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NE1015 Research Group
NE1015: Biological Improvement, Habitat Restoration, and Horticultural Development of Chestnut by Management of Populations, Pathogens, and Pests
Originally begun as the NE140 in 1982, this multistate research project has two objectives:
- To improve chestnut trees for reestablishment in forest ecosystems, and chestnut cultivars for nut production by selection, breeding, and marketing, and determine the cultural criteria of all chestnuts for successful production in nurseries, orchards, and/or natural settings.
- To evaluate and integrate multiple approaches for the biological control of the chestnut blight fungus and other pathogens and pests that threaten chestnut, by investigating host/pathogen/parasite relationships from the molecular to the ecological level.
Other NE1015 information can be found here
Recent chairs past, present and elect:
2008 (elect) Dennis Fulbright, Department of Plant Pathology, Michigan State University
2007 (current) Angus L. Dawe, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
2006 William L. MacDonald, Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University
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