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Reforesting Ohio Using A Historical Legend: Blight-Resistant Chestnut Hybrids As A Coal Mine Restoration Tree, Jenise Bauman
Reforesting Ohio Using A Historical Legend: Blight-Resistant Chestnut Hybrids As A Coal Mine Restoration Tree, Jenise Bauman
College of the Environment on the Peninsulas Publications
The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) once occupied twenty-five percent of the eastern forests in the United States. Its massive size and prolific nut production made this species ecologically and economically important. At maturity, this species could top over 100 feet with immense, wide-spreading canopies. As a nut crop, the American chestnut tree was plentiful and considered one of the most important protein sources for wildlife such as squirrels, wild turkeys, deer, black bears, and many others. The lumber produced was extremely rot resistant and used for the construction of cabins, …
The Influence Of Inoculated And Native Ectomycorrhizal Fungi On Morphology, Physiology And Survival Of American Chestnut, Jenise Bauman, Carolyn H. Keiffer, Shiv Hiremath
The Influence Of Inoculated And Native Ectomycorrhizal Fungi On Morphology, Physiology And Survival Of American Chestnut, Jenise Bauman, Carolyn H. Keiffer, Shiv Hiremath
College of the Environment on the Peninsulas Publications
The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of five different species of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi on root colonization of native fungi on putatively blight resistant chestnut hybrids (Castanea dentata x C. mollissima) in a reclaimed mine site in central Ohio. The five species were Hebeloma crustuliniforme, Laccaria bicolor, Scleroderma polyrhizum, Amanita rubescens, and Suillus luteus. We used a combination of DNA sequencing of the ITS region and phylogenetic analyses to indentify fungi found on roots after 12 and 18 months in the field. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordinations were used to determine …