Chestnut (Castanea spp., Fagaceae family) is an economically and ecologically valuable
species. The main goals of chestnut production vary among species and countries and …

Sweet chestnut is a tree of great economic (fruit and wood production), ecological, and
cultural importance in Europe. A large-scale landscape genetic analysis of natural …

Summary 'Lovran Marron'is the only known traditional Croatian variety of the sweet chestnut.
The objective of this study is to specify qualitative and quantitative morphological …

The chemical composition, morphometric and qualitative nut characteristics were studied in
four traditional sweet chestnut and hybrid varieties produced on private estates in the Lovran …

European and American chestnut species (Castanea) have been decimated by exotic
species, most notably chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), since the early nineteenth …

The sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) is a widely spread and important multipurpose
tree species in the Mediterranean area, which has played an important role in human …

BACKGROUND Chestnut blight, caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, is a severe
chestnut disease that can be controlled with naturally occurring hypoviruses in many areas …

Gene flow between cultivated and wild gene pools is common in the contact zone between
agricultural lands and natural habitats and can be used to study the development of …

The ascomycete fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, causal agent of chestnut blight, is
probably one of the best known invasive fungal pathogens in forests of Europe and North …

Introduction Forest ecosystems are highly threatened by the simultaneous effects of climate
change and invasive pathogens. Chestnut blight, caused by the invasive phytopathogenic …