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Melanotus proteus : a newly recorded colonist of Sitka spruce stumps in Britain and a potential competitor for Heterobasidion annosum
Author(s) -
REDFERN D. B.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1991.tb02409.x
Subject(s) - heterobasidion annosum , biology , botany , ecology , picea abies
The widespread occurrence in Scotland of M. proteus. which was previously regarded as rare, is reported. It is a common colonist of Sitka spruce stumps which merits consideration as a potential biological control agent against the tree‐root pathogen H. annosum. There is some evidence that it may act as a decay organism in wounded Sitka spruce.