Characterization of Sphaeropsis sapinea isolates from South Africa, Mexico, and Indonesia

Plant Disease

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-156

  De Wet, Juanita ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a   Coutinho, Teresa A ^a   Wingfield, Brenda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPLODIA PINEA; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL SPORE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INDONESIA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MEXICO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLANT DISEASE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

PINUS PATULA; PINUS RADIATA; SPHAEROPSIS SAPINEA;

EID: 0033984990     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2000.84.2.151     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Barker, J. L. 1979. Geographical variations in spore morphology of Diplodia pinea. For. Comm. Wood Technology Division, New South Wales, Sydney.
2. Bega, R. V., Smith, R. S., Martinez, A. P., and Davis, C. J. 1978. Severe damage to Pinus radiata and P. pinaster by Diplodia pinea and Lophodermium spp. on Molokai and Lanai in Hawaii. Plant Dis. Rep. 62:329-331.
3. Birch, T. T. C. 1937. Diplodia pinea in New-Zealand. Rev. Appl. Mycol. 16:148.
4. Blodgett, J. T., and Stanosz, G. R. 1997. Sphaeropsis sapinea morphotypes differ in aggressiveness, but both infect nonwounded red or jack pines. Plant Dis. 81:143-147.
5. Blodgett, J. T., and Stanosz, G. R. 1999. Differences in aggressiveness of Sphaeropsis sapinea RAPD marker group isolates on several conifers. Plant Dis. 83:853-856.
6. Brown, B. N., Bevege, D. I., and Stevens, R. E. 1981. Site stress and Diplodia induced dieback and death of hail damaged slash pine. XVII IUFRO Congress, Kyoto, Japan.
7. Buchanan, T. S. 1967. Diplodia twig blight of pine. Pages 189-191 in: Important Forest Insects and Diseases of Mutual Concern to Canada, United States and Mexico. North American Forestry Commission. Canadian Department of Forestry, Ottawa.
8. Chou, C. K. S. 1982. Susceptibility of Pinus radiata seedlings to infection by Diplodia pinea as affected by pre-inoculation conditions. N.Z. J. For. Sci. 12:438-441.
9. Eldridge, K. G. 1961. Significance of Diplodia pinea in plantations. Rev. Appl. Mycol. 41:339.
10. Fisher, J. 1912. Two fungous diseases of coniferous trees. Agric. J. Union S. Afr. 3:389-391.
11. Gibson, I. A. S. 1980. Two pine needle fungi new to Columbia. Trop. Pest Manage. 26:38-40.
12. Jacobs, K. A., and Rehner, S. A. 1998. Comparison of cultural and morphological characters and ITS sequences in anamorphs of Botryosphaeria and related taxa. Mycologia 90:601-610.
13. Laughton, E. M. 1937. The incidence of fungal disease on timber trees in South Africa. S. Afr. J. Sci. 33:377-382.
14. Lückhoff, H. A. 1964. Diseases of exotic plantation trees in the Republic of South Africa. FAO/IUFRO Sympos. Meet. VI.
15. Lundquist, J. E. 1987. A history of five forest diseases in South Africa. S. Afr. For. J. 140:51-59.
16. Marks, G. C., and Minko, G. 1969. The pathogenicity of Diplodia pinea to Pinus radiata D. Don. Aust. J. Bot. 17:1-12.
17. Millikan, C. R., and Anderson, R. D. 1957. Dead top of Pinus spp. in Victorian plantations. Aust. J. For. 21:1-11.
18. Nicholls, T. H., and Ostry, M. E. 1990. Sphaeropsis sapinea cankers on stressed red and jack pines in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Plant Dis. 74:54-56.
19. Palmer, M. A., Stewart, E. L., and Wingfield, M. J. 1987. Variation among isolates of Sphaeropsis sapinea in the North Central United States. Phytopathology 77:944-948.
20. Punithalingam, E., and Waterston, J. M. 1970. Diplodia pinea. CMI Descriptions of Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria. No. 273. Commonw. Mycol. Inst./Assoc. Appl. Biol, Kew, Surrey, Eng.
21. Pumell, H. M. 1957. Shoot blight of Pinus radiata Don. caused by Diplodia pinea (Desm.) Kickx. Bull. For. Comm., Victoria 5:1-10.
22. Raeder, U., and Broda, P. 1985. Rapid preparation of DNA from filamentous fungi. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 1:17-20.
23. Smith, D. R., and Stanosz, G. R. 1995. Confirmation of two distinct populations of Sphaeropsis sapinea in the North Central United States using RAPDs. Phytopathology 85:699-704.
24. Smith, H., Wingfield, M. J., Crous, P. W., and Coutinho, T. A. 1996. Sphaeropsis sapinea and Botryosphaeria dothidea endophytic in Pinus spp. and Eucalyptus spp. in South Africa. S. Afr. J. Bot. 62:86-88.
25. Smith, H., Wingfield, M. J., De Wet, J., and Coutinho, T. A. Genotypic diversity of Sphaeropsis sapinea from South Africa and Northern Sumatra. Plant Dis. In press.
26. Stanosz, G. R., Smith, D. R., and Guthmiller, M. A. 1996. Characterization of Sphaeropsis sapinea from the West Central United States by means of random amplified polymorphic DNA marker analysis. Plant Dis. 80:1175-1178.
27. Stanosz, G. R., Smith, D. R., Guthmiller, M. R., and Stanosz, J. C. 1997. Persistence of Sphaeropsis sapinea on or in asymptomatic stems of red pine nursery seedlings. Mycologia 89:525-530.
28. Sutton, B. C. 1980. Sphaeropsis sapinea. Pages 120-121 in: Coelomycetes. Commonw. Mycol. Inst./Assoc. Appl. Biol., Kew, Surrey, Eng.
29. Swart, W. J., Knox-Davies, P. S., and Wingfield, M. J. 1985. Sphaeropsis sapinea, with special reference to its occurrence on Pinus spp. in South Africa. S. Afr. For. J. 35:1-8.
30. Swart, W. J., and Wingfield, M. J. 1991. Biology and control of Sphaeropsis sapinea on Pinus species in South Africa. Plant Dis. 75:761-766.
31. Swart, W. J., Wingfield, M. J., and Knox-Davies, P. S. 1987. Factors associated with Sphaeropsis sapinea infection of pine trees in South Africa. Phytophylactica 19:505-510.
32. Swan, W. J., Wingfield, M. J., Palmer, M. A., and Blanchette, R. A. 1991. Variation among South African isolates of Sphaeropsis sapinea. Phytopathology 81:489-493.
33. Visser, C., Wingfield, M. J., Wingfield, B. D., and Yamaoka, Y. 1995. Generic placement of Ophiostomu polonicum amongst the ophiostomatiod fungi. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 18:403-409.
34. Wang, C-G., Blanchette, R. A., Jackson, W. A, and Palmer, M. A. 1985. Differences in conidial morphology among isolates of Sphaeropsis sapinea. Plant Dis. 69:838-841.
35. Waterman, A. M. 1943. Diplodia pinea, the cause of a disease of hard pines. Phytopathology 33:1018-1031.
36. White, T. J., Bruns, T., Lee, S., and Taylor, J. 1990. Amplification and direct sequencing of fungal rRNA genes for phylogenetics. Pages 315-322 in: PCR Protocols: A Guide to Methods and Applications. M. A. Innis, D. H. Gelfand, J. J. Sninsky, and T. J. White, eds. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
37. Wingfield, M. J., and Knox-Davies, P. S. 1980. Association of Diplodia pinea with a root disease of pines in South Africa. Plant Dis. 64:221-223.
38. Wright, J. P., and Marks, G. C. 1970. Loss of merchantable wood in radiata pine associated with infection by Diplodia pinea. Aust. J. For. 34:100-119.
39. Zwolinski, J. B., Swart, W. J., and Wingfield, M. J. 1990. Intensity of dieback induced by Sphaeropsis sapinea in relation to site conditions. Eur. J. For. Pathol. 20:167-174.