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Adaptive potential of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) populations to the emerging pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Elvira-Recuenco Margarita, Iturritxa Eugenia, Majada Juan, Alia Ricardo, Raposo Rosa
Abstract excerpt
There is a concern on how emerging pests and diseases will affect the distribution range and adaptability of their host species, especially due to different conditions derived from climate change and growing globalization. Fusarium circinatum, which causes pitch canker disease in Pinus species, is an exotic pathogen of recent introduction in Spain that threatens its maritime pine (P. pinaster) stands. To predict...
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