Plantation forestry diseases in Zambia: Contributing factors and management options

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Chungu, Donald ^a,b   Muimba Kankolongo, Ambayeba ^b   Wingfield, Michael J ^a   Roux, Jolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Department of Environmental and Plant Sciences   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Africa; Fire ecology; Fungal pathogens; Selection; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DISEASE CONTROL; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGAL DISEASE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUARANTINE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SILVICULTURE; TRAINING; WOOD QUALITY;

ZAMBIA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 78649240190     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2010039     Document Type: Review

References (43)

1. Barnes I., Crous P.W., Wingfield B.D., and Wingfield M.J., 2004. Multigene phylogenies reveal that red band needle blight of Pinus is caused by two distinct species of Dothistroma, D. septosporum and D. pini. Stud. Mycol. 50: 551-565. (Pubitemid 40451500)
2. Carniege A.J., Burgess T.I., Beilharz V., and Wingfield M.J., 2007. New species of Mycosphaerella from Myrtaceae in plantations and native forests in eastern Australia. Mycologia 99: 461-474. (Pubitemid 47282151)
3. Chidumayo E.N., 1989. Land use, deforestation and reforestation in the Zambian Copperbelt. Wiley Inter Science 1, pp. 209-216.
4. Chisanga E.C., Banda E.H., 2004. Necessities of Fire Protection in Zaffico Plantations, Monterey Printing and Packaging, Ndola, 76 p.
5. Chungu D., Gryzenhout M., Muimba-Kankolongo A., Wingifield M.J., and Roux J., 2010. Taxonomy and pathogenicity of two novel Chrysoporthe species from Eucalyptus grandis and Syzygium guineense in Zambia. Mycol. Prog. (In Press). DOI:10.1007/s11557-009-0646-9.
6. Coetzee M.P.A., Wingfield B.D., Bloomer P., and Wingfield M.J., 2005. Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences reveal species partitions amongst isolates of Armillaria from Africa. Mycol. Res. 109: 1223-1234. (Pubitemid 41411820)
7. Cortinas M.N., Crous P.W., Wingfield B.D., and Wingfield M.J., 2006. Multi-gene phylogenies and phenotypic characters distinguish two species within the Colletogloeopsis zuluensis complex associated with Eucalyptus stem cankers. Stud. Mycol. 55: 133-146. (Pubitemid 44276976)
8. Coutinho T.A., Steenkamp E.T., Mongwaketsi K., Wilmot M., and Wingfield M.J., 2007. First outbreak of pitch canker in a South African pine plantation. Australas. Plant Pathol. 36: 265-261.
9. Crous P.W., Alfenas A.C., and Wingfield M.J., 1993. Calonectria scoparia and Calonectria morganii sp. nov., and variation among isolates of their Cylindrocladium anamorphs. Mycol. Res. 97: 701-708.
10. Crous P.W., Braun U., and Groenewald J.Z., 2007. Mycosphaerella is polyphyletic. Stud. Mycol. 58: 1-32. (Pubitemid 47572398)
11. Crous P.W.,Wingfield M.J., Mansilla J.P., Alfenas A.C., and Groenewald J.Z., 2006. Phylogenetic reassessment of Mycosphaerella spp. and their anamorphs occurring on Eucalyptus II. Stud. Mycol. 55: 99-131. (Pubitemid 44276975)
12. CSIRO, 1996. Don't overfeed the trees! Ecos 87: 21-24. CSIRO, East Melbourne.
13. Durán A., Slippers B., Gryzenhout M., Ahumada R., Rotella A., Flores F.,Wingfield B.D., andWingfield M.J., 2008. Phytophthora pinifolia sp. nov. associated with a serious disease of Pinus radiata in Chile. Plant Pathol. 57: 715-727. (Pubitemid 352019586)
14. Evans J., 1992. Plantation Forestry in the Tropics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 403 p.
15. Gibson I.A.S., 1975. Diseases of forest trees widely planted as exotics in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere. Part 1. Important members of the Myrtaceae, Leguminosae, and Meliace, Commonwealth Forestry Institute. University of Oxford, UK, pp. 21-34.
16. Gibson I.A.S., Christensen P.S., and Munga F.M., 1964. First observation of a foliage disease of pines in Kenya caused by Dothistroma pini Hulbary. Commonw. For. Rev. 43: 31-48.
17. Gryzenhout M., Wingfield B.D., and Wingfield M.J., 2009. Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Ecology of Bark-infecting and tree killing Fungi in the Cryphonectriaceae. APS Press, Minnesota, USA.
18. Hunter G.C., Crous P.W., Carnegie A.J., and Wingfield M.J., 2009. Teratosphaeria nubilosa, a serious leaf disease pathogen of Eucalyptus spp. in native and introduced areas. Mol. Plant Pathol. 10: 1-14.
19. Ivory M.H., 1994. Records of foliage pathogens of Pinus species in tropical countries. Plant Pathol. 43: 511-518. (Pubitemid 2107027)
20. Kile A.G. and Watling R., 1981. An expanded concept of Armillaria luteobubalina. Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 81: 129-140.
21. Muimba-Kankolongo A., Nawa I.N., Roux J., and Ngandwe P., 2009. Damage to foliage and stems caused by fungal pathogens in young eucalypt plantations in Zambia. Southern Forests 71: 171-178.
22. Mwenje E. and Ride J.P., 1996. Morphological and biochemical characteristics of Armillaria isolates from Zimbabwe. Plant Pathol. 45: 1036-1051. (Pubitemid 27101141)
23. Nakabonge G., Roux J., Gryzenhout M., and Wingfield M.J., 2006. Distribution of Cryphonectria canker pathogens on Eucalyptus and Syzygium spp. in Eastern and Southern Africa. Plant Dis. 90: 734-740. (Pubitemid 43788043)
24. Purnell R.C. and Lundquist J.E., 1987. Effects of Mycosphaerella leaf spot on growth of Eucalyptus nitens. Plant Dis. 108: 672-681.
25. Roberds J.H., Namkoong G., and Skrøppa T., 1990. Genetic analysis of risk in clonal populations of forest trees. Theor. Appl. Genet. 79: 841-848.
26. Roux J. and Apetorgbor M., 2009. First report of Chrysoporthe cubensis from Eucalyptus in Ghana. New Disease Reports Vol. 20, Sept 2009 to Jan 2010. http://www.bspp.org.uk/publications/new-disease-reports/ndr.php.
27. Roux J., Coutinho T.A.,Wingfield M.J., Bouillett J.P., and Leigh P., 2000. Diseases of plantation Eucalyptus in the Republic of Congo. S. Afr. J. Sci. 96: 454-456.
28. Roux J., Meke G., Kanyi B., Mbaga A., Hunter G.C., Nakabonge G., Heath R.N., and Wingfield M.J., 2005. Diseases of plantation forestry trees in eastern and southern Africa. S. Afr. J. Sci. 101: 1-5.
29. Roux J., Mthalane Z.L., de Beer Z.W., Eisenberg B., and Wingfield M.J., 2006. Quambalaria leaf and shoot blight on Eucalyptus nitens in South Africa Australas. Plant Pathol. 35: 427-433. (Pubitemid 44048243)
30. Shakacite O., 1991. A review of the pathology of Eucalyptus in Zambia. Research note No. 51, Division of Forest Research, Kitwe, Zambia.
31. Slippers B. and Wingfield M.J., 2007. Botryosphaeriaceae as endophytes and latent pathogens of woody plants: diversity, ecology and impact. Fungal Biology Review 21: 90-106. (Pubitemid 47405319)
32. Sichinga G., 2008. Sanitary problems and wood quality in residual Pinus kesiya trees associated with timber harvesting practices in ZAFFICO plantations. B.Sc. dissertation submitted in School of Natural Resources, Copperbelt University. Kitwe, Zambia.
33. 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.
34. Van der Pas J.B., 1981. Reduced early growth rates of Pinus radiata caused by Dothistroma pini. New Zeal. J. For. Sci. 11: 210-220.
35. Van Heerden S.W. and Wingfield M.J., 2002. Effect of environment on the response of Eucalyptus clones to inoculation with Cryphonectria cubensis. For. Pathol. 32: 395-402. (Pubitemid 36128275)
36. Wall E. and Keane P.J., 1984. Leaf spot of Eucalyptus spp. caused by Aulographina eucalypti. Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 82: 257-273.
37. Wingfield B.D., Maphosa L., Coetzee M.P.A., Mwenje E., and Wingfield M.J., 2009. Characterization of Zimbabwean Armillaria using IGS-1 sequences and AFLPs. Fungal Divers 34: 185-194.
38. Wingfield M.J., 1987. Foliar pathogens of Eucalyptus in South Africa. Phytophylactica 19: 123.
39. Wingfield M.J., Crous P.W., and Coutinho T.A., 1997. A serious canker disease of Eucalyptus in South Africa caused by a new species of Coniothyrium. Mycopathologia 136: 139-145. (Pubitemid 27366835)
40. 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.
41. Wingfield M.J., Slippers B., Hurley B.P., Coutinho T.A., Wingfield B.D., and Roux J., 2008. Eucalypt pests and diseases: growing threats to plantation productivity. Southern Forests 70: 139-144.
42. Wingfield M.J., Swart W.J., and Kemp G.H.J., 1991. Pathological considerations in clonal propagation of Eucalyptus with special reference to the South Africa situation. In: Proceedings of the IUFRO International Symposium on Intensive Forestry: The role of Eucalyptus, Durban 2-6 Sept., pp. 811-820.
43. 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.