Forest Pathology - 42 (6), 2012

Contents:


    Issue Information (page I)

   
    Presence of fungi in Scots pine needles found to correlate with air quality as measured by bioindicators in northern Spain (pages 443–453)

    C. Romeralo, J. J. Diez and N. F. Santiago

   
    Inhibition of Armillaria and Heterobasidion growth by Penicillium adametzii isolated from Pinus sylvestris forest soil (pages 454–466)

    L. Szwajkowska-Michałek, H. Kwaśna, P. Łakomy and J. Perkowski

   
    Isolation and characterization of pathogen defence-related class I chitinase from the actinorhizal tree Casuarina equisetifolia (pages 467–480)

    R. Veluthakkal and M. G. Dasgupta

   
    Pathogenicity and virulence of Armillaria sinapina and host response to infection in Douglas-fir, western hemlock and western redcedar in the southern Interior of British Columbia (pages 481–491)

    M. R. Cleary, B. J. van der Kamp and D. J. Morrison

  
    Root-colonizing ophiostomatoid fungi associated with dying and dead young Scots pine in Poland (pages 492–500)

    R. Jankowiak, P. Bilański, M. Kolařík and D. Wasiuta

   
    Detecting asymptomatic ink-diseased chestnut trees by the composition of the ectomycorrhizal community (pages 501–509)

    L. Scattolin, E. Dal Maso, S. Mutto Accordi, L. Sella and L. Montecchio


    Canker and dieback on Platanus x acerifolia caused by Diaporthe scabra (pages 510–513)

    F. M. Grasso, M. Marini, A. Vitale, G. Firrao and G. Granata

  
    Root and butt rot caused by Heterobasidion annosum in Atlantic coniferous ecosystems of Spain (pages 514–520)

    N. Mesanza and E. Iturritxa

   
    Pine wilt disease: detection of the pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) as a tool for a pine breeding programme (pages 521–525)

    B. Ribeiro, M. Espada, T. Vu, F. Nóbrega, M. Mota and I. Carrasquinho

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Forest Pathology - 42 (5), 2012

Contents:
   
        Issue Information (page I)

        
        Brown root rot of trees caused by Phellinus noxius in the Ryukyu Islands, subtropical areas of Japan (pages 353–361)

        N. Sahashi, M. Akiba, M. Ishihara, Y. Ota and N. Kanzaki

        
        Behaviour and survival of Phytophthora cambivora inoculum in soil-like substrate under different water regimes (pages 362–370)

        A. Vannini, M. Breccia, N. Bruni, A. Tomassini and A.M. Vettraino

      
        A new phytoplasma associated with witches’-broom on Japanese maple in China (pages 371–376)

        Z.-N. Li, L. Zhang, L. Zhao and Y.-F. Wu

        
        Involvement of Phytophthora spp. in chestnut decline in the Black Sea region of Turkey (pages 377–386)

        S. Akilli, Ç. U. Serçe, Y. Z. Kati rcioglu and S. Maden

       
        Discoloration and associated fungi in stems of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) following logging damage (pages 387–392)

        R. Vasaitis, R. Bakys and A. Vasiliauskas

      
        Effects of salicylic acid, 1-aminocyclopropan-1-carboxylic acid and methyl jasmonate on the frequencies of endophytic fungi in Quercus serrata leaves (pages 393–396)

        D. Kusumoto and E. Matsumura

       
        Chestnut blight in south-western Germany: multiple introductions of Cryphonectria parasitica and slow hypovirus spread (pages 397–404)

        F. S. Peters, C. L. Holweg, D. Rigling and B. Metzler

       
        Development and evaluation of a real-time PCR seed lot screening method for Fusarium circinatum, causal agent of pitch canker disease (pages 405–411)

        T. J. Dreaden, J. A. Smith, E. L. Barnard and G. Blakeslee

      
        Diversity of Cryphonectria parasitica in western Spain and identification of hypovirus-infected isolates (pages 412–419)

        P. Zamora, A. B. Martín, D. Rigling and J. J. Diez

        
        The effect of Phlebiopsis gigantea and urea stump treatment against spore infection of Heterobasidion spp. on hybrid larch (Larix × eurolepis) in southern Sweden (pages 420–428)

        L.Y Wang, H. Palsson, E. Ek and J. Rönnberg

       
        Molecular phylogeny of Ganoderma lucidum isolates collected from northern India (pages 429–436)

        P. S. Mohanty, N. S. K. Harsh and A. Pandey

    
        First report of Mycosphaerella dearnessii on Pinus nigra var. nigra in Austria (pages 437–440)

        M. Hintsteiner, T. L. Cech, E. Halmschlager, C. Stauffer and T. Kirisits

       
        Edwin Donaubauer, 1932–2012 (pages 441–442)

        E. Halmschlager, T. Kirisits, T. L. Cech and C. Tomiczek

       


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Forest Pathology - 42 (4), 2012

Forest Pathology - 42 (4), 2012


Contents:

    Issue Information (page I)

   
    Tree chitinases – stress- and developmental-driven gene regulation (pages 271–278)

    R. Veluthakkal, B. Karpaga Raja Sundari and M. Ghosh Dasgupta

    
    Molecular cloning and gene transcription analyses of barwin-type PR-4 genes from Phellinus sulphurascens-infected Douglas-fir seedlings (pages 279–288)

    M. A. Islam, R. N. Sturrock and A. K. M. Ekramoddoullah

   
    Pathogenicity of Phytophthora multivora to Eucalyptus gomphocephala and Eucalyptus marginata (pages 289–298)

    P. M. Scott, T. Jung, B. L. Shearer, P. A. Barber, M. Calver and G. E. St. J. Hardy

   
    Phytophthora citrophthora, a new pathogen causing decline on horse chestnut in Turkey (pages 299–304)

    S. Akilli, Ç. Ulubas Serçe, Y. Katircioglu and S. Maden

   
    Potential susceptibility of Australian flora to a NA2 isolate of Phytophthora ramorum and pathogen sporulation potential (pages 305–320)

    K. B. Ireland, D. Hüberli, B. Dell, I. W. Smith, D. M. Rizzo and G. E. St. J. Hardy

    
    Eucalyptus wood decay: effects on productivity and quality of cellulose (pages 321–329)

    R. G. Mafia, P. C. Santos, B. J. Demuner, A. Massoquete and R. C. Sartório

   
    The effects of Arceuthobium sichuanense infection on needles and current-year shoots of mature and young Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) trees (pages 330–337)

    B. Xia, C.-M. Tian, Y.-Q. Luo, L.-Y. Liu, D.-Z. Cairang, J.-H. Ma and F.-Z. Han

  
    Comparison of colonization capacity by asexual spores of Heterobasidion species in Norway spruce wood (pages 338–344)

    A. Gunulf, J. Rönnberg and M. Berglund

   
    Susceptibility to Phytophthora cinnamomi of the commonest morphotypes of Holm oak in southern Spain (pages 345–347)

    M. S. Serrano, P. De Vita, M. D. Carbonero, F. Fernández, P. Fernández-Rebollo and M. E. Sánchez

    
    Alder rust, Melampsoridium hiratsukanum Ito, identified from Wales, UK and British Columbia, Canada (pages 348–350)

    J. Hantula, R. Nigel Stringer, A. Lilja and T. Kurkela

  
    G. L Schumann; C. J D'Arcy, 2012: Hungry Plant: Stories of Plant Disease. St. Paul, MN: The American Phytopathological Society, ISBN: 978-0-89054-399-3; ix + 294 pp. Additional resources available at: www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/hungryplant (page 351)

    Steve Woodward

   
    Corrigendum (page 352)

    Cryptic speciation in Hymenoscyphus albidus

   
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Forest Pathology - 42 (3), 2012

Contents:

    Issue Information (page I)

   
    Mycobiota in needles of Abies alba with and without symptoms of Herpotrichia needle browning (pages 183–190)

    T. Kowalski and K. Andruch

 
    Evaluating the efficacy of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) seed oil treatment for Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. against Pycnoporus sanguineus (L. ex Fr.) Murr. using static bending strength properties (pages 191–198)

    A. A. Erakhrumen

    
    Relationships among beech bark disease, climate, radial growth response and mortality of American beech in northern Maine, USA (pages 199–212)

    M. T. Kasson and W. H. Livingston

   
    Pathogenicity testing of four Bursaphelenchus species on conifer seedlings under greenhouse conditions (pages 213–219)

    M. Dayi and S. Akbulut

   
    Virulence of Fusarium oxysporum and F. commune to Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings (pages 220–228)

    J. E. Stewart, Z. Abdo, R. K. Dumroese, N. B. Klopfenstein and M.-S. Kim

   
    Development and verification of a diagnostic assay based on EF-1 ? for the identification of Armillaria species in Northern Europe (pages 229–238)

    V. Mulholland, G. A. MacAskill, B. E. Laue, H. Steele, D. Kenyon and S. Green

   
    Impact of laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola, on xylem function in avocado, Persea americana (pages 239–245)

    S. A. Inch and R. C. Ploetz

   
    Leptoglossus occidentalis and Diplodia pinea: a new insect-fungus association in Mediterranean forests (pages 246–251)

    N. Luchi, V. Mancini, M. Feducci, A. Santini and P. Capretti

   
    A molecular toolkit for population genetic investigations of the ash dieback pathogen Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus (pages 252–264)

    A. Gross, C. R. Grünig, V. Queloz and O. Holdenrieder

   
    First report of Curvularia leaf spot, caused by Curvularia affinis on Dalbergia sissoo (pages 265–266)

    P. Sharma, N. Singh and O.P. Verma

   
    Armillaria ostoyae associated with dying 60-year-old Scots pines in northern Turkey (pages 267–269)

    A. Lehtijärvi, H. T. Dogmuş -Lehtijärvi and A. G. Aday

    
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Forest Pathology - 42 (2), 2012

Contents:

    Issue Information (pages I–II)

    
    Insect vectors of the pinewood nematode: a review of the biology and ecology of Monochamus species (pages 89–99)

    S. Akbulut and W. T. Stamps

   
    Effects of wounding and fungal infection with Armillaria ostoyae in three conifer species. I. Host response to abiotic wounding in non-infected roots (pages 100–108)

    M. R. Cleary, B. J. van der Kamp and D. J. Morrison

  
    Effects of wounding and fungal infection with Armillaria ostoyae in three conifer species. II. Host response to the pathogen (pages 109–123)

    M. R. Cleary, B. J. van der Kamp and D. J. Morrison

   
    Lophodermium needle cast, insect defoliation and growth responses of young Scots pines in Estonia (pages 124–135)

    M. Hanso and R. Drenkhan

  
    Isolation of Phytophthora lateralis from Chamaecyparis foliage in Taiwan (pages 136–143)

    J. F. Webber, A. M. Vettraino, T. T. Chang, S.E. Bellgard, C. M. Brasier and A. Vannini

  
    Presence of Heterobasidion infections in Norway spruce stumps 6 years after treatment with Phlebiopsis gigantea (pages 144–149)

    J. Rönnberg and M. R. Cleary

   
    Phytophthora ramorum in England and Wales: which environmental variables predict county disease incidence? (pages 150–159)

    V. Chadfield and M. Pautasso

  
    Relationship of site and stand characteristics to Armillaria root disease incidence on ponderosa pine in the Black Hills, South Dakota (pages 160–170)

    J. G. Klutsch, M. A. Kallas-Richlefs, R. M. Reich, J. L. Harris and W. R. Jacobi

   
    ‘Morfeo’ Elm: a new variety resistant to Dutch elm disease (pages 171–176)

    A. Santini, F. Pecori, A. Pepori and A. Brookes

   
    The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects (page 177)

    Nick Littlewood

 
    OBITUARY (pages 178–179)

    Detlev Vogler and Robert Scharpf

  
    OBITUARY (pages 180–181)

    Detlev Vogler and Thomas Harrington

   
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Forest Pathology - 42 (1), 2012

Contents:
   
        Issue Information (page i)

        
        The role of catechin and epicatechin in chemical defense against damping-off fungi of current-year Fagus crenata seedlings in natural forest (pages 1–7)

        K. Yamaji and Y. Ichihara

       
        Phytophthora ramorum is a generalist plant pathogen with differences in virulence between isolates from infectious and dead-end hosts (pages 8–13)

        D. Hüberli and M. Garbelotto

        
        Detection of mRNA by reverse-transcription PCR as an indicator of viability in Phytophthora ramorum (pages 14–21)

        A. Chimento, S. O. Cacciola and M. Garbelotto

       
        PCR–DGGE method for in planta detection and identification of Phytophthora species (pages 22–27)

        A. Rytkönen, A. Lilja and J. Hantula

        
        The long-term survival of Phytophthora cinnamomi in mature Banksia grandis killed by the pathogen (pages 28–36)

        S. Collins, J. A. McComb, K. Howard, B. L. Shearer, I. J. Colquhoun and G. E. St. J. Hardy

       
        Root lesions in large loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) following inoculation with four root-inhabiting ophiostomatoid fungi (pages 37–43)

        G. Matusick, G. L. Somers and L. G. Eckhardt

       
        Survival of southern pine seedlings after inoculations with Pythium and cold storage in the presence of peat moss (pages 44–51)

        D. P. Jackson, S. A. Enebak and D. B. South

       
        Beech bark disease: an evaluation of the predisposition hypothesis in an aftermath forest (pages 52–56)

        J. A. Cale, S. K. Letkowski, S. A. Teale and J. D. Castello

       
        Modelling the incidence of Heterobasidion annosum butt rots and related economic losses in alpine mixed naturally regenerated forests of northern Italy (pages 57–68)

        P. Gonthier, F. Brun, G. Lione and G. Nicolotti

        
        Genetic resistance to Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus limits fungal growth and symptom occurrence in Fraxinus excelsior (pages 69–74)

        L. V. McKinney, I. M. Thomsen, E. D. Kjar and L. R. Nielsen

       
        Trichoderma atroviride promotes growth and enhances systemic resistance to Diplodia pinea in radiata pine (Pinus radiata) seedlings (pages 75–78)

        T. Regliński, N. Rodenburg, J. T. Taylor, G. L. Northcott, A. Ah Chee , T. M. Spiers and R. A. Hill

       
        Distribution and genetic diversity of the root-rot pathogen Neonectria macrodidyma in a forest nursery (pages 79–83)

        A. Menkis and D. Burokiene

       
        Molecular characterization of Apple scar skin viroid from Himalayan wild cherry (pages 84–87)

        Y. Walia, S. Dhir, S. Bhadoria, V. Hallan and A. A. Zaidi

       
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