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Pathogenicity of Chalara fraxinea
Author(s) -
Kowalski T.,
Holdenrieder O.
Publication year - 2009
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/j.1439-0329.2008.00565.x
Subject(s) - biology , oleaceae , pathogenicity , ascomycota , botany , fungus , fraxinus , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , genetics
Summary The mitosporic fungus Chalara fraxinea ( Ascomycota ) is associated with dieback of common ash, an emerging disease of Fraxinus excelsior ( Oleaceae ) in Europe. The pathogenicity of C. fraxinea was demonstrated by field inoculations on young trees.