Pitch canker caused by Fusarium circinatum — a growing threat to pine plantations and forests worldwide

MJ Wingfield, A Hammerbacher, RJ Ganley… - Australasian Plant …, 2008 - Springer
Pitch canker, caused by the fungus Fusarium circinatum, is one of the most important
pathogens of Pinus species. Sporadic outbreaks and epidemics caused by this fungus have …

[HTML][HTML] Global Geographic Distribution and Host Range of Fusarium circinatum, the Causal Agent of Pine Pitch Canker

R Drenkhan, B Ganley, J Martín-García, P Vahalík… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pine pitch canker (PPC), is currently one of the
most important threats of Pinus spp. globally. This pathogen is known in many pine-growing …

Association Mapping of Quantitative Disease Resistance in a Natural Population of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.)

T Quesada, V Gopal, WP Cumbie, AJ Eckert… - Genetics, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Genetic resistance to disease incited by necrotrophic pathogens is not well understood in
plants. Whereas resistance is often quantitative, there is limited information on the genes …

Multispecies comparison of host responses to Fusarium circinatum challenge in tropical pines show consistency in resistance mechanisms

EA Visser, TP Kampmann, JL Wegrzyn… - Plant, Cell & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fusarium circinatum poses a threat to both commercial and natural pine forests. Large
variation in host resistance exists between species, with many economically important …

Environmentally friendly methods for controlling pine pitch canker

J Martín‐García, R Zas, A Solla, S Woodward… - Plant …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Fusarium circinatum is a highly virulent invasive pathogen that causes the disease
commonly known as pine pitch canker (PPC). On mature trees, the most common symptoms …

The pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum: implications for South African forestry

RG Mitchell, ET Steenkamp, TA Coutinho… - Southern Forests: a …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pitch canker of mature pines and root/collar rot of
pine seedlings/cuttings, has resulted in large-scale losses to pine forestry in various parts of …

Genetic Diversity and Gene Exchange in Pinus oocarpa, a Mesoamerican Pine with Resistance to the Pitch Canker Fungus (Fusarium circinatum)

WS Dvorak, KM Potter, VD Hipkins… - … Journal of Plant …, 2009 - journals.uchicago.edu
Eleven highly polymorphic microsatellite markers were used to determine the genetic
structure and levels of diversity in 51 natural populations of Pinus oocarpa across its …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of provenance, climate, and chemical defense on the resistance of Pinus pinaster Aiton to Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Buhrer)

E Torres-Sánchez, M Menéndez-Gutiérrez… - Annals of Forest …, 2023 - Springer
Key message The resistance of Pinus pinaster Aiton to pinewood nematode
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Buhrer) varied among populations from the …

Fusarium circinatum and pitch canker of Pinus in Colombia

ET Steenkamp, CA Rodas, M Kvas… - Australasian Plant …, 2012 - Springer
Pitch canker, caused by the ascomycete fungus Fusarium circinatum, infects a wide range of
Pinus species. The pathogen has a global distribution and limits plantation productivity …

[HTML][HTML] A Comparative Study of the Pathogenicity of Fusarium circinatum and other Fusarium Species in Polish Provenances of P. sylvestris L.

K Davydenko, JA Nowakowska, T Kaluski, M Gawlak… - Forests, 2018 - mdpi.com
The fungal pathogen Fusarium circinatum is the causal agent of Pine Pitch Canker (PPC), a
disease which seriously affects different species of pine in forests and nurseries worldwide …