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Small Stem Assay at New Kent – November 27

November 27, 2018 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

If you’re available and interested, on Tuesday, November 27th we will be collecting final data on our small stem assays at the greenhouse at the New Kent Forestry Center, New Kent, VA. We will also prepare seedlings for planting in one of our orchards (meaning we will add bar-code tags, pull seedlings from the pots and bag them).

Just to recap, the small stem assay is one method being used to test chestnut seedlings for resistance to chestnut blight. In the small stem assay, the stems of chestnut seedlings were inoculated with chestnut blight fungus and canker length has been measured every 4 to 6 weeks. The results may help inform us of the most resistant families in our breeding program. We now plant the seedlings in an orchard in KY and will collect additional data next year in the orchard.

I think it will be interesting to see how the seedlings are doing. There should be a spectrum of resistance – some seedlings will be dead, others will look great, and everything in-between. It’s interesting research.

SMALL STEM ASSAY at New Kent GREENHOUSES

DATE:  Tuesday, November 27th

TIMES:  11:00am – 3:00pm

BRING:  Water, snacks, lunch (if you plan on staying that long).

Directions

New Kent Forestry Center

11301 Pocahontas Trail, Providence Forge, VA 23140

Once you turn into the Forestry Center take the next right on George Dean Highway (it’s actually a small gravel road). About 3/4 miles, take a left at the fork onto John Heltzer Lane. The greenhouse will be just down the road on the left, you can’t miss it.

Please let me know if you can join us and/or have any questions.

Thanks!

Tom

Thomas McNeill Saielli

Mid-Atlantic Regional Science Coordinator

The American Chestnut Foundation

900 Natural Resources Dr

Charlottesville, VA 229Tel: 828-450-9100

tom.saielli@acf.org

www.tacf.org

Organizer

Tom Saielli
Phone
828-450-9100
Email
tom.saielli@acf.org
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Venue

New Kent Forestry Center
11301 Pocahontas Trail
Providence Forge, Virginia 23140 United States
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