Article
Population structure of Geosmithia morbida, the causal agent of thousand cankers disease of walnut trees in the United States.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Zerillo Marcelo M, Ibarra Caballero Jorge, Woeste Keith, Graves Andrew D, Hartel Colleen, Pscheidt Jay W, Tonos Jadelys, Broders Kirk, Cranshaw Whitney, Seybold Steven J, Tisserat Ned
Abstract excerpt
The ascomycete Geosmithia morbida and the walnut twig beetle Pityophthorus juglandis are associated with thousand cankers disease of Juglans (walnut) and Pterocarya (wingnut). The disease was first reported in the western United States (USA) on several Juglans species, but has been found more recently in the eastern USA in the native range of the highly susceptible Juglans nigra. We performed a comprehensive...
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