Cyclaneusma needle cast is a very damaging foliar disease of Pinus species. It is
particularly widespread and detrimental to the growth of planted forests in New Zealand. The …

This review is funded by the Forest Biosecurity Research Council and written for the New
Zealand forest industry. It summarises results of research in New Zealand on needle …

Cronartium fusiforme is considered conspecific with C. quercuum based on morphological
studies, but maintained as a distinct forma specialis of C. quercuum because of its restricted …

Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pitch canker, was first reported in South Africa in
1990 on Pinus patula seedlings in a nursery. Subsequent to this outbreak the pathogen has …

Cylindrocladium quinqueseptatum Boedijn & Reitsma was originally described from leaf
spots of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. from Indonesia. This fungus infects many host plants in …

Endothia gyrosa is a canker pathogen best known as the causal agent of pin oak blight in
North America, and causes cankers on other woody hosts such as Castanea spp. and …

Cyclaneusma needlecast, which can damage Scots pine, is becoming increasingly
important in the Lake States. The complex life cycle of the fungus has hindered the …

The causative agent of dieback of Pinus contorta in Scotland is described as
Ramichloridium pini sp. nov. The taxonomic relationships of the genera Veronaea …