Additional Reading and Publications

The following articles provide an excellent background to the history and importance of American chestnut in North America.

  - Back from the Brink: Chestnuts. 1990. By M.F. Cochran and G. Braash.  National Geographic 177 (2): 128-140.

  - Chestnut Blight. 1990.  By J.R. Newhouse.  Scientific American, July: 106-111. 

The following article provides an excellent background to the history and importance of American chestnut in Canada.

  - Chestnut blight in Ontario: Past and present status. 1995. By C.D. McKeen. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 17:295-304.(file is damaged)

The following publications summarize our research on the biology and management of American chestnut and Chestnut blight in Canada.

 - McKeen, C.D. and J.D. Ambrose. 1988. Native chestnut attempts comeback. Wildflower 4:20-23.

 - Dunn, M.M. and G.J. Boland. 1993. Hypovirulent isolates of Cryphonectria parasitica in southern Ontario. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 15:245-252.

 - Melzer, M.S., M. Dunn, T. Zhou and G.J. Boland. 1997. Assessment of hypovirulent isolates of Cryphonectria parasitica for potential in biological control of chestnut blight. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 19:69-77.

 - Mooij, D.. 1997. A prescriptive approach to using hypovirulence as a biological control of chestnut blight caused by Cryphonectria parasitica. M.Sc. Thesis. Department of Environmental Biology.

 - Dunn, M.M., C.D. McKeen, and G.J. Boland. 1992. Chestnut blight in Canada; hypovirulence and biological control. Proceedings of the International Chestnut Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia, 10-14 July 1992. 26 pp.

 - Dunn, M.M. 1992. Hypovirulence and Cryphonectria parasitica in Ontario. M.Sc. Thesis. Department of Environmental Biology.