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Chestnut Blight: Defense Reactions

ABSTRACT.--Anatomical studies showed that chestnut trees have the capacity to set boundaries to resist spread of infected bark and wood. Where portions of cambium remained alive after infection, xylem rays expanded into the bark and wood formed.


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Author(s): Alex L. Shigo, Kenneth Dudzik

Publication: American Chestnut Proceedings - 1982