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Screening of Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) for resistance to Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of Pitch Canker disease
2012-04-01
Abstract excerpt
Pitch canker, caused by the fungus Fusarium circinatum, is an introduced non-native disease on pines in natural and planted stands of Europe. Research has not been conducted to test whether a European native pine species shows genetic variation in susceptibility to this disease. Half-sib families from 39 Pinus pinaster clones and seedlings from one unimproved seed source (control) were evaluated for resistance. Pi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 236212f7-16a2-550b-aff8-73f26256f95c
- DOI
- 10.1093/forestry/cpr055
