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Pathogenicity of Spanish isolates of H eterobasidion annosum s. s . in P inus pinaster seedlings
Author(s) -
PrietoRecio C.,
MartínGarcía J.,
Diez J. J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 1437-4781
DOI - 10.1111/efp.12091
Subject(s) - inoculation , biology , heterobasidion annosum , pathogenicity , infestation , horticulture , pinus pinaster , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , picea abies
Summary The aim of this study was to test the pathogenicity of two S panish isolates of H eterobasidion annosum sensu stricto in 2‐year‐old P inus pinaster seedlings. Two types of inocula (woodchips and sawdust) were used to infect the seedlings by two different routes (stem inoculation and soil infestation). The mortality rates of the stem‐inoculated seedlings differed significantly from controls, but those of the seedlings infected via soil infestation did not differ. For both types of inoculation, the lesions were longer, and wilting symptoms were more severe in the seedlings inoculated with H . annosum than in control seedlings. For stem inoculation, biomass allocation did not differ significantly between the infected and control seedlings. However, the percentage of fine roots was lower in seedlings infected via soil infestation than in the control seedlings. To our knowledge, this is the first pathogenicity test with H . annosum isolates and P . pinaster .