| Slide 2 |
| Backcrossing More than one American chestnut line also is needed, also to avoid inbreeding, when B3s are intercrossed with each other. |
| Slide 4 |
| Sources of Blight Resistance |
| Number of Trees at Meadowview in 2008 |
| TACF Meadowview Nut Harvest 2008 |
| Slide 8 |
| Selection for Recurrent Type |
| Slide 10 |
| Slide 11 |
| "Table 1." |
| Chestnut Blight Resistance Rating Scheme |
| Slide 14 |
| Blight-resistant Chinese to
American B1-F2, ÔClapperÕ x ÔGraves.Õ Obtaining trees like this suggests it should be possible to backcross the blight resistance of Chinese into American chestnut. |
| Slide 16 |