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First report of Calonectria montana causing damping‐off disease on pine and spruce seedlings in Europe
Author(s) -
Stępniewska Hanna,
Jankowiak Robert,
Boroń Piotr,
Woźniak Kamil
Publication year - 2020
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.12595
Subject(s) - biology , pathogenicity , botany , pinus <genus> , picea abies , damping off , fungal pathogen , pathogen , seedling , microbiology and biotechnology
In 2015–2016, damping‐off symptoms were observed on Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies seedlings in four forest nurseries in Poland. Some Calonectria isolates were obtained from symptomatic seedlings by culturing pieces of necrotic tissue on malt extract agar.Morphological and molecular analyses revealed that isolates represent Calonectria montana , a recently described species from natural forests in China. The isolates represent the first detection of this species outside of Asia. Pathogenicity tests demonstrated that C. montana is a severe pathogen of P. sylvestris seedlings.