Getting Closer to an Ozark Chinquapin x American Chestnut Cross
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That's what I'm trying to find out.
These are from trees that have some resistance to the blight on both sides.
We shall see if the cross produces something with more blight resistance than either parent.
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
I'm really excited you are trying this. I planted a few seedlings this year (certainly thanks to @letemgrow) with the future hope of doing just this. I also planted some amongst some Chinese hybrids.
Good luck, but any resistance you see is likely just luck.
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
A little bit of luck is responsible for every organism that benefited from natural selection
I'm looking more for the cruddy bark response that others have shown.
I know of some trees that have had the bight for 7 years and produced swollen cankers.
They're still alive and producing nuts.
Teeder
5 year old buck +
Is it better not to try?
John B
5 year old buck +
Latest Blight Resistance Screening & Updates (Oxalate Leaf Disk Assay) – THE OZARK CHINQUAPIN FOUNDATION
ozarkchinquapinmembership.org
This is why you try. Some of the surviving Ozark chinquapin are showing more resistance to the blight than the Chinese chestnuts.
American Chestnut has been thoroughly studied. For me personally, I trust the research that shows AC has no blight resistance. I have plenty of other things to grow, while I wait for the release of the Darling 58.
boardmaker
A good 3 year old buck
Letemgrow,
Could you get leaves from both trees sampled with the oxalate test? I have no idea how hard or costly it is.
Some where out there has to be some American's with resitance.
Could you get leaves from both trees sampled with the oxalate test? I have no idea how hard or costly it is.
Some where out there has to be some American's with resitance.
They do exist. The ACCF has some and they’re back crossing them for further resistance.
American Chestnut Cooperators Foundation
The American Chestnut Cooperators' Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to breeding a pure American chestnut tree and restoring it to the native range in the Eastern United States.
accf-online.org
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boardmaker
A good 3 year old buck
I have some Ozark Chinquapins from last year and some seed from this year that I’m putting in the ground this spring.
I also helped a friend fertilize his yard tree he got from the Conservation Dept. They gave him some resistant pollen. So I have some seeds from that. Would love to see these trees make a comeback.
I also helped a friend fertilize his yard tree he got from the Conservation Dept. They gave him some resistant pollen. So I have some seeds from that. Would love to see these trees make a comeback.
Angus 1895
5 year old buck +
I work in Sutherland Oregon. The person who lives claims there are chinquapin s in the rocky areas. I am trying to get seeds gathered.
"Pure American Chestnuts Showing Durable Blight Control ACCF Orchard Lesesne"
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
Check out this place. Working closely with group above. I have third generations in pots now, and hope is 4th generation that most of them show good blight tolerance
www.gonativetrees.com
American Chestnut – Go Native Trees
www.gonativetrees.com
Yeah, well, they sure screwed the pooch on that one, didn't they?
Definitely not the perfect restoration tree, but science takes time.Yeah, well, they sure screwed the pooch on that one, didn't they?
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
Back crosses and tree hybrids are just as much science as the darling fiasco. Maybe more.
