Global geographic distribution and host range of Dothistroma species: a comprehensive review

R Drenkhan, V Tomešová‐Haataja, S Fraser… - Forest …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) is one of the most important diseases of pine. Although its
notoriety stems from Southern Hemisphere epidemics in Pinus radiata plantations, the …

[HTML][HTML] The increasing threat to European forests from the invasive foliar pine pathogen, Lecanosticta acicola

K Tubby, K Adamčikova, K Adamson, M Akiba… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
European forests are threatened by increasing numbers of invasive pests and pathogens.
Over the past century, Lecanosticta acicola, a foliar pathogen predominantly of Pinus spp …

Response of eastern white pine and associated foliar, blister rust, canker and root rot pathogens to climate change

SA Wyka, IA Munck, NJ Brazee, KD Broders - Forest Ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate model predictions for the northeastern US forecast a warmer and wetter climate,
which favors the survival, reproduction and dispersal of foliar diseases of eastern white pine …

New country and regional records of the pine needle blight pathogens Lecanosticta acicola, Dothistroma septosporum and Dothistroma pini

MS Mullett, K Adamson, H Bragança… - Forest …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Dothistroma needle blight (DNB), caused by Dothistroma septosporum and Dothistroma
pini, and brown spot needle blight (BSNB), caused by Lecanosticta acicola, are some of the …

Lecanosticta acicola: A growing threat to expanding global pine forests and plantations

A Van Der Nest, MJ Wingfield… - Molecular Plant …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Lecanosticta acicola causes brown spot needle blight (BSNB) of Pinus species. The
pathogen occurs mostly in the Northern Hemisphere but has also been reported in Central …

Characterization of fungal pathogens associated with white pine needle damage (WPND) in northeastern North America

K Broders, I Munck, S Wyka, G Iriarte, E Beaudoin - Forests, 2015 - mdpi.com
Eastern white pine is a crucial ecological and economic component of forests in the northern
USA and eastern Canada, and is now facing an emerging problem in white pine needle …

Effect of Climatic Variables on Abundance and Dispersal of Lecanosticta acicola Spores and Their Impact on Defoliation on Eastern White Pine

SA Wyka, CD McIntire, C Smith, IA Munck… - …, 2018 - Am Phytopath Society
The disease complex white pine needle damage (WPND), first reported in 2006, has now
escalated to an epidemic state across the northeastern United States. Although this complex …

[PDF][PDF] Quarantine pathogen Lecanosticta acicola, observed at its jump from an exotic host to the native Scots pine in Estonia

K Adamson, M Laas, R Drenkhan, M Hanso - Baltic Forestry, 2018 - researchgate.net
In October 2016, the causal agent of Brown Spot Needle Blight (BSNB) Lecanosticta acicola
(Thüm.) Syd. was discovered for the first time on young native Scots pines in a small mixed …

Detection of pine needle diseases caused by Dothistroma septosporum, Dothistroma pini and Lecanosticta acicola using different methodologies

S Schneider, E Jung, V Queloz, JB Meyer… - Forest …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Dothistroma and Lecanosticta needle blight are among the most damaging foliage diseases
in plantations and natural pine stands worldwide, and are therefore listed as quarantine …

A look into the genetic diversity of Lecanosticta acicola in northern Europe

M Laas, K Adamson, R Drenkhan - Fungal biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract For northern Europe Lecanosticta acicola is an emerging pine needle pathogen.
This study gives a first look into the population genetics of the pathogen in Estonia, the first …