Lecanosticta acicola is the causal agent for brown spot needle blight that affects pine trees
across the northern hemisphere. Based on marker genes and microsatellite data, two …

Lecanosticta acicola is a heterothallic ascomycete that causes brown spot needle blight on
native and nonnative Pinus spp. in many regions of the world. In this study we investigated …

Lecanosticta acicola causes brown spot needle blight (BSNB) of Pinus species. The
pathogen occurs mostly in the Northern Hemisphere but has also been reported in Central …

In recent years, there has been an apparent Europe-wide emerging presence of brown spot
needle blight, a disease of pine species caused by the fungus Lecanosticta acicola. In this …

Abstract For northern Europe Lecanosticta acicola is an emerging pine needle pathogen.
This study gives a first look into the population genetics of the pathogen in Estonia, the first …

Brown spot needle blight, a disease of pine trees caused by the pathogenic fungus
Lecanosticta acicola, has been known in Lithuania since 2009 and in Poland since 2014 …

Lecanosticta acicola is a pine needle pathogen causing brown spot needle blight that
results in premature needle shedding with considerable damage described in North …

Lecanosticta acicola is one of the most damaging species affecting Pinus radiata plantations
in Spain. Favourable climatic conditions and unknown endogenous factors of the pathogen …

Brown spot needle blight (BSNB), a disease of pine trees caused by the fungus Lecanosticta
acicola, has been known in Slovenia since 2008 and in Croatia since 1975. Recent …

European forests are threatened by increasing numbers of invasive pests and pathogens.
Over the past century, Lecanosticta acicola, a foliar pathogen predominantly of Pinus spp …