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Pathogenicity of H eterobasidion annosum ( F r.) B ref. sensu stricto on coniferous tree species in T urkey
Author(s) -
DoğmuşLehtijärvi H. T.,
Erdoğan R. C.,
Lehtijärvi A.,
Woodward S.,
Aday Kaya A. G.
Publication year - 2016
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.12208
Subject(s) - biology , inoculation , heterobasidion annosum , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , horticulture , picea abies
Summary Two‐year‐old seedlings of P inus brutia, P . brutia var. eldarica , P inus pinea and 3‐year‐old seedlings of P inus radiata, P inus sylvestris, P inus nigra and C edrus libani were inoculated on the lower stem with isolates of H eterobasidion annosum s.s. collected from the B lack S ea and M editerranean regions of T urkey. In total, 315 seedlings were inoculated in A pril 2014 and incubated in a growth chamber for 7 weeks at 18–20°C. All isolates were pathogenic on the seven different hosts and had the ability to grow in living sapwood. The isolates had a greater growth on C . libani , P . sylvestris and P . radiata seedlings compared to plants of the other species tested. The least affected species were P . brutia and P . nigra . The isolates originating from the B lack S ea region caused longer lesions on the hosts. Overall mortality during 7 weeks of incubation was 4%.