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• Mason, Mary E.; Herms, Daniel A.; Carey, David W.; Knight, Kathleen S.; Faridi, Nurul I.; Koch, Jennifer. 2011. Update on exotic ash collection for hybrid breeding and survey for EAB-resistance in native North American species. In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. 2010. Proceedings. 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010; 2010 January 12-15; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-75. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 104.
• Koch, Jennifer L.; Carey, David W.; Mason, Mary E.; Nelson, C. Dana; Barakat, Abdelali; Carlson, John E.; Neale, David. 2011. Development of molecular tools for use in beech bark disease management. In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. 2010. Proceedings. 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010; 2010 January 12-15; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-75. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 38-40.
• Koch, Jennifer L.; Mason, Mary E.; Carey, David W.; Knight, Kathleen; Poland, Therese; Herms, Daniel A. 2010. Survey for tolerance to emerald ash borer within North American ash species. In: Michler, Charles H.; Ginzel, Matthew D., eds. 2010. Proceedings of symposium on ash in North America; 2010 March 9-11; West Lafayette, IN. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-72. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 60.
• Koch, Jennifer L.; Carey, David W.; Mason, Mary E.; Islam-Faridi, M. Nurul. 2010. Overcoming obstacles to interspecies hybridization of ash. In: Michler, Charles H.; Ginzel, Matthew D., eds. 2010. Proceedings of symposium on ash in North America; 2010 March 9-11; West Lafayette, IN. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-72. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 41-44.
• Koch, Jennifer L.; Carey, David W.; Mason, Mary E.; Nelson, C. Dana. 2010. Assessment of beech scale resistance in full- and half-sibling American beech families. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 40: 265-272.

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• Merkle, Scott A.; Koch, Jennifer L.; Tull, A. Ryan; Dassow, Jessica E.; Carey, David W.; Barnes, Brittany F.; Richins, Mason W. M.; Montello, Paul M.; Eidle, Kira R.; House, Logan T.; Herms, Daniel A.; Gandhi, Kamal J.K. 2022. Application of somatic embryogenesis for development of emerald ash borer-resistant white ash and green ash varietals. New Forests
• Carey, David W.; Allmaras, Marjorie ; Bloese, Paul ; Burke, David ; Berrang, Paul ; Dalton, Lindsay ; Gettig, Roger ; Hall, Tom ; Hille, Andrea ; Kochenderfer, Jeff D.; Lint, Scott ; Mason, Mary ; Mckenna, James ; Rogers, Scott ; Rose, Jill ; Young, Carol ; Konen, Keith ; Koch, Jennifer L. 2020. A Collaborative Multi-Agency Program to Develop Resistance to Beech Bark Disease in American Beech (Fagus Grandifolia). In: Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-252. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station
• Kelly, Laura J.; Plumb, William J.; Carey, David W.; Mason, Mary E.; Cooper, Endymion D.; Crowther, William ; Whittemore, Alan T.; Rossiter, Stephen J.; Koch, Jennifer L.; Buggs, Richard J. A. 2020. Convergent molecular evolution among ash species resistant to the emerald ash borer. Nature Ecology & Evolution
• Ćalić, Irina; Koch, Jennifer; Carey, David; Addo-Quaye, Charles; Carlson, John E.; Neale, David B. 2017. Genome-wide association study identifies a major gene for beech bark disease resistance in American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.). BMC Genomics
• Koch, J.L. ; Carey, D.W. ; Mason, M.E. ; Poland, T.M. ; Knight, K.S. 2015. Intraspecific variation in Fraxinus pennsylvanica responses to emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis). New Forests
• Koch, Jennifer L.; Carey, David W. 2014. A technique to screen American beech for resistance to the beech scale insect (Cryptococcus fagisuga Lind.). Journal of Visualized Experiments. e51515. 9 p.
• Carey, David W.; Mason, Mary E.; Bloese, Paul ; Koch, Jennifer L. 2013. Hot Callusing for Propagation of American Beech by Grafting. HortScience
• Koch, Jennifer L.; Mason, Mary E.; Carey, David W. 2012. Screening for resistance to beech bark disease: Improvements and results from seedlings and grafted field selections. In: Sniezko, Richard A.; Yanchuk, Alvin D.; Kliejunas, John T.; Palmieri, Katharine M.; Alexander, Janice M.; Frankel, Susan J., tech. coords. Proceedings of the fourth international workshop on the genetics of host-parasite interactions in forestry: Disease and insect resistance in forest trees. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-240. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. pp. 196-208
• Koch, Jennifer L.; Knight, Kathleen; Poland, Therese; Carey, David W.; Herms, Daniel A.; Mason, Mary E. 2011. Strategies for selecting and breeding EAB-resistant ash. In: McManus, Katherine A.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, 22nd U.S. Department of Agriculture Interagency Research Symposium on Invasive Species; 2011 Jan. 11-14; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-92. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 33-35.
• Koch, Jennifer; Carey, Dave; Mason, M.E. 2010. Use of microsatellite markers in an American beech (Fagus grandifolia) population and paternity testing. Silvae Genetica. 59(2-3): 62-69.
• Koch, Jennifer; Pureswaran, Deepa; Carey, David; Mason, Mary; Poland, Therese. 2009. Asian ash species as a source of resistance to EAB: development and characterization of novel ash species. In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings. 19th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2008; 2008 January 8-11; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-36. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 40.
• Koch, Jennifer L.; Carey, David W.; Mason, Mary E. 2008. Development of novel ash hybrids to introgress resistance to emerald ash borer into north American ash species. In: Mastro, Victor; Lance, David; Reardon, Richard; Parra, Gregory, comps. Emerald ash borer research and development meeting; 2007 October 23-24; Pittsburgh, PA. FHTET 2008-07. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team: 36-37.
• Koch, Jennifer; Mason, Mary; Eyles, Alieta; Carey, David; Larson, Richard; Chan, Charlotte; Smitley, David; Bonello, Pierluigi; Herms, Dan. 2008. Development of novel ash hybrids to introgress emerald ash borer resistance into North American ash species. In: Gottschalk, Kurt W., ed. Proceedings, 18th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2007; 2007 January 9-12; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-28. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 45.
• Koch, Jennifer L.; Carey, David W.; Larson, Richard. 2007. Host resistance to emerald ash borer: development of novel ash hybrids. In: Gottschalk, Kurt W., ed. Proceedings, 17th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2006; Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-10. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 58.
• Koch, Jennifer L.; Carey, David W.; Carey, David W. 2005. The Genetics of Resistance of American Beech to Beech Bark Disease: Knowledge through 2004. In: Evans, Celia A., Lucas, Jennifer A. and Twery, Mark J., eds. Beech Bark Disease: Proceedings of the Beech Bark Disease Symposium; 2004 June 16-18; Saranak Lake, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-331. Newtown Square, PA: US. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 98-105.
• Koch, Jennifer L.; Carey, David W. 2004. Identifying and Enriching for American Beech Trees that are Resistant to Beech Bark Disease. In: Ward, Jeffrey S.; Twery, Mark J., eds. Forestry across borders: proceedings of the New England Society of American Foresters 84th winter meeting; 2004 March 23-26; Quebec City, Canada. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-314. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 15-17