European Fraxinus species Introduced into New Zealand Retain Many of their Native Endophytic Fungi

Abstract

Fraxinus species were introduced in to New Zealand as amenity trees as early as the mid-1850s. As a likely consequence of this early introduction and of their geographic isolation, Fraxinus species in New Zealand have not yet been subjected to the devastating impacts of ash decline caused by Hymenoscyphus fraxinus. This study used isolations, PCR and cloning methods to examine the endophytic fungi associated with Fraxinus excelsior and F. angustifolia on the north island of New Zealand.

Keywords

Fraxinus excelsior; Fraxinus angustifolia; endophytic communities

Published in

Baltic Forestry
2017, volume: 23, number: 1, pages: 74-81
Publisher: INST FORESTRY LRCAF

SLU Authors

• Power, Matthew

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

• Hopkins, Anna

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

• Bengtsson, Stina

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

• Vasaitis, Rimvydas

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

• Cleary, Michelle

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

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/94094