Journal
MYCOLOGIA
Volume 101, Issue 2, Pages 190-195Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3852/08-165
Keywords
American beech; beech bark disease; hardwood tree diseases; Nectria canker; Neonectria spp.
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- USDA-FS
- Maine Forest
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Beech bark disease (BBD) requires prior infestation of bark by an exotic scale insect, Cryplococcus fagisuga, to permit infection by one or more fungi, primarily Neonectria dilissima and Neonectria faginata. Previous studies in North America report a progression in which N. faginata replaces N. ditissima as the dominant pathogen in the BBD complex. To examine the status Of the Neonectria populations in forests that have developed for decades with and without BBD a survey was conducted 2005-2006 in northern Maine. Ascospore measurements from 201 beech bark disks containing mature perithecia support reports that, once established, N. faginata dominates the BBD complex. However stands did contain more N. ditissima when other highly susceptible hardwood tree species were present (R-2 = 0.775), regardless of disease severity. Abundance of N. dilissima in areas long affected by BBD Suggests that N. ditissima, by continually supplying inocula from nonbeech hosts, continues to affect BBD.
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