbott. 2020. Genetic mapping and unctional genomics analyses of the resistance/ susceptible response in chestnut seedlings to Phytophthora Cinnamomi Infection
• Daniel Ence, Katherine E. Smith, Robin Paul, Matias Kirst, Jill L. Wegrzyn, C. Dana Nelson, John M. Davis. 2020. Multiple approaches to dissect fusiform rust resistance in Pinus taeda L.
• Don C. Bragg, Barbara S. Crane, Shaik M. Hossain, Virginia McDaniel, C. Dana Nelson. 2020. A new look at some old shortleaf pine progeny tests: lessons for silvicultural opportunities through partnerships
• Nurul Islam-Faridi, Mary E. Mason, Jennifer Koch, C. Dana Nelson. 2020. Cytogenetics of Fraxinus mandshurica and F. quadrangulata: ploidy determination and rDNA analysis
• John Butnor, Kurt Johnsen, Christopher A. Maier, C. Dana Nelson. 2020. Intra-annual variation in soil C, N and nutrients pools after prescribed fire in a Mississippi longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) plantation
• Ellen V Crocker, Anna O. Conrad, Xiaoshu Li, Billy Thomas, Thomas Ochuodho, C. Dana Nelson. 2019. Delphi expert opinion survey to assess threats to oaks in the Eastern United States
• Bradford J. Condon, Ellen V Crocker, Abdullah Almsaeed, Albert G. Abbott, C. Dana Nelson, Margaret Staton. 2019. TreeSnap: a citizen science tool to help our forests
• Anna Conrad, Ellen Crocker, Xiaoshu Li, William Thomas, Thomas Ochuodho, Tom Holmes, C. Dana Nelson. 2019. Threats to oaks in the eastern United States: Perceptions and expectations of experts
• Kevin M. Potter, Robert M. Jetton, Lia Campbell, John M. Hastings, Sedley A. Josserand, Valerie Hipkins, C. Dana Nelson, William S. Dvorak. 2019. Molecular genetics and the effort to conserve southern hemlocks decimated by the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
• Xiaoshu Li, Tom Holmes, Kevin J. Boyle, Ellen V Crocker, C. Dana Nelson. 2019. Hedonic analysis of forest pest invasion: the Case of emerald ash borer
• Anna Conrad, Jiali Yu, Margaret Staton, Jean-Marc Audergon, Guillaume Roch, Veronique Decroocq, Kevin Knagge, Huadong Chen, Tetyana Zhebentyayeva, Zongrang Liu, Christopher Dardick, C. Dana Nelson, Albert G. Abbott. 2019. Association of the phenylpropanoid pathway with dormancy and adaptive trait variation in apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
• Tetyana N. Zhebentyayeva, Paul H. Sisco, Laura L. Georgi, Steven N. Jeffers, M. Taylor Perkins, Joseph B. James, Frederick V Hebard, Christopher Saski, C. Dana Nelson, Albert G. Abbott. 2019. Dissecting resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi in interspecific hybrid chestnut crosses using sequence-based genotyping and QTL mapping
• Ellen Crocker, Bradford Condon, Abdullah Almsaeed, Benjamin Jarret, C. Dana Nelson, Albert G. Abbott, Doreen Main, Margaret Staton. 2019. TreeSnap: A citizen science app connecting tree enthusiasts and forest scientists
• Markus Müller, C. Dana Nelson, Oliver Gailing. 2018. Analysis of Environment-Marker Associations in American Chestnut
• Mengmeng Lu, Konstantin V. Krutovsky, C. Dana Nelson, Jason B. West, Nathalie A. Reilly, Carol A. Loopstra. 2017. Association genetics of growth and adaptive traits in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) using whole-exome-discovered polymorphisms
• Kevin M. Potter, Angelia Rose Campbell, Sedley A. Josserand, C. Dana Nelson, Robert M. Jetton. 2017. Population isolation results in unexpectedly high differentiation in Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana), an imperiled southern Appalachian endemic conifer
• Oliver Gailing, C. Dana Nelson. 2017. Genetic variation patterns of American chestnut populations at EST-SSRs
• C. Dana Nelson, Jennifer Koch. 2017. Institute of forest tree breeding: Improvement and gene conservation of iconic tree species in the 21st Century
• Mengmeng Lu, Konstantin V. Krutovsky, C. Dana Nelson, Tomasz E. Koralewski, Thomas D. Byram, Carol A. Loopstra. 2016. Exome genotyping, linkage disequilibrium and population structure in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.)
• John F. Stewart, Rodney Will, Barbara S. Crane, C. Dana Nelson. 2016. Occurrence of shortleaf x loblolly pine hybrids in shortleaf pine orchards: Implications for ecosystem restoration
• John F. Stewart, Rodney E. Will, Barbara S. Crane, C. Dana Nelson. 2016. The genetics of shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata mill.) with implications for restoration and management
• J.C. Bradley, R.E. Will, J.F. Stewart, C. Dana Nelson, Jim M. Guldin. 2016. Post-fire resprouting of shortleaf pine is facilitated by a morphological trait but fire eliminates shortleaf x loblolly pine hybrid seedlings
• John Butnor, Kurt Johnsen, C. Dana Nelson. 2016. Changes in soil chemistry six months after prescribed fire in a longleaf pine plantation in Mississippi
• Jim M. Guldin, James F. Rosson, C. Dana Nelson. 2016. Restoration of longleaf pine--the status of our knowledge
• Harmony Dalgleish, C. Dana Nelson, John Scrivani, Douglass Jacobs. 2015. Consequences of shifts in abundance and distribution of American chestnut for restoration of a foundation forest tree
• Henry Amerson, C. Dana Nelson, Thomas L. Kubisiak, E.George Kuhlman, Saul Garcia. 2015. Identification of nine pathotype-specific genes conferring resistance to fusiform rust in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.)
• Jared W. Westbrook, Vikram E. Chhatre, Le-Shin Wu, Srikar Chamala, Leandro Gomide Neves, Patricio Munoz, Pedro J. Martinez-Garcia, David B. Neale, Matias Kirst, Keithanne Mockaitis, C. Dana Nelson, Gary F. Peter, John M. Davis, Craig Echt. 2015. A consensus genetic map for Pinus taeda and Pinus elliottii and extent of linkage disequilibrium in two genotype-phenotype discovery populations of Pinua taeda
• C. Dana Nelson, Gwendolyn Boyd, Randall J. Rousseau, Barbara S. Crane, Craig Echt, Kurt Johnsen. 2015. Participatory genetic improvement: longleaf pine
• Rodney E. Will, Curtis J. Lilly, John F. Stewart, C. Dana Nelson, Charles G. Tauer. 2015. Is there a morphological or physiological explanation for the dramatic increase in hybridization between loblolly and shortleaf pine?
• John F Stewart, Rodney E Will, Kevin M Robertson, C. Dana Nelson. 2014. Frequent fire protects shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) from introgression by loblolly pine (P. taeda).
• Jared W. Westbrook, Marcio F. R. Resende Jr., Patricio Munoz, Alejandro R. Walker, Jill L. Wegrzyn, C. Dana Nelson, David B. Neale, Matias Kirst, Salvador A. Gezan, Gary F. Peter, John M. Davis. 2013. Association genetics of oleoresin flow in loblolly pine: discovering genes and predicting phenotype for improved resistance to bark beetles and bioenergy potential
• T. Zhebentyayeva, A. Chandra, A.G. Abbott, M.E. Staton, B.A. Olukolu, F.V. Hebard, L.L. Georgi, S.N. Jeffers, P.H. Sisco, J.B. James, C. Dana Nelson. 2013. Genetic and genomic resources for mapping resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi in chestnut
• C. Dana Nelson, W.A. Powell, C.A. Maynard, K.M. Baier, A. Newhouse, S.A. Merkle, C.J. Nairn, L. Kong, J.E. Carlson, C. Addo-Quaye, M.E. Staton, F.V. Hebard, L.L. Georgi, A.G. Abbott, B.A. Olukolu, T. Zhebentyayeva. 2013. The Forest Health Initiative, American chestnut (Castanea dentata) as a model for forest tree restoration: Biological Research Program
• C. Dana Nelson, Gary F. Peter, Steven E. McKeand, Eric J. Jokela, Robert Rummer, Les Groom, Kurt Johnsen. 2013. Pines
• John F. Stewart, Charles G. Tauer, Jim M. Guldin, C. Dana Nelson. 2013. Hybridization in naturally regenerated shortleaf pine as affected by the distance to nearby artificially regenerated stands of loblolly pine
• James Vose, David N. Wear, Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield, C. Dana Nelson. 2013. Hemlock woolly adelgid in the southern Appalachians: Control strategies, ecological impacts, and potential management responses
• John Butnor, Kurt Johnsen, Felipe Sanchez, C. Dana Nelson. 2012. Impacts of pine species, stump removal, cultivation, and fertilization on soil properties half a century after planting
• Bode A. Olukolu, C. Dana Nelson, Albert G. Abbott. 2012. Mapping resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi in chestnut (Castanea sp.)
• John Butnor, Kurt Johnsen, C. Dana Nelson. 2012. Exploring genetic diversity, physiologic expression and carbon dynamics in longleaf pine: a new study installation at the Harrison Experimental Forest
• Randall J Rousseau, Joshua P Adams, C. Dana Nelson, M. Cetin Yuceer. 2012. Report on the 31st Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference (SFTIC)
• Charles G. Tauer, John F. Stewart, Rodney E. Will, Curtis J. Lilly, Jim M. Guldin, C. Dana Nelson. 2012. Hybridization Leads to Loss of Genetic Integrity in Shortleaf Pine: Unexpected Consequences of Pine Management and Fire Suppression
• Tom Kubisiak, Claire L Anderson, Henry V Amerson, Jason A Smith, John M Davis, C. Dana Nelson. 2011. A genomic map enriched for markers linked to Avr1 in Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme
• Craig Echt, Surya Saha, Dennis Deemer, C. Dana Nelson. 2011. Microsatellite DNA in genomic survey sequences and UniGenes of loblolly pine
• Craig Echt, Surya Saha, Konstantin V. Krutovsky, Kokulapalan Wimalanathan, John E. Erpelding, Chun Liang, C. Dana Nelson. 2011. An annotated genetic map of loblolly pine based on microsatellite and cDNA markers
• Jennifer Koch, Dave Carey, Mary E. Mason, C. Dana Nelson, Abdelali Barakat, John E. Carlson, David Neale. 2011. Development of molecular tools for use in beech bark disease management
• Kevin M. Potter, John Frampton, Sedley A. Josserand, C. Dana Nelson. 2010. Evolutionary history of two endemic Appalachian conifers revealed using microsatellite markers
• Jennifer Koch, Dave Carey, Mary E. Mason, C. Dana Nelson. 2010. Assessment of beech scale resistance in full- and half-sibling American beech families
• Claire L Anderson, Tom Kubisiak, C. Dana Nelson, Jason A Smith, John M Davis. 2010. Genome size variation in the pine fusiform rust pathogen Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme as determined by flow cytometry
• Nurul Islam-Faridi, C. Dana Nelson, S.P. DiFazio, L.E. Gunter, G.A. Tuskan. 2009. Cytogenetic Analysis of Populus trichocarpa - Ribosomal DNA, Telomere Repeat Sequence, and Marker-selected BACs
• Nurul Islam-Faridi, C. Dana Nelson, PH Sisco, Tom Kubisiak, FV Hebard, RL Paris, RL Phillips. 2009. Cytogenetic analysis of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) using fluorescent in situ hybridization.
• Kurt Johnsen, John Butnor, John S. Kush, Ron Schmidtling, C. Dana Nelson. 2009. Hurricane Katrina winds damaged longleaf pine less than loblolly pine
• C. Dana Nelson, Larry Lott, David Gwaze. 2005. Expected genetic gains and development plans for two longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) third-generation seedling seed orchards
• David Gwaze, Larry Lott, C. Dana Nelson. 2003. The efficacy of breeding for brown spot disease resistance in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
• H.E. Stelzer, Rob Doudrick, Tom Kubisiak, C. Dana Nelson. 1999. Prescreening slash pine and Cronartium pedigrees for evaluation of complementary gene action in fusiform rust disease.
• Tom Kubisiak, F.V. Hebard, C. Dana Nelson, Jiansu Zhang, R. Bernatzky, H. Huang, S.L. Anagnostakis, Rob Doudrick. 1997. Molecular mapping of resistance to blight in an interspecific cross in the genus Castanea

• Project
  

  Future-proofing forest restoration decisions with genetic information (ERR26)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/projects/future-proof-restoration
  Station

  Southern Research Station
• Project
  

  Turning invasive pests against themselves - protecting trees with anti-pest-specific treatments

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/projects/managing-invasives-rnai
  Station

  Southern Research Station
• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  Harrison Experimental Forest

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/forestsandranges/locations/harrison
  Station

  Southern Research Station

Multimedia

• Webinars

  SCIENCEx Genetics: Molecular Genetics and Applications

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/sciencex-genetics-molecular-genetics-and-applications

• University of Minnesota, Ph.D., Forest Genetics, 1988
• Oklahoma State University, M.S., Forest Genetics, 1984
• Iowa State University, B.S., Forestry, 1982