Abstract

The fungal pathogen Fusarium circinatum is the causal agent of Pine Pitch Canker (PPC), a disease which seriously affects different species of pine in forests and nurseries worldwide. In Europe, the fungus affects pines in northern Spain and Portugal, and it has also been detected in France and Italy. Here, we report the findings of the first trial investigating the susceptibility of Polish provenances of Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris L., to infection by F. circinatum. In a greenhouse experiment, 16 Polish provenances of Scots pine were artificially inoculated with F. circinatum and with six other Fusarium species known to infect pine seedlings in nurseries. All pines proved highly susceptible to PPC and displayed different levels of susceptibility to the other Fusarium spp. tested. The findings obtained indicate the potentially strong threat of establishment of an invasive pathogen such as F. circinatum following unintentional introduction into Poland.

Keywords

Pinus sylvestris; pitch canker; Fusarium circinatum; damping-off; disease spread

Published in

Forests
2018, Volume: 9, number: 9, article number: 560
Publisher: MDPI

SLU Authors

• Davydenko, Kateryna

  • Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Kharkiv State Zooveterinary Academy

Associated SLU-program

SLU Plant Protection Network


UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f9090560

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/97066