Journal
FOREST PATHOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/efp.12560
Keywords
black-butt disease; pathogenicity; plantation forestry; sand-infestation pot trial; tree health
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- University of Pretoria
- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB), South Africa
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Eucalyptus grandis and its hybrids, as well as Acacia mearnsii, are important non-native trees commonly propagated for forestry purposes in South Africa. In this study, we conducted pathogenicity trials to assess the relative importance of five commonly isolated Phytophthora spp. (Phytophthora alticola, P. cinnamomi, P. frigida, P. multivora and P. nicotianae) from the plantation environment on E. grandis and A. mearnsii seedlings. Overall E. grandis was more susceptible to the tested Phytophthora spp. than A. mearnsii. Phytophthora cinnamomi was the only pathogen that had a significant negative effect on both the host tree species, leading to a reduction in root and shoot weight as well as to death in the case of E. grandis. Phytophthora alticola and P. nicotianae exclusively affected E. grandis and A. mearnsii, respectively. This study updated the current knowledge on the pathogenicity of Phytophthora spp. on two important non-native commercially propagated tree species from South Africa.
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