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Fungi associated with the fir bark beetle Cryphalus piceae in Poland
Author(s) -
Jankowiak R.,
Kolařík M.
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.1439-0329.2009.00620.x
Subject(s) - biology , ceratocystis , sporothrix , bark beetle , botany , bark (sound) , abies alba , inoculation , pathogenicity , ophiostoma , picea abies , microbiology and biotechnology , fungus , horticulture , ecology , immunology , sporotrichosis
Summary The aim of this study was to identify fungi associated with Cryphalus piceae on European silver fir ( Abies alba ) in Poland and to test the pathogenicity of selected isolates. Fungi were isolated from five populations of overwintered adults and their galleries. A great diversity of taxa was associated with C. piceae . In total, 2487 isolates, including 58 species distributed in 25 genera, were obtained. The two most frequently isolated fungi, an undescribed species of the genus Geosmithia and Ophiostoma piceae , appeared to be specifically associated with C. piceae , whereas Pesotum fragrans , Pesotum sp. and Sporothrix sp. were sporadically associated. Two‐year‐old seedlings of silver fir were wound‐inoculated with three species of fungi ( Geosmithia sp., O. piceae and Pesotum sp.) recovered from C. piceae . Only Pesotum sp. showed pathogenic ability, but we do not consider it to be an important pathogen of A. alba .