Forests (2020) 11 (1 - 7)

Margarita Elvira-Recuenco, Santa Olga Cacciola, Antonio V. Sanz-Ros, Matteo Garbelotto, Jaime Aguayo, Alejandro Solla, Martin Mullett, Tiia Drenkhan, Funda Oskay, Ayse Gülden Aday Kaya, Eugenia Iturritxa, Michelle Cleary, Johanna Witzell, Margarita Georgieva, Irena Papazova-Anakieva, Danut Chira, Marius Paraschiv, Dmitry L. Musolin, Andrey V. Selikhovkin, Elena Yu. Varentsova, Katarina Adamcíková, Svetlana Markovskaja, Nebai Mesanza, Kateryna Davydenko, Paolo Capretti, Bruno Scanu, Paolo Gonthier, Panaghiotis Tsopelas, Jorge Martín-García, Carmen Morales-Rodríguez, Asko Lehtijärvi, H. Tugba Dogmus Lehtijärvi, Tomasz Oszako, Justyna Anna Nowakowska, Helena Bragança, Mercedes Fernández-Fernández, Jarkko Hantula and Julio J. Díez (2020)
Potential interactions between invasive Fusarium circinatum and other pine pathogens in Europe
Forests 11 (1 - 7)
Abstract: Pines are major components of native forests and plantations in Europe, where they have both economic significance and an important ecological role. Diseases of pines are mainly caused by fungal and oomycete pathogens, and can significantly reduce the survival, vigor, and yield of both individual trees and entire stands or plantations. Pine pitch canker (PPC), caused by Fusarium circinatum (Nirenberg and O'Donnell), is among the most devastating pine diseases in the world, and is an example of an emergent invasive disease in Europe. The effects of microbial interactions on plant health, as well as the possible roles plant microbiomes may have in disease expression, have been the focus of several recent studies. Here, we describe the possible effects of co-infection with pathogenic fungi and oomycetes with F. circinatum on the health of pine seedlings and mature plants, in an attempt to expand our understanding of the role that biotic interactions may play in the future of PPC disease in European nurseries and forests. The available information on pine pathogens that are able to co-occur with F. circinatum in Europe is here reviewed and interpreted to theoretically predict the effects of such co-occurrences on pine survival, growth, and yield. Beside the awareness that F. circinatum may co-occurr on pines with other pathogens, an additional outcome from this review is an updating of the literature, including the so-called grey literature, to document the geographical distribution of the relevant pathogens and to facilitate differential diagnoses, particularly in nurseries, where some of them may cause symptoms similar to those induced by F. circinatum. An early and accurate diagnosis of F. circinatum, a pathogen that has been recently introduced and that is currently regulated in Europe, is essential to prevent its introduction and spread in plantings and forests.
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Database assignments for author(s): Paolo Capretti, Paolo Gonthier, Panaghiotis Tsopelas, Jorge Martín-García, Asko Lehtijärvi, Helena Bragança, Jarkko Hantula, Julio Diez, Santa O. Cacciola, Alejandro Solla, Martin S. Mullett, Tiia Drenkhan, Eugenia Iturritxa, Michelle R. Cleary, Dmitry L. Musolin, Kateryna Davydenko

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Fusarium circinatum	Pine (Pinus)	France
	Fusarium circinatum	Pine (Pinus)	Italy
	Fusarium circinatum	Pine (Pinus)	Portugal (continental)
	Fusarium circinatum	Pine (Pinus)	Spain (continental)