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Beech Bark Disease: A Comparison of the Disease in North America, Great Britain, France, and Germany
Author(s) -
Houston D. R.,
Parker E. J.,
Perrin R.,
Lang K. J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
european journal of forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 0300-1237
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0329.1979.tb00679.x
Subject(s) - beech , bark (sound) , biology , fagus sylvatica , fungal pathogen , fagaceae , bark beetle , botany , ecology , pathogen , immunology
Abtract Beech bark disease is an often lethal malady of Fagus sylvatica and F.grandifolia . Observations in North America and recent studies in Great Britain and France support the concept that the disease complex occurs when bark, infested by the scale insect Cryptococcus fagi , is infected and killed by fungi of the genus Nectria . Comparisons of the ecology of beech bark disease, borne out by recent investigations in North America, Great Britain, France and Germany, are presented.