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Association of the pitch canker pathogen Fusarium circinatum with grass hosts in commercial pine production areas of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Cassandra L Swett --- Department of Plant Pathology, USA Bernice Porter --- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, South Africa Gerda Fourie --- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, South Africa Emma T Steenkamp --- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, South Africa Thomas R Gordon --- Department of Plant Pathology, USA Michael J Wingfield --- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, South AfricaThe pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum, has major impacts on production in pine nurseries and plantations in South Africa. Thus far, efforts to reduce local spread have focused on rouging of infected pines and sanitation to eliminate local sources of... -
Grasses as a refuge for Fusarium circinatum L. – evidence from South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Darryl A Herron --- , South Africa Michael J Wingfield --- , South Africa Felix Fru --- , South Africa Brenda D Wingfield --- , South Africa Emma T Steenkamp --- , South AfricaFusarium circinatum L. is an important pathogen in countries that grow and manage Pinus species. Approximately 50% or 600 000 ha of South Africa’s commercial plantations are planted to Pinus spp. and some of these are threatened by this fungus...