Invasive Insect Pests of Forests and Urban Trees in Russia: Origin, Pathways, Damage, and Management
Review article (Peer reviewed)
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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Low Impact of Stump Removal on Mycorrhization and Growth of Replanted Picea abies: Data from Three Types of Hemiboreal Forest
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Impact of Heterobasidion root-rot on fine root morphology and associated fungi in Picea abies stands on peat soils
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Friend or foe? Biological and ecological traits of the European ash dieback pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus in its native environment
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Dutch elm disease on the island of Gotland: monitoring disease vector and combat measures
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2015
European ash and elm devastated by alien invasive pathogens: perspectives?
Conference paper (Peer reviewed)
Efficacy of biological control agent Rotstop in controlling Heterobasidion infection in spruce and pine stumps in Latvia
Conference paper (Peer reviewed)
Heterobasidion annosum S.L. in Picea abies understory: incidence and impact on radial growth of trees
Conference paper (Peer reviewed)
Bark stripping of Pinus contorta caused by moose and deer: wounding patterns, discoloration of wood, and associated fungi
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Growth rates of Heterobasidion annosum s.s. and H.parviporum in functional sapwood of Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies
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2014
Forest self-regeneration following clear-felling of dieback-affected Fraxinus excelsior: focus on ash
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Fungi in Living and Dead Stems and Stumps of Pinus mugo on Coastal Dunes of the Baltic Sea
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Fungi associated with the red-haired bark beetle, Hylurgus ligniperda (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the forest-steppe zone in eastern Ukraine
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Sesquiterpenes from the saprotrophic fungus Granulobasidium vellereum (Ellis 82 Cragin) Julich
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Root-Associated Fungi of Rosa rugosa Grown on the Frontal Dunes of the Baltic Sea Coast in Lithuania
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2013
Population structure of Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus and its genetic relationship to Hymenoscyphus albidus (vol 5, pg 147, 2012)
Other publication (Peer reviewed)
Heart-rots, sap-rots and canker-rots
Book chapter
Protoilludane sesquiterpenes from the wood decomposing fungus Granulobasidium vellereum (Ellis & Cragin) Julich
Research article (Peer reviewed)
Patterns and Severity of Crown Dieback in Young Even-Aged Stands of European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) in Relation to Stand Density, Bud Flushing Phenotype, and Season
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Fungi in foliage and shoots of Fraxinus excelsior in eastern Ukraine: a first report on Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus
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Natural infection of Fraxinus excelsior seeds by Chalara fraxinea
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Stump removal to control root disease in Canada and Scandinavia: A synthesis of results from long-term trials
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2012
Wound occlusion and decay in Picea abies stems
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Establishment of Ectomycorrhiza-inoculated Pinus sylvestris seedlings on coastal dunes following a forest fire
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Retracing the routes of introduction of invasive species: the case of the Sirex noctilio woodwasp
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Discoloration and associated fungi in stems of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) following logging damage
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