Phytopathologia Mediterranea (2005) 44, 38-43

Francesco Nicoletti, Marco Vettorazzo, Francesca Ballarin, Lucio Montecchio, Roberto Causin and Sergio Mutto Accordi (2005)
Hygrothermic treatment of chestnut logs infected with Cryphonectria parasitica
Phytopathologia Mediterranea 44 (1), 38-43
Abstract: Due to the reduced availability of large-sized chestnut logs in Europe, many European timber industries currently get their supplies from non-European countries, mainly from the Caucasian region, which are often not immune to chestnut blight. Given the high risk of introducing new virulent strains incompatible with local hypovirulent ones, the European Union regulation requires that chestnut logs, imported from so-called 'third party' nations where Cryphonectria parasitica is present, reach the European boundaries bark free: this prevents the production of veneers, which are highly remunerative, but whose first workmanship phases require barked logs. Following a multilevel investigation, the authors propose a stem-flow protocol that can devitalise the parasite in barked logs while preserving the commodity characteristics of the wood, through a fast, simple and low-cost treatment, that can be performed at the European borders whenever C. parasitica is or might be present.
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Database assignments for author(s): Lucio Montecchio

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general
quarantine treatments/regulations/aspects

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Cryphonectria parasitica	Chestnut (Castanea)	Russia (Eur.)