Drivers of emerging fungal diseases of forest trees

L Ghelardini, AL Pepori, N Luchi, P Capretti… - Forest Ecology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to prevent emerging infective diseases (EIDs), which increasingly threaten trees of
agro-forest and urban ecosystems, a thorough understanding of the factors causing them is …

Forest health in a changing world

M Pautasso, M Schlegel, O Holdenrieder - Microbial Ecology, 2015 - Springer
Forest pathology, the science of forest health and tree diseases, is operating in a rapidly
developing environment. Most importantly, global trade and climate change are increasing …

Estimating mortality rates of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) under the ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) epidemic

TLR Coker, J Rozsypálek, A Edwards… - Plants, People …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Damage to ash trees by ash dieback caused by the emerging
fungal pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus is impacting people across Europe. This poses …

An overview of ash (Fraxinus spp.) and the ash dieback disease in Europe.

R Enderle, J Stenlid, R Vasaitis - CABI Reviews, 2019 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Ash dieback, caused by the invasive fungal pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, has
become a serious threat to ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) and ash-related ecosystems in Europe …

Molecular markers for tolerance of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) to dieback disease identified using Associative Transcriptomics

AL Harper, LV McKinney, LR Nielsen, L Havlickova… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Tree disease epidemics are a global problem, impacting food security, biodiversity and
national economies. The potential for conservation and breeding in trees is hampered by …

Analyzing Ash Leaf-Colonizing Fungal Communities for Their Biological Control of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus

R Becker, K Ulrich, U Behrendt, M Kube… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The invasive ascomycete Hymenoscyphus fraxineus has been threatening Fraxinus
excelsior populations throughout Europe for over two decades. Since the infection and first …

The susceptibility of Asian, European and North American Fraxinus species to the ash dieback pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus reflects their phylogenetic …

LR Nielsen, LV McKinney, AM Hietala… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract In Europe, common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is being decimated because of the
invasive fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. In its native range in Asia this ascomycete is …

Rising Out of the Ashes: Additive Genetic Variation for Crown and Collar Resistance to Hymenoscyphus fraxineus in Fraxinus excelsior

F Muñoz, B Marçais, J Dufour, A Dowkiw - Phytopathology, 2016 - Am Phytopath Society
Since the early 1990s, ash dieback due to the invasive ascomycete Hymenoscyphus
fraxineus is threatening Fraxinus excelsior in most of its natural range. Previous studies …

Genetic variation in dieback resistance in Fraxinus excelsior confirmed by progeny inoculation assay

A Lobo, LV McKinney, JK Hansen, ED Kjær… - Forest …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Ash dieback caused by the pathogenic fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus [previously known
as H. pseudoalbidus (sexual stage) and Chalara fraxinea (asexual stage)] is a widespread …

Combined progress in symptoms caused by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus and Armillaria species, and corresponding mortality in young and old ash trees

CL Madsen, C Kosawang, IM Thomsen… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ash dieback caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus has been observed in Europe
for more than two decades. It was first reported in Denmark in 2002 followed by a rapid …