Testing American chestnuts for blight resistance

Jesse D. Diller

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Testing American chestnuts for blight resistance

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jesse D. Diller

Year:

1957

Type:

Forest Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Forest Research Note NE-74. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3 p.

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Abstract

It has now been over half a century since chestnut blight, caused by the fungus Endothia parasitica (Murr.) A. & A., was introduced into America from the Orient. In that time the blight has spread relentlessly and has destroyed all of our commercial stands of this once most valuable hardwood species of the East.

Citation

Diller, Jesse D. 1957. Testing American chestnuts for blight resistance. Forest Research Note NE-74. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3 p.