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VA – Sky Meadows State Park Fall Foliage Festival

by TACF | Oct 16, 2024

Visit the Virginia Chapter’s Chestnut Seed Orchards during the Fall Foliage Festival at Sky Meadows State Park! Nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the park offers the perfect backdrop for celebrating the stunning colors of the season. Enjoy breathtaking...

TN – Volunteer Workday Chestnut Shucking Party!

by TACF | Oct 16, 2024

Chestnut Shucking Party! Sunday, October 20th at 10:00 AM EST You’ve never had so much fun in your life! Please join us on Sunday for a chestnut shucking party at the Fortwood Street Greenhouse and Nursery. Who: calling all Tennessee Chapter volunteers of The...

An Improved Leaf Disk Assay Using Dose Response Linear Regressions to Score American Chestnut Leaf Oxalic Acid Sensitivity – Morse & Quesenberry

by TACF | Oct 15, 2024 | Posters 2024

2024 Poster Session View all 2024 Posters Morse, C; Quesenberry, J Abstract It has been well documented that chestnut blight excretes large amounts of oxalic acid, amongother organic acids and virulence factors, allowing the blight to kill the chestnut tree’s...

Investigating Genetic Diversity of American Chestnut in the Inland and Pacific Northwest – Sakyi et al.

by TACF | Oct 15, 2024 | Posters 2024

2024 Poster Session View all 2024 Posters Sakyi, K, K; Riddle, C; Laport, R, G The College of Idaho, 2112 Cleveland Blvd, Caldwell, ID Abstract American chestnut (Castanea dentata) occupies a special place in the cultural history of North America stretching back to...

Results from 2023 and 2024 of two Forest Progeny Tests of B3-F3s Planted in 2012 – Hebard et al.

by TACF | Oct 14, 2024 | Posters 2024

2024 Poster Session View all 2024 Posters Hebard, F., Scrivani, J., Absher, C., Georgi, L., Podyma, L., Blankenship, D., & Crouch, D. Virginia Chapter, TACF, P.O. Box 158, Marshall, VA 20116 Abstract The objectives of these forest progeny tests were to compare the...

American Chestnut (Castanea dentata), Phytophthora, and Fungicides: Planting and Monitoring Seedlings at a Warren Wilson College Orchard – Keller et al.

by TACF | Oct 14, 2024 | Posters 2024

2024 Poster Session View all 2024 Posters Keller, N, S(1); Jeffers, S(2); Sisco, P; Van Clief, J(3); McKeever, K(4); Steinrueck, C(1), Griffin, E(1) Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Rd., Swannanoa, NC Clemson University, Dept. of Plant and Environmental...

Optimizing Controlled Pollination in Backcross Chestnut Breeding – Varsalona

by TACF | Oct 14, 2024 | Posters 2024

2024 Poster Session View all 2024 Posters Varsalona, Vincent, P. Reinhardt University, 7300 Reinhardt College Cir, Waleska, GA 30183 Virginia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation, 900 Natural Resources Dr. Charlottesville Abstract The American Chestnut...

Chestnut Common Garden Experiment at University of Rhode Island – Trowbridge & Buczynski

by TACF | Oct 14, 2024 | Posters 2024

2024 Poster Session View all 2024 Posters Trowbridge, R, E; Buczynski, M, L The University of Rhode Island, 45 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI 02881 Abstract After the accidental introduction of the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica from Asia to the United States in...

Cost-effective pollination method for American chestnut reproduction – Hays, Tran, et al.

by TACF | Oct 14, 2024 | Posters 2024

2024 Poster Session View all 2024 Posters Hays, J., Tran, A., Jeffrey, R., Rush, L., & Swatt, J. CT Chapter of The American Chestnut FoundationMitchell College Science Division, ConnecticutSCSU Biology Department, 301 Fitch St, New Haven, Connecticut Abstract...

PA- Prepping of Test Planting at Penn Nursery

by TACF | Oct 9, 2024

Do you like to dig holes? We will be digging about 800 of them for an advanced research field trial of all different types of chestnuts on the state nursery grounds on Friday, October 18 from 0900 until finished. This will be a field trial to complement a detailed...

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VA – Sky Meadows State Park Fall Foliage Festival

TN – Volunteer Workday Chestnut Shucking Party!

An Improved Leaf Disk Assay Using Dose Response Linear Regressions to Score American Chestnut Leaf Oxalic Acid Sensitivity – Morse & Quesenberry

Investigating Genetic Diversity of American Chestnut in the Inland and Pacific Northwest – Sakyi et al.

Results from 2023 and 2024 of two Forest Progeny Tests of B3-F3s Planted in 2012 – Hebard et al.

American Chestnut (Castanea dentata), Phytophthora, and Fungicides: Planting and Monitoring Seedlings at a Warren Wilson College Orchard – Keller et al.

Optimizing Controlled Pollination in Backcross Chestnut Breeding – Varsalona

Chestnut Common Garden Experiment at University of Rhode Island – Trowbridge & Buczynski

Cost-effective pollination method for American chestnut reproduction – Hays, Tran, et al.

PA- Prepping of Test Planting at Penn Nursery

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