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Description
Screening chestnut hybrids for disease resistance is intensive because trees must be inoculated
with either Cryphonectria parasitica (causal agent of chestnut blight) or Phytophthora
cinnamomi (causal agent of Phytophthora root rot). Chemotyping (i.e. chemically phenotyping
or fingerprinting) trees and identifying chemical markers associated with resistance is an
alternative method that could be used to screen trees rapidly. The goals of this study are to
chemotype American and Chinese chestnut parents and inter-specific hybrids, to identify
potential markers of disease resistance, and to develop a method that can be used to prescreen
hybrids for resistance prior to planting in seed orchards.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 10/24/15 → 6/30/17 |
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