We studied long-term effects of forest fires on the dynamics of soil fungal community along a
post-fire chronosequence in hemiboreal Scots pine stands in north-western Estonia. Effects …

Short-rotation forestry on former agricultural soils is a novel silvicultural system for producing
woody biomass and mitigating climate change through CO 2 uptake. However, tree …

Global warming affects the abiotic and biotic growth environment of plants, including the
spread of fungal diseases such as Dutch elm disease (DED). Dutch elm disease-resistance …

We assessed the diversity and composition of fungal communities in different functional
tissues and the rhizosphere soil of Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies stands along the …

The populations of European ash and its harmless fungal associate Hymenoscyphus
albidus are in decline owing to ash dieback caused by the invasive Hymenoscyphus …

Lophodermium species are well known to be among the dominant endophytic fungi
colonizing pine needles. The occurrence of two species with different life strategies on …

Herbaria are a promising but still poorly applied information source for retrospective
microbiological studies. In order to find any evidence of the virulent European origin of ash …

Aim Leaves support a large diversity of fungi, which are known to cause plant diseases,
induce plant defences or influence leaf senescence and decomposition. To advance our …

In forest nurseries, foliar fungi play a key role in the health of tree seedlings. The aim of this
study was to study the diversity and the development of foliar fungal species associated with …

The fungus Heterobasidion annosum sl is one of the most destructive pathogens in
coniferous forests in the Northern Hemisphere spreading during most of the year with spores …