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We tested whether the pairing of selected isolates could be used to increase the efficiency of a decay fungus  Chondrostereum purpureum  (Pers. Ex Fr.) Pouzar to control hardwood sprouting in Finland. We paired  C. purpureum  strains efficient in sprout control or highly active in laccase production, and tested the efficacy of their progeny in spout control experiments. This procedure resulted in a strain with an efficacy superior to that of the parental strains. The mortality of birch ( Betula pendula  Roth. and  B. pubescens  Ehrh.) 1 cm in stump diameter was 78%, 56% and 9% for the best progeny, the best parental strain and the control, respectively. Mortality was only slightly higher for  B. pendula  than for  B. pubescens  but no significant differences were found between the number or maximum height of stump sprouts. Our results showed that cross breeding of this decay fungus is a good alternative in attempts to produce efficient biocontrol agents against hardwood sprouting.

Breeding Increases the Efficacy of Chondrostereum purpureum in the Sprout Control of Birch