12/06/2013

12/09/2015

NE-1333 PUBLICATIONS 2013-2014

Anagnostakis, S.L. 2014. A preliminary report on Asian chestnut gall wasp on species and hybrids of chestnut in Connecticut. Acta Hort. 1019:21-22.
Anagnostakis, S.L. and Pinchot, C.C. 2014. Restoration of chestnuts as a timber crop in Connecticut. Acta Hort. 1019:17-19.
Carlson, J.E., Staton, M.E., Addo-Quaye, C., Cannon, N., Tomsho, L.P., Ficklin, S., Saski, C., Burhans, R., Drautz, D., Wagner, T.K., Zembower, N., Schuster, S.C., Abbott, A.G., Nelson, C.D. and Hebard, F.V. 2014. The Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) genome. PAG-Asia Conference II, Singapore, 19-21 May 2014.
Carlson, J.E., Staton, M.E., Addo-Quaye, C., Cannon, N., Tomsho, L.P., Ficklin, S., Saski, C., Burhans, R., Drautz, D., Wagner, T.K., Zembower, N., Schuster, S.C., Abbott, A.G., Nelson, C.D. and Hebard, F.V. 2014. The chestnut genome project. Plant and Animal Genome Conference XXII, San Diego, CA. 21 Jan 2014, Abstract W307.
Clark, S.L., Schlarbaum, S.E. and Hebard, F.V. 2014. The first research plantings of third-generation, third backcross American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in the southern United States. Acta Hort. 1019:39-44.
Craddock, J.H. 2014. A tree crop archetype. Acta Hort. 1019:45-47
Dale, A. and Galic, D. 2014. Breeding blight resistant American chestnut for Canada. Acta Hort. 1019:49-53.
Dane, F., Xiaowei, L, Kocot, K. and Goertzen, L. 2014. Comparative analysis of the transcriptome of Castanea pumila var. pumila. Acta Hort. 1019:55-60.
Davelos Baines, A., Fulbright, D.W. and Jarosz, A.M. 2014. Effects of branch size and pathogen virulence on canker development and branch mortality. Acta Hort. 1019:23-29.
Dawe, A.L. 2014. Leveraging the genome sequence to identify genes with potential involvement in the virulence of Cryphonectria parasitica. Acta Hort. 1019:61-64.
Dawe, A.L. and Nuss, D.L. 2014. Hypovirus Molecular Biology: from Koch’s postulates to host self-recognition genes that restrict virus transmission. Adv. Virus Res. 86: 109-147.
Donis-González, I.R. Guyer, D.E., Pease, A., D.W. Fulbright and Barthel, F. 2014. Visualizing internal characteristics of fresh chestnuts (Castanea spp.) using traditional and ultrafast limited-angle-type x-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging. Acta Hort. 1019:65-71.
Donis-González, I.R., Guyer, D.E., Burns, J. and Leive-Valenzuela, G.A. 2014. Quality assessment of sliced chestnut (Castanea spp.) using color images. Acta Hort. 1019:73-80.
Double, M.L, MacDonald, W.L. and Taylor, G.M. 2014. Evaluation of Cryphonectria parasitica isolates collected from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Acta Hort. 1019:85-89.
Double, M.L. and MacDonald, W.L., eds. 2014. Proceedings of the Fifth International Chestnut Symposium. 4-8 Sep 2012, Shepherdstown, WV, 270 pp. ISBN: 978-94-6261-006-4.
Double, M.L. and Marshall, M.R. 2014. Strawberry amendment to potato dextrose agar to increase conidiation in Cryphonectria parasitica. Acta Hort. 1019:81-84.
Double, M.L., Kolp, M.R., Jarosz, A.M., Davelos Baines, A., Fulbright, D.W. and MacDonald, W.L. 2014. Fungi associated with hypovirulent cankers of differing ages on American chestnut. Acta Hort. 1043:57-65.
Double, M.L., MacDonald, W.L., Jarosz, A.M., Fulbright, D.W., Cummings Carlson, J. and Dahir, S. 2014. Recapping twenty years of biological control efforts in a stand of American chestnut in western Wisconsin. J. Amer. Chestnut Found. 27:19-23.
Fang, G.C., Blackmon B.P., Staton M.E., Nelson C.D., Kubisiak T.L., Olukolu B.A., Henry D., Zhebentyayeva T., Saski C.A., Cheng C.H., Monsanto M., Ficklin S., Atkins M., Georgi L.L., Barakat A., Wheeler N., Carlson J.E., Sederoff R. and Abbott A.G. 2013. A physical map of the Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) genome and its integration with the genetic map. Tree Genetics and Genomes 9:525-537.
Fulbright, D.W. 2013. Internal kernal breakdown (IKB) of chestnut appears when European X Japanese hybrid cultivars are pollinized by Chinese chestnut. Annual Rept. Northern Nut Growers 103:3-11.
Fulbright, D.W., Stadt, S., Medina-Mora, C., Mandujano, M., Serdar, Ü. and Donis-González, I.R. 2014. Kernel breakdown appears when hybrid Castanea Cultivars are pollinized by Castanea mollissima. Acta Hort. 1019:91-97.
Galic, D., Dale, A. and Alward, M. 2014. Vegetative propagation of American chestnut. Acta Hort. 1019:99-103.
Garziosi, I. and Rieski, L.K. 2014. Local spread of an exotic invader: using remote sensing and spatial analysis to document proliferation of the invasive Asian chestnut gall wasp. Acta Hort. 1019:113-118.
Georgi, L.L., Hebard, F.V., Staton, M.E., Olukolu, B.A., Abbott, A.G. and Nelson, C.D. 2014. Adapting chestnut single nulceotide polymorphisms for use in breeding. Acta Hort. 1019:105-112.
Gold, M.A. 2014. Agroforestry. Encyclopaedia Brittanica Online. Encyclopaedia Brittanica Inc.
Graziosi, I., and Rieske, L.K. 2014. Local spread of an exotic invader: using remote sensing and spatial analysis to document proliferation of the invasive Asian chestnut gall wasp. Acta Hort. 1019:113-118.
Graziosi, I., and Rieske, L.K. 2014. Potential fecundity of a highly invasive gall maker, Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Environ. Entomol. (in press).
Guyer, D.E., Donis-González, I.R., Burns, J. and De Kleine, M.E. 2014. Is internal quality of chestnuts influenced by harvest methods and physical stresses? Acta Hort. 1019:119-125.
Hao, J.J., Donis-González, I.R., Jiang, H.H., Liu, H. and Fulbright, D.W. 2014. Antimicrobial activity in chestnut tissues corresponding with flavonol glycoside and terpenoid substances. Acta Hort. 1019:127-134.
Harris, A.P. 2013. A vascular flora of Bendabout Farm, Bradley County, Tennessee and survey of native Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. (Fagaceae, American chestnut). M.S. Thesis, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. Chattanooga, TN.
Hebard, F.V., Fitzsimmons, S.F., Gurney, K.M. and Saielli, T.M. 2014. The breeding program of The American Chestnut Foundation. Acta Hort. 1019:135-139.
Herr, J.R. and Carlson, J.E. 2013. Traditional breeding, genomics-assisted breeding and biotechnological modification of forest trees in short rotation woody crops. In: Jacobson, M. and D. Ciolkosz (eds.), Wood-Based Energy in the Northern Forests. New York: Springer, pp 79-99. ISBN: 978-1-4614-9477-5 (print); 978-1-4614-9478-2 (online).
Jarosz, A.M., Springer, J.C., Fulbright, D.W., Double, M.L. and MacDonald, W.L. 2014. Hypovirus influence on survivorship and growth of American chestnuts at West Salem, Wisconsin, USA. Acta Hort. 1019-157-163.
Jose, S. and Gold, M.A. 2014. Agroforestry. In Rowe, D. (Ed.) Achieving Sustainability: Visions, Principles, and Practices. 1st Edition. Macmillan Reference, MI, USA.
Kenaley, S.C., Double, M.L. and MacDonald, W.L. 2014. Effect of spore concentration on the establishment of cytoplasmic hypovirulent (hv), transgenic hv, and virulent isolates of Cryphonectria parasitica, the chestnut blight fungus. Acta Hort. 1019-165-171.
Kubisiak, T.L., Nelson, C.D., Staton, M.E., Zhebentyayeva, T., Smith, C., Olukolu, B.A., Fang, G.-C., Hebard, F.V., Anagnostakis, S., Wheeler, N., Sisco, P.H., Abbott, A.G. and Sederoff, R.R. 2013. A transcriptome-based genetic map of Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) and identification of regions of segmental homology with peach (Prunus persica). Tree Genetics and Genomes 9:557-571.
McCleary T.S., McAllister, M., Coggeshall, M. and Romero-Severson, J. 2013. EST-SSR markers reveal synonymies, homonymies and relationships inconsistent with putative pedigrees in chestnut cultivars. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 60:1209-1222.
Medina-Mora, C., Fulbright, D.W. and Jarosz, A.M. 2014. SSR genotyping of progeny from a chestnut orchard in Michigan. Acta Hort. 1019-173-178.
Metaxas, A.M. 2013. Chestnut (Castanea spp.) cultivar evaluation for commercial chestnut production in Hamilton County, TN. M.S. Thesis, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. Chattanooga, TN.
Nelson, C.D., Merkle, S.A., Nairn, C.J., Kong, L., Staton, M.E., Abbott, A.G., Olukolu, B.A., Zhebentyayeva, T., Powell, W.A., Maynard, C.A., Baier, K.M., Newhouse, A., Carlson, J.E., Addo-Quaye, C., Hebard, F.V. and Georgi, L.L. 2014. The forest health initiative, American chestnut (Castanea dentata) as a model for forest tree restoration: biological research program. Acta Hort. 1019-179-189.
Nelson, C.D., Powell, W.A., Merkle, S.A., Carlson, J.E., Hebard, F.V, Islam-Faridi, N., Staton, M.E. and Georgi, L.L. 2014. Chestnut. In: Ramawat, K., Merillon J.M., Ahuja M.R. (eds), Tree Biotechnology, Chapter 1. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, in press (accepted, August 2013).
Newhouse, A.E., McGuigan, L.D., Baier, K.A., Valletta, K.E., Rottmann, W.H., Tschaplinski, T.J., Maynard, C.A. and Powell, W.A.. 2014. Transgenic American chestnuts show enhanced blight resistance and transmit the trait to T1 progeny. Plant Science (in press) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016894521400079X.
Newhouse, A.E., Spitzer J.E., Maynard, C.A. and Powell, W.A. 2014. Leaf Inoculation Assay as a Rapid Predictor of Chestnut Blight Susceptibility. Plant Disease 98:4-9.
Oakes, A.D., Powell, W.A. and Maynard, C.A. 2013. Doubling acclimatization survival of micropropagated American chestnuts with darkness and shortened rooting induction time. J. Environ. Hort. 31:77–83.
Petit, R.J., Carlson, J., Curtu, J., Loustau, M.L., Plomion, C., González-Rodriguez, A., Sork, V. and Ducousso, A. 2013. Fagaceae trees as models to integrate ecology, evolution and genomics. New Phytologist 197:369-371.
Pinchot, C.C., Clark, S.L., Saxton, A.M., Schlarbaum, S.E., Schweitzer, C.J. and Hebard, F.V. 2014. Impact of silvicultural treatment on chestnut seedling growth and survival. Acta Hort. 1019: 191-197.
Rieske, L.K. 2014. Accumulation of natural enemies by the Asian chestnut gall wasp in North America. Acta Hor. 1019:205-209.
Sisco, P.H. Hebard, F.V., Neel, T.C., Craddock, J.H. and Shaw, J. 2014. Cytoplasmic male sterility in interspecific hybrids between American and Asian Castanea species is correlated with the American D chloroplast haplotype. Acta Hort. 1019:215-222.
Springer, J.C., Davelos Baines, A., Fulbright, D.W. Chansler, M.T. and Jarosz, A.M. 2013. Hyperparasites influence population structure of the chestnut blight pathogen, Cryphonectria parasitica. Phytopathology, doi: 10-12-02730-R.
Stevens, D.J., Soltau, P. and Davelos Baines, A., 2014. American chestnut sprout dynamics. Acta Hort. 1019: 223-227.
Warmund, M.R. 2104. Anatomical features of chestnut galls induced by Dryocosmus kuriphilus. Acta Hort. 1019.239-242.
Warmund, M.R. 2014. Disinfestation of Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu in Zhangscion wood. Acta Hort. 1019:243-250.
Zhang, D.-X., Lu, H.-L., Liao, X., St. Leger, R.J. and Nuss, D.L. 2013. Simple and efficient recycling of fungal selectable marker genes with the Cre-loxP recombination system via anastomosis. Fungal Genetics and Biology 61:1-8.
Zhang B., Oakes, A.D., Newhouse, A.E., Baier, K.M., Maynard, C.A. and Powell, W.A. 2013. A threshold level of oxalate oxidase transgene expression reduces Cryphonectria parasitica - induced necrosis in a transgenic American chestnut (Castanea dentata) leaf bioassay. Transgenic Research 22:973-982.
Zhang, D.X., Spiering, M.J., Choi, G.H. and Nuss, D.L. 2014. Genes associated with Cryphonectria parasitica vegetative incompatibility loci. Acta Hort. 1019:257-261.
Zhang, D.-X., Spiering, M.J., Dawe, A.L. and Nuss, D.L. 2014. Vegetative incompatibility loci with dedicated roles in allorecognition restrict mycovirus transmission in chestnut blight fungus. Genetics 197:701-714.
Zhebentyayeva, T., Chandra, A., Abbott, A., Olukolu, B.A., Jeffers, S.N., James, J.B., Staton, M.E., Hebard, F.V., Georgi, L.L., Sisco, P.H. and Nelson, C.D., 2014. Genetic and genomic resources for mapping resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi in chestnut. Acta Hort. 1019:263-270.

12/08/2015

NE-1333 PUBLICATIONS 2014-2015

Carlson, J.E., Staton, M., Islam-Faridi, N., Addo-Quaye, C., Cannon, N., Tomsho, L.P., Ficklin, S.P., Saski, C.A., Burhans, R., Drautz, D., Kane Wagner, T., Zembower, N., Schuster, S., Abbott, A.G., Nelson, C.D., and Hebard, F. 2014. The Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) genome. The American Chestnut Foundation's 31st Annual Meeting. 17-19 Oct. 2014. Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Conference Center, Front Royal, Virginia.
Carlson, J.E., Staton, M., Orendovici-Best, T., Zembower, N., Lane, T., Davitt, J., Zhebentyayeva, T., Wu, D., Moses, D., Coggeshall, M., Gailing, O., Liang, H., Romero-Severson, J., Saski, C.A., Schlarbaum, S., Shumaker, K., Schuster, S. and Wheeler, N. 2015. Genomic Resources for North American Hardwoods. Plant and Animal Genome XXIII Conference, San Diego, CA, Jan. 11, 2015, poster #15556.
Clark, S.L., Schlarbaum, S.E, Saxton, A.M. and Hebard, F.V. 2015. Establishment of American chestnuts (Castanea dentata) bred for blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) resistance: influence of breeding and nursery grading. New Forests. DOI 10.1007/s11056-015-9512-6.
?urkovi?-Perica, M., Ježi?, M., Karin, V., Idžojti?, M., Sotirovski, K., Risteski, M., Rigling, D., Prospero, S., Kolp, M. and Double, M. 2015. Biological control of chestnut blight: persistence of biocontrol agent Cryphonectria parasitica hypovirus 1 in healed chestnut cankers. International Plant Protection Congress, Berlin, Germany 24-27 Aug. 2015, p. 611.
D’Amico, K.M., Horton, T., Maynard, C., Stehman, S., Oakes, A. and Powell, W. 2015. Comparisons of ectomycorrhizal colonization of transgenic American chestnut with those of the wild type, a conventionally bred hybrid, and related Fagaceae species. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 81:100-108.
Dane, F. and Sisco, P.H. 2014. Genetic diversity of American chestnut is highest in the southern US: Evidence from nuclear and chloroplast DNA studies. J. Amer. Chestnut Found. 28:9-13.
Davelos Baines A.L., Eager, E.A. and Jarosz, A.M. 2014. Modeling and analysis of American chestnut populations subject to various stages of infection. Letters in Biomathematics 1: 235-247.
Fulbright, D.W. and Serdar, Ü. 2015. Turkey: Chestnut blight cankers. J. Amer. Chestnut Found. 29:28-33.
Georgi, L.L., Zhebentyayeva, T., Islam-Faridi, N., Vining, E., Abbott, A.G., Nelson, C.D., and Hebard, F.V. 2015. The search for genes for resistance to chestnut blight. J. Amer. Chestnut Found., 29:16-22.
Gold, M.A. Agroforestry. 2014. Encyclopædia Brittanica Online. Encyclopædia Brittanica Inc.
Jakobi, S.R., Werner, A. and Double, M.L. 2015. Nutrient media for the determination of sexual reproduction of Cryphonectria parasitica. J. Applied Sci. Technol. 5:1-7.
Jensen, K.S. and Nuss, D.L. 2014. Mutagenesis of the catalytic and cleavage site residues of the hypovirus papain-like proteases p29 and p48 reveals alternative processing and contributions to optimal viral RNA accumulation. J. Virology 88:11946-11954.
Jose, S. and Gold, M.A. 2014. Agroforestry. In Rowe, D. (Ed.) Achieving Sustainability: Visions, Principles, and Practices. 1st Edition. Macmillan Reference, MI, USA.
Medina-Mora, C. 2015. Pollination biology and simple sequence repeat (SSR) genetic identification of chestnut cultivars and their progeny. Ph.D. dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Newhouse, A.E., McGuigan, L.D., Baier, K.A., Valletta, K.E., Rottmann, W.H., Tschaplinski, T.J., Maynard, C.A. and Powell, W.A. 2014. Transgenic American chestnuts show enhanced blight resistance and transmit the trait to T1 progeny. Plant Science 228:89-97.
Newhouse, A.N. Transgenic American chestnut, a new paradigm for restoration. St. Lawrence/Southeast Lake Ontario Regional Invasive Species Symposium, 10 Jun 2015, Pulaski, NY.
Newhouse, A.N. Where there be mountains, there be chestnuts. Ozark Chinquapin Foundation, 14 Mar 2015, Rogers, AR.
Powell, W.A. Additional tools for solving an old problem: The return of the American chestnut. National Research Council Webinar on GE Trees, 27 Mar 2015, Syracuse, NY.
Powell, W.A. Return of the King: The development of a blight-resistant American chestnut tree. Department of Natural Resources Research Symposium. Cornell University, 16 Jan 2015, Ithaca, NY.
Powell, W.A. Transgenic American chestnut, a new paradigm for restoration. New Genomic Solutions for Conservation Problems Workshop, 6-9 Apr 2015, San Francisco, CA.
Powell, W.A. Where there be mountains, there be chestnuts. Biotechnology Literacy Project, 31 May-4 Jun 2015, Davis, CA.
Short, D.P.G., Double, M., Nuss, D.L., Stauder, C.M., MacDonald, W.L. and Kasson, M.T. 2015. Multiplex PCR assays elucidate vegetative incompatibility gene profiles of Cryphonectria parasitica in the United States. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 81:5736-5742.
Sisco, P.H., Neel, T.C., Hebard, F.V., Craddock, J.H. and Shaw, J. 2014. Cytoplasmic male sterility in interspecific hybrids between American and Asian Castanea species is correlated with the American D chloroplast haplotype. Acta Hort. 109:215-222.
Warmund, M. 2014. Nitrogen fertilization of young Chinese chestnut trees. American Society for Horticultural Science. 28-31 July 2014, Orlando, FL.
Zhang, D-X., Spiering, M.J. and Nuss, D.L. 2014. Characterizing the roles of Cryphonectria parasitica RNA-dependent RNA polymerase-like genes in antiviral defense, viral recombination and transposon transcript accumularion. PLoS One 9(9):e108653.

11/30/2016

10/31/2017

Publications 2016-2017

 

Cannon, N., Staton, M.E., Addo-Quaye, C., Islam-Faridi, N. Tomsho, L.P., Ficklin, S., Saski, C., Burhans, R., Drautz, D., Zembower, N., Schuster, S.C., Abbott, A.G. Nelson, C.D., Hebard, F.V., Carlson, J.E.  2017. The physical and genetic structure of the Chinese chestnut (Castanea Mollissima) genome. Plant and Animal Genome XXV Conference, San Diego, CA, Jan. 14-18, 2017, abstract.

Case, A., Clark, S.L., and Schlarbaum, S.E. 2016. Threats to American chestnut, butternut, and black walnut and attempts to conservation and resistance. North Carolina Arboretum, 4 Nov 2016, Asheville, NC.

Case, A.E., Mayfield III, A.E., Clark, S.L., Schlarbaum, S.E. and Reynolds, B.C.  2016.  Frequency and abundance of Asiatic oak weevil (Cyrtepistomus castaneus) on American, Chinese, and hybrid chestnut (Castanea) seedlings.  Journal of Insect Science. 16:1–8. DOI 10.1093/jisesa/iew012.

Clark, S.L. and Schlarbaum, S.E. 2017. Reintroduction of the American chestnut: Impacts of traditional breeding and forest management in restoration of an extirpated species. ARS, Society for Range Management, 20 Jan 2017, St. George Utah.

Ćurković-Perica, M., Ježić, M., Karin, V., Idžojtić, M., Sotivorski, K., Risteski, M., Rigling, D., Prospero, S., Kolp, M., and Double, M. 2017.  Biocontrol of chestnut blight: (in)stable infection of the chestnut blight fungus by Cryphonectria hypovirus 1.  7^th Congress of European Microbiologists, Federation of European Microbiological Societies, 9-13 July 2017, Valencia, Spain.  Abstract 713.

Double, M.L., Nuss, D.L., Rittenour, W.R., Holásková, I., Short, D.P.G., Kasson M.T., and MacDonald, W.L.  2017.  Long-term field study of transgenic hypovirulent strains of Cryphonectria parasitica in a forest setting.  Forest Pathology. doi.org 10.1111.efp12367.

Gold, M.A.  2016.  Agroforestry.  Encyclopaedia Brittanica Online.  Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Inc. 

Islam-Faridi N., Majid M.A., Zhebentyayeva T., Georgi L.L., Fan S., Hebard V., Sisco P.H., Westbrook J., Carlson J.E., Abbott A.G., Nelson C.D. 2016. FISH Confirmation of a Reciprocal Translocation in Chestnut. In Cytogenetic And Genome Research 2016 Jan 1, Vol. 148, No. 2-3, pp. 144-144, Allschwilerstrasse 10, Ch-4009 Basel, Switzerland: Karger.

Kolp, M., Double, M., Fulbright, D.W., MacDonald, W., and Jarosz, A.M. 2017.  Fungal community structure in chestnut blight cankers on American chestnut in Michigan and Wisconsin.  Ecological Society of America. 6-11 Aug. 2017, Portland, OR.

Lovell, S.T., Dupraz, C., Gold, M.A., Jose, S., Revord, R., Stanek, E., and Wolz. K. 2017. Temperate Agroforestry Research – Considering Multifunctional Woody Polycultures and the Design of Long-Term Field Trials. Agroforestry Systems doi:10.1007/s10457-017-0087-4.

Nelson, C., Powell, W., Merkle, S., Carlson, J., Staton, M., Nairn, C., Holliday, J., Westbrook, J., Georgi, L., Hebard, F., Zhebentyayeva, T., Jeffers, S., Sisco, P., James, J., and Abbott, A. 2017.  Shovel-ready trees: Forest Health Initiative a model for rapid development and deployment of disease resistant trees. Phytopathology 106 (12):170 (abstract). 

Perkins, M.T., Harris, J., Shaw, J. and Craddock, J.H. 2017.  Chloroplast DNA phylogenetics of the North American Castanea. Southeastern Biology. (In press).

Pinchot, L.C., Schlarbaum, S.E., Clark, S.L., Saxton, A.E., Sharp, A.M., Schweitzer, C.J., and Hebard, F.V.  2017.  Growth, survival, and competitive ability of chestnut (Castanea Mill.) seedlings planted across a gradient of light levels. New Forests. DOI 10.1007/s11056-017-9577-5.

Rhodes, T.K., Aguilar, F.X., Jose, S., and Gold, M.A. 2016.  Factors influencing the adoption of riparian forest buffers in the Tuttle Creek Reservoir watershed of Kansas, USA.  Agroforest Syst.  doi:10.1007/s10457-016-0045-6.

Robinson, A.C. 2016. Measuring Phytophthora resistance phenotypes in segregating testcross families of hybrid American chestnut trees. Honors Thesis, Univesity of Tennessee Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN.

Steiner, K.C., Westbrook, J.W., Hebard, F.V., Georgi, L.L., Powell, W.A. and Fitzsimmons, S.F. 2017. Rescue of American chestnut with extraspecific genes following its destruction by a naturalized pathogen. New Forests 48:317–336.

Santos, C., Nelson, C.D., Zhebentyayeva, T., Machado, H., Gomes-Laranjo, J., Costa, R.L.  2017. First interspecific genetic linkage map for Castanea sativa x Castanea crenata revealed QTLs for resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi. PLoSONE 12(9): e0184381. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.018438.

Santos, C., Duarte, S., Tedesco, S., Fevereiro, P. and Costa, R.L.  2017. Expression profiling of Castanea genes during resistant and susceptible interactions with the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi reveal possible mechanisms of immunity. Frontiers in Plant Science, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00515.