Can Hymenoscyphus fraxineus infect hardy members of the Oleaceae other than ash species?

Abstract

The interaction between the ash dieback fungus, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, and two commonly grown members of the Oleaceae (Forsythiaxintermedia Lynwood' and Ligustrum vulgare) was investigated. Shoots were inoculated with three isolates of H.fraxineus and harvested after 2 and 10weeks. DNA was extracted from tissue collected at the point of inoculation, as well as 15mm below and above (distal), and analysed using fungal-specific ITS primers and specific primers for H.fraxineus. The fungus was frequently detected in tissue at the point of inoculation, but rarely in distal samples. There was no evidence that H.fraxineus was pathogenic on either of the two oleaceous species over the duration of the experiment.

Published in

Forest Pathology
2015, volume: 45, number: 5, pages: 426-429
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

SLU Authors

• Madigan, Andrew

  • University of Aberdeen

• Taylor, Andy F. S.

  • The James Hutton Institute

• Cleary, Michelle

  • Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Nguyen, Diem

  • Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Elfstrand, Malin

  • Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12207

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