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chestnut blight

A disease of chestnut trees caused by a fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica) that is especially destructive to the American chestnut, characterized by cankers that eventually kill the branches and trunk.

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chestnut blight - a disease of American chestnut trees

chestnut canker, chestnut-bark disease

blight - any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting

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American chestnut blight chestnut canker chestnut-bark disease Chinese chestnut			00 Paperback QK629 Numerous studies revising the taxonomy of Cryphonectria or reporting on new hosts of these fungi have been published in various journals over the past decade. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and ecology of bark-inhabiting and ... by SciTech Book News Today, you might find the sprouts of chestnuts out on a hike, but because of Cryphonectria parasitica, which arrived on the States' radar at the end of the 19th century and devastated almost all of the American chestnuts up and down the Appalachian chain, that sprout will be lucky to make it to thirty feet. Appalachia's changing ecology: ecologist Paul Gallimore paints a ... by New Life Journal At the turn of the century, Asian chestnut trees were imported into the United States, bringing with them the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica. Rethinking green: there are legitimate environmental problems. These ... by Behreandt, Dennis / The New American			cryoglobulin cryohydrate cryolite cryology cryometer cryometry cryonic cryonics cryopathy cryophilia cryophilic cryophobia cryophorus cryophyte cryoplankton cryoprecipitate cryopreserve cryoprobe cryoprotectant cryoscope cryoscopy cryostat cryosurgery cryotherapy cryotron Cryphonectria crypt crypt- Cryptacanthodes Cryptacanthodes maculatus cryptaesthesia Cryptal cryptanalysis cryptanalyst cryptanalytic cryptanalytics cryptanalyze cryptesthesia cryptic cryptic coloration cryptical cryptically Cryptidine crypto crypto- crypto-Calvinism crypto-communist crypto-Jew cryptobiont cryptobiosis cryptobiotic			cryosurgical epilation cryosurgical epilation cryosurgical probe cryosurgical probe cryosurgical probe cryosurgical probe Cryotechnology Cryotechnology cryothalamectomy cryothalamotomy cryotherapy cryotherapy cryotherapy Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group cryotolerant cryotome cryotonsillectomy Cryotrap Cryotron Cryotron Cryotron Associative Processor Cryotronics Cryoturbation Cryoturbation Areas Cryovac CRYP Cryphaeaceae Cryphalus Cryphalus Cryphonectria Cryphonectria parasitica Cryphonectria parasitica Cryppie Crypsis crypt crypt crypt crypt abscesses Crypt Breakers Workbench Crypt Breakers Workbench Crypt Cell Production per Crypt Crypt of Decay crypt of iris crypt of Lieberkühn crypt of Morgagni crypt of Morgagni crypt of Morgagni crypt(o)- crypt- crypt- crypt- CRYPTA CRYPTA Cryptacanthodes Cryptacanthodes maculatus cryptaesthesia Cryptal cryptanalysis cryptanalysis cryptanalysis

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chestnut blight (redirected from Cryphonectria)

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