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Detection of Chalara fraxinea from tissue of Fraxinus excelsior using species‐specific ITS primers
Author(s) -
Johansson S. B. K.,
Vasaitis R.,
Ihrmark K.,
Barklund P.,
Stenlid J.
Publication year - 2010
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.1439-0329.2009.00614.x
Subject(s) - biology , fraxinus , botany , pathogen , fungal pathogen , fungus , endophyte , microbiology and biotechnology
Summary Chalara fraxinea (teleomorph: Hymenoscyphus albidus ) is known as a serious pathogen of Fraxinus excelsior , causing massive dieback of trees in Europe. The fungus is able to cause latent infections, and has been previously detected as an endophyte in asymptomatic tissues. Chalara fraxinea is a slow grower in culture, and is thus likely to be overgrown by faster growing fungi whenever pure culture isolations are being attempted. This study reports species‐specific ITS primers allowing fast and reliable detection of the pathogen directly from infected tissues of F. excelsior .