Chestnut blight is caused by a fungus which entered our country on Asian nursery stock imported to New York around 1900. Spread by wind, rain, birds and other animals, it enters through cracks or woun

Chestnut blight is caused by a fungus and is notorious for causing the American chestnut tree to become nearly extinct since it was discovered in the early 1900s. Arborists continue to work to restore

Hosts American chestnut (Castanea dentata), whose native range is shown at left, is highly susceptible to the disease. European chestnut (C. sativa) is also quite susceptible. Chinese chestnut (C. mo

Chestnut blight, a declared exotic disease under state legislation, has been confirmed on a number of properties in the Ovens Valley in Victoria’s north east. DPI has been working with affected gro

Phylum or Division: Ascomycota Class: Pyrenomycetes Order: Diaporthales Family: Valsaceae Identification: The fungus that attacks the American chestnut has the appearance of a large canker, and

These three forest diseases have historically been important. They have dramatically changed the way the present forest looks. All of them were introduced from other continents. Both the American ches

Chestnut Blight: The Classical Problem of an Introduced Pathogen, by Sandra L. Anagnostakis © 1987 Mycological Society of America. * Chestnut Blight: The Classical Problem of an Introduced

Contributed by Sandra L. Anagnostakis Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Box 1106 New Haven, CT 06504 Phone 203-974-8498 Sandra.Anagnostakis@po.state.ct.us Anagnostakis, S.L. 2000.

Scott E. Schlarbaum (1), Frederick Hebard (2), Pauline C. Spaine (3), and Joseph C. Kamalay (4) Abstract. Three North American tree species, American chestnut (Castanea dentata), butternut (Juglans