Invasive Insect Pests of Forests and Urban Trees in Russia: Origin, Pathways, Damage, and Management
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Rimvydas Vasaitis
Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology
Email: Rimvys.Vasaitis@slu.se
ORCID: 0000-0001-9349-4625
Publications
2022
Invasion of Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis and Ash Dieback Pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus in Ukraine-A Concerted Action
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Long-term pathological consequences of resin tapping wounds on stems of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)
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Invasive Populations of the Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, 1888 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Saint Petersburg, Russia: A Hitchhiker?
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2021
Fungal Communities Vectored by Ips sexdentatus in Declining Pinus sylvestris in Ukraine: Focus on Occurrence and Pathogenicity of Ophiostomatoid Species
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North-Westward Expansion of the Invasive Range of Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) towards the EU: From Moscow to Saint Petersburg
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2020
Natural infection and colonization of pre-commercially cut stumps of Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris by Heterobasidion rot and its biocontrol fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea
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Occurrence and pathogenicity of Corinectria spp. - an emerging canker disease of Abies sibirica in Central Siberia
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The mating type system of the rare polypore Hapalopilus croceus
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Identifying Fraxinus excelsior tolerant to ash dieback: Visual field monitoring versus a molecular marker
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2019
Microhabitat shapes fungal community composition in a sand dune pine forest
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An overview of ash (Fraxinus spp.) and ash dieback disease in Europe
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Distribution patterns of fungal taxa and inferred functional traits reflect the non-uniform vertical stratification of soil microhabitats in a coastal pine forest
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Infection and spread of root rot caused by Heterobasidion spp. in Pinus contorta plantations in Northern Europe: three case studies
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2018
Phytopathogenic Fungus Fusarium circinatum and Potential for Its Transmission in Russia by Insects
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Infection of pre-commercially cut stumps of Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris by Heterobasidion spp. - a comparative study
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2017
Tests with Wood-Decay Fungi to Control Sprouting from Cut Stumps Infected by Dutch Elm Disease
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The Frontline of Invasion: the Current Northern Limit of the Invasive Range of Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), in European Russia
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European Fraxinus species Introduced into New Zealand Retain Many of their Native Endophytic Fungi
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Natura 2000 Habitats Dominated by Ash and Elm, Invaded by Alien Invasive Fungi on the Gotland Island of Sweden: an Overview
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Fungi associated with Ips acuminatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Ukraine with a special emphasis on pathogenicity of ophiostomatoid species
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Growing evidence for facultative biotrophy in saprotrophic fungi: data from microcosm tests with 201 species of wood-decay basidiomycetes
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2016
Cut Picea abies Stumps Constitute Low Quality Substrate for Sustaining Biodiversity in Fungal Communities
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Fungal communities in Norway spruce stumps along a latitudinal gradient in Sweden
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Scolytus multistriatus associated with Dutch elm disease on the island of Gotland: phenology and communities of vectored fungi
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