Nursery performance of American and Chinese chestnuts and backcross generations in commercial tree nurseries
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, 2431 Joe Johnson Dr., Rm 274 Ellington Plant Science, Knoxville, TN 37996-4563, USA Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, The University of Tennessee, 2431 Joe Johnson Dr., Rm 274 Ellington Plant Science, Knoxville, TN 37996-4563, USA Animal Science Department, The University of Tennessee, 208C Brehm Animal Science Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-4574, USA The American Chestnut Foundation, 29010 Hawthorne Dr., Meadowview, VA 24361-3349, USA
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