Additionally, a systematic review has highlighted the critical challenges faced in chestnut cultivation, including pest and disease management, and the need for integrated strategies to enhance ...

The concepts, techniques, and gene cassettes we develop for the American chestnut will have broad applications in managing diseases affecting other important tree species such as Dutch-elm disease and ...

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 ...