I was at an ALB meeting in Worcester and the federal people mentioned it. I have nothing to back it up.<br>
Guy<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Kendra Gurney <kendra@acf.org><br>
To: masschestnutorchards@masschestnut.org<br>
Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 3:09 pm<br>
Subject: [MassChestnutOrchards] FW: ALB Question<br>
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<div id=AOLMsgPart_0_6aeab44b-ee6b-4bcf-a153-e18d301e7eac style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>I asked Margaret Skinner, a entomologist at UVM, for her thoughts on
chestnut and ALB susceptibility. UVM has a research program looking at this
pest - of particular concern to the state's sugar maple industry. Thought
you might find her response of interest, given the situation in Worcester.
Kendra
-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Skinner [<A href="mailto:mskinner@uvm.edu?">mailto:mskinner@uvm.edu</A>]
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 8:34 AM
To: <A href="mailto:kendra@acf.org">kendra@acf.org</A>
Subject: Re: ALB Question
Hi Kendra,
Because American chestnut is such an uncommon tree in the US, I don't
believe any assessment has been made as to its susceptibility to ALB.
Given the wide host range of ALB it wouldn't surprise me if it would be
a host, but at this point, I don't think it is an issue that should be
of great concern. Chestnuts will have enough of a hurdle just overcoming
the blight disease. Because ALB has a choice of many tree species that
are highly preferred (box elder, sugar maple and other Acer species,
etc.), they may not represent a major threat to Chestnut. I am sure if
ALB becomes more prevalent in our environment and American chestnut
trees do to it will become an issue. I noticed that Chestnut is in the
same family as beech but I haven't heard if they found it susceptible to
ALB. I suggest you contact Al Sawyer, from USDA APHIS or Kelli Hoover,
of Penn State. They have done work on host susceptibility. Their emails
are: <A href="mailto:alan.j.sawyer@aphis.usda.gov">alan.j.sawyer@aphis.usda.gov</A> and <A href="mailto:kxh25@psu.edu">kxh25@psu.edu</A>
Hope this helps.
MS
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