… The importance of specific vectors and wounding agents varies between locations that
have pitch canker. For instance, the spread of pitch canker in California is almost solely …

… Control Strategies No specific program has been developed to reduce or eliminate the threat
of pitch canker disease. An integrated management approach, including chemical control, …

… However, the slow establishment of pitch canker in the plantations and the actual timing
of these introductions remain unclear. In Chile, F. circinatum is known to be present only in …

… and economic losses, since trade in plant material is growing exponentially and so far
nonsuitable areas will become threatened by the changing environmental conditions as a result of …

… Fusarium circinatum is the casual agent of the pine disease known as pitch canker. Pitch
canker … This report reviews the epidemiology and current situation of pitch canker worldwide. …

… Given the importance of pitch canker and the threat it poses to New Zealand and Australia’s
current and future pine plantations, it would be of considerable use to assess how climate …

… This article is based upon work from COST Action FP1406 PINESTRENGTH (Pine pitch
canker strategies for management of Gibberella circinata in greenhouses and forests) supported …

… the disease commonly known as pine pitch canker (PPC). On mature trees, the most common
symptoms of PPC include resin bleeding, resinous cankers, wilting of needles and dieback…

… are grown intensively in plantations.… this threat. The aim of this review is to summarise
contemporary knowledge relating to the pitch canker pathogen, with a particular focus on its threat …

… and the threat that pitch canker poses to these countries … It is for this reason that the threat
of pitch canker needs … deal with disease threats such as those linked to pitch canker through …