New #NaturalAreasJournal! Volume 45 No. 2 is here! Articles feature #chestnutblight, #inverts, browsing #refugia, applied #genomics, and more! Keep an eye out for highlights!
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#naturalareas #deer #plants #naturalhistory #chestnut #forest #pinesavanna #ecology

From the new #NAJ issue: Like #Americanchestnut #Ozark chinquapin- #Castanea ozarkensis was reduced from an overstory #tree to an understory #shrub by invasive #chestnutblight fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica). Unlike American #chestnut #Ozarkchinquapin response to blight is somewhat understudied

Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) found in the UK |

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Field-Deployable Detection of Chestnut Blight Pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica Using Enzyme-Mediated Duplex Exponential Amplification

#ChestnutBlight
#Cryphonectria

www.mdpi.com/1467-3045/47...

‘America’s tree’ is missing. Will we do what it takes to bring it back?

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

#giftarticle #americanchestnut #gmo #chestnutblight