The pathogenicity of Diplodia pinea to Pinus radiata D. Don

1969 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GC Marks ◽  
G Minko
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Radiata ◽  
Wood Quality ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Disease Symptoms ◽  
Diplodia Pinea ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Traumatic Resin Canals ◽  
Resin Canals ◽  
Very High ◽  
Considerable Damage

In the Pinus radiata stands of north-eastern Victoria the symptom "dead top" is common and consistently associated with the fungus Diplodia pinea. In order to resolve the pathogenic status of D. pinea, its association with disease symptoms has been studied by histological examination and tissue isolations following greenhouse and field inoculations. Malformations were associated with infection by D. pinea and although the amount of tissue killed was small, the defect induced was considerable. Damage to the leader caused the greatest loss in wood quality. The fungus attacked the pith very readily after gaining access to this tissue through injuries and via needle or cone traces. In the pith, the fungus spread slowly downwards and was protected from changes in the external environment. Injection of D. pinea spores into the pith resulted in a very high percentage of infection, and caused the malformations and other symptoms associated with attack by this fungus in the field. Histological studies showed that the fungus spread rapidly in the pith tissues, causing alterations in cambial function which produced traumatic resin canals, parenchymatous cells, and compression wood. Field trials showed that fast-growing trees were more severely affected than slower-growing ones, and the latter recovered more quickly. The fungus persisted in the infected tissues for up to 400 days.

Are Rays and Resin Canals Causal Sites for Intra-Ring Checking in the Wood of Pinus Radiata?

IAWA Journal ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hema Nair ◽  
Brian Butterfield ◽  
Sandra Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Pinus Radiata ◽  
Wood Quality ◽  
Radiata Pine ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Linear Arrangement ◽  
Pine Wood ◽  
Kiln Drying ◽  
Tissue Area ◽  
Resin Canals

Pinus radiata D. Don (radiata pine) wood can develop a wood quality defect called ‘intra-ring checking’ (checks) during kiln drying. A study was conducted to examine if rays and resin canals were the initiation sites of checks, and if the presence of the rays and resin canals increased the susceptibility of radiata pine wood to checking. The structural features associated with checking were observed in images of thirteen oven-dried radiata pine disks. Six of the sixty checks observed were associated with rays and resin canals. It is clear from the observations that rays and resin canals could not be the primary sites for check development. A comparative study showed some differences between the checked and non-checked wood with respect to rays and resin canals. Checked wood showed a higher amount of tissue area occupied by rays than the nonchecked wood. Hence, it is possible that rays can influence the tendency of wood to check. Such a relationship was not seen with respect to resin canals. However, a difference in the arrangement of resin canals was observed between checked and non-checked wood. Checked wood showed a scattered arrangement of resin canals, while the non-checked wood showed a linear arrangement.

Biological control of sapstain fungi: From laboratory experiments to field trials 10th EWLP, Stockholm, Sweden, August 25–28, 2008

Holzforschung ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelia Gradinger ◽  
Tsilla Boisselet ◽  
Daniel Stratev ◽  
Thomas Ters ◽  
Kurt Messner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Filamentous Fungi ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Pine Wood ◽  
Diplodia Pinea ◽  
Phlebiopsis Gigantea ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Sphaeropsis Sapinea ◽  
Micro Organisms

Abstract Sapstain fungi, which reduce the value of pine wood, were isolated from an industrial wood yard in north-eastern Germany. The predominant wood discolouring species on the industrial wood yard and in the forests of the investigated region was Sphaeropsis sapinea (syn. Diplodia pinea), but Ophiostoma minus was also found. These fungi were challenged with antagonistic micro-organisms in laboratory trials and in field experiments. Amongst the tested microorganisms only strains of filamentous fungi (Trichoderma sp. and Phlebiopsis gigantea) could control the sapstain fungi on pine wood blocks efficiently. Although P. gigantea was unable to inhibit stain formation completely, the wood was bleached by this fungus in later incubation stages. In two field trials, sapstain on pine wood logs was successfully retarded for a period of 10 and 12 weeks, respectively, with a white sporulating mutant of Trichoderma harzianum. Thus, the concept using filamentous fungi as antagonists against sapstain developed under laboratory conditions also proved to be valid under natural conditions in forest eco-systems.

Seasonal Variation in Traumatic Resin Canal Formation in Chamaecyparis Obtusa Phloem

IAWA Journal ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiko Kuroda
Keyword(s):  
Annual Ring ◽  
Stem Canker ◽  
Chamaecyparis Obtusa ◽  
Resin Canal ◽  
Annual Rings ◽  
Secondary Phloem ◽  
Resinous Stem Canker ◽  
Traumatic Resin Canals ◽  
Resin Canals ◽  
Artificial Wounding

Trunks of Chamaecyparis obtusa were injured to examine seasonal differences in traumatic resin canal formation in secondary phloem. Even after wounding during winter, differentiation of axial parenchyma into epithelium was initiated, and vertical resin canals formed. After winter wounding, resin canal development was slower and the tangential extent of resin canals was narrower than after spring wounding, and it took one to two months until resin secretion began. After spring wounding, the sites of resin canal formation were the 1- and 2-year-old annual rings of phloem. In August, the location of resin canal formation shifted into the current and 1-year-old annual ring. Resin canals never formed in secondary phloem areas that were 3 or more years old. In C. obtusa trunks that are affected by the resinous stem canker, numerous tangentiallines of resin canals are found throughout the phloem, not just recent and 1- to 2-year-old phloem. The present research indicates that these many lines of resin canals were not formed at one time, and that the stimuli that induce traumatic resin canals must occur repeatedly over many years. The data on artificial wounding effects are useful for understanding resinous stem canker.

scholarly journals Meat and bone meal as nitrogen and phosphorus supplier to cereals and oilseed rape

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Nogalska ◽  
Lin Chen ◽  
Stanisław Sienkiewicz ◽  
Zenon Nogalski
Keyword(s):  
Oilseed Rape ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Protein Yield ◽  
Meat And Bone Meal ◽  
Bone Meal ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Mineral Fertilization ◽  
Winter Triticale ◽  
North Eastern

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of meat and bone meal (MBM) on cultivation of winter triticale, winter oilseed rape, winter wheat and maize. The average annual yields and protein yield achieved in crop rotation were studied. The field trials were carried out in north-eastern Poland in 2006–2010. The factor was dose of MBM: 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 t ha-1 year-1 or 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 t ha-1 every other year. The four-year experiment has proven that MBM is a valuable nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer in cultivation of cereals and oilseed rape. By amendment of the tested meal into the soil it produced crop yield and protein yield similar to that achieved by mineral fertilization. However, the crude fat yield of rape was significantly higher under the influence of all the MBM doses. The yield-stimulating effect of MBM did not depend on the frequency of its application; therefore it is more convenient to apply it once every two years. Increasing MBM from 1.5 to 2.5 t ha-1 did not significantly increase any of the four crop yields, therefore for soils that had satisfactory nutrients content, 1 or 1.5 t ha-1 MBM is enough and increasing MBM will only increase economic burden for farmers and environmental risks.

scholarly journals Susceptibility of Maize Inbreds and Incidence of Symptomless Infection by the Head Smut Pathogen, Sphacelotheca reiliana

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Anderson ◽  
H. E. Simmons ◽  
R. D. French-Monar ◽  
G. P. Munkvold
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Real Time Pcr ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
High Susceptibility ◽  
Head Smut ◽  
Pcr Assay ◽  
Disease Symptoms ◽  
The Real ◽  
Seedling Infection

A real-time PCR assay was used to compare seedling infection by Sphacelotheca reiliana, the causal agent of head smut, among five inbred genotypes representing low, moderate, and high susceptibility to the disease. Seeds were coated with teliospores and planted in autoclaved field soil in a growth chamber. Incidence of seedling infection at growth stage V3 differed between an inbred genotype of low susceptibility and those of moderate and high susceptibility, but did not differ between the high and moderately susceptible groups (P < 0.05). The real-time PCR assay was also used to compare infection status at early and late vegetative stages with observable symptoms in the field. We detected infection via real-time PCR in maize at both growth stages during field trials conducted in Texas and California but observed no disease symptoms (smutted ears or tassels). Notably, the fungus was present in up to 31% of the ear shoots in plots without disease symptoms. The real-time assay can be a useful tool for screening seedling-stage host resistance, and for better understanding the progress of infection in different maize genotypes. The field data suggest that asymptomatic infection is much more common than previously thought, and may have important implications for the epidemiology of this fungus under diverse plant resistance and growing conditions. Accepted for publication 11 December 2015. Published 5 January 2016.

Trichoderma atroviride promotes growth and enhances systemic resistance to Diplodia pinea in radiata pine (Pinus radiata) seedlings

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Regliński ◽  
N. Rodenburg ◽  
J. T. Taylor ◽  
G. L. Northcott ◽  
A. Ah Chee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Radiata ◽  
Radiata Pine ◽  
Systemic Resistance ◽  
Trichoderma Atroviride ◽  
Diplodia Pinea

Chemical control of loose smut (Ustilago segetum var. tritici) of barley and the effects of cultivar and environment on disease incidence

1991 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 373
Author(s):  
R Loughman ◽  
EJ Speijers ◽  
GJ Thomas ◽  
DJ Ballinger
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Chemical Control ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Loose Smut ◽  
High Rainfall ◽  
Barley Cultivars ◽  
Control Disease ◽  
Moderately Resistant ◽  
Very High

The reasons for an increase in barley loose smut in high rainfall areas of Western Australia were investigated in field trials from 1986 to 1988 by examining the effects of environment, cultivar and adequacy of chemical control. Disease was 4-18 times greater in 2 seed lines produced in very high rainfall areas (>750 mm/year) compared with that produced in high (450-750 mm/year) or low (<325 mm/year) rainfall areas. The effectiveness of 5 fungicide seed treatments was assessed. No fungicide seed treatment controlled disease completely. Triadimenol at 225 mg a.i./kg and carboxin at 940 mg a.i./kg were most effective, providing 93-96% disease control. Treatments were significantly (P<0.01) less effective in high rainfall areas of Western Australia. Barley cultivars released recently in Western Australia were found to be susceptible to loose smut; we suggest that the replacement of the moderately resistant Dampier with these cultivars has contributed to an increased incidence of disease.

Photosynthesis and Transpiration of Pinus Radiata D. Don Under Plantation Conditions in Southern Australia. Ii. First-Year Seedlings and 5-Year-Old Trees on Aeolian Sands at Rennick (South-Western Victoria).

1982 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 761 ◽  
Author(s):  
PM Attiwill ◽  
RO Squire ◽  
TF Neales
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Radiata ◽  
Vapour Pressure ◽  
Pressure Difference ◽  
Net Photosynthesis ◽  
Co2 Assimilation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Assimilation Rate ◽  
Old Trees ◽  
Vapour Pressure Difference ◽  
Very High

Measurements of net CO2 assimilation and transpiration rates were made over 4 days in the field in February 1980, on first-year seedlings and 5-year-old trees of Pinus radiata growing in plantation conditions in SW. Victoria. Gas exchange, enclosure, methods were used. Very high needle temperatures (to 45�C) and vapour pressure differences (to 70 mbar) were encountered. Watering treatments allowed estimates to be made of the effect of existing soil water deficits. The maximum rates of assimilation observed were 3.78 �mol CO2 m-� s-� in the watered seedlings and 3.15 �mol m-� s-� in the unwatered tree. These values are 40% less than has been recently reported for P. radiata in New Zealand but agree with other data for P. radiata and other conifers. The light saturation of net photosynthesis occurred at c. 350 W m-�. Increase in needle-air vapour pressure difference reduced needle conductance. Decrease of needle temperature and of vapour pressure difference from very high values, due to a rapid drop in air temperature, was accompanied by an increase of assimilation rate and of needle conductance, confirming that needle temperatures above about 30�C are supraoptimal for P. radiata. Watering increased assimilation rate, needle water potential and needle conductance. This was most apparent in the seedlings; the responses of the older trees were much less marked.

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