Comparative assessment of genetic variation of young high-elevation lodgepole pine for height and western gall rust resistance across two sites in Alberta

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 478-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong-Cai Yang ◽  
Narinder K Dhir ◽  
Leonard K Barnhardt
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Endocronartium Harknessii ◽  
Sib Families ◽  
Natural Stands ◽  
Similar Site ◽  
Interaction Variance

A total of 456 half-sib families of superior lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. var. latifolia Engelm.) trees found mostly in high-elevation natural stands in west-central Alberta were outplanted in 1990 at two geoclimatically different sites, Norris and Redrock, Alberta. The trials were measured at age 6 for survival, height, and incidence and severity of western gall rust (WGR) (Endocronartium harknessii (J.P. Moore) Y. Hiratsuka). Survival at both sites was very similar (85-87%). Mean family height at Redrock was almost 10 cm higher (60.5 cm) than that at Norris (51.0 cm). Mean family WGR incidence was 25% with a range of 0-76% at Norris, but only 1.6% with a range of 0-27% at Redrock. A similar site difference was also observed for WGR severity. Strong site x family interactions were detected for height growth and WGR infection. The interaction for WGR infection did not seem to involve a change in family ranks because there was very little contribution to the interaction variance from lack of perfect genetic correlation between the two sites. The contrasting patterns of family variation in WGR infection across the two sites may be the outcome of epidemiological (environmental) or genetic causes or both.

Lodgepole pine provenances differ in chemical defense capacities against foliage and stem diseases

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 2333-2344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Wallis ◽  
Richard W. Reich ◽  
Kathy J. Lewis ◽  
Dezene P.W. Huber
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Quantitative Resistance ◽  
Foliar Diseases ◽  
Seed Sources ◽  
Endocronartium Harknessii ◽  
Foliar Concentrations ◽  
Foliar Pathogens

Maximization of lodgepole pine ( Pinus contorta Douglas ex Louden var. latifolia Engelm. ex S. Watson) growth in a future climate with increased pest activity requires an understanding of the natural variability of quantitative resistance to disease. Foliar and bark secondary metabolites from different lodgepole pine provenances (populations) were quantified and correlated with severity of foliar diseases caused by Lophodermella spp. ( Lophodermella concolor (Dearn.) Darker or Lophodermella montivaga Petre.) or Elytroderma deformans (Wier) Darker and bark diseases caused by Elytroderma or Endocronartium harknessii (J.P. Moore) Y. Hiratsuka. Greater foliar concentrations of lignin, tannins, and some phenolics were associated with increased resistance to single or multiple foliar pathogens. Bark secondary metabolites levels were generally unassociated with resistance to bark diseases. Provenances appearing to originate in ecosystems where lodgepole pine are not the dominant species generally were more susceptible to foliar diseases and had less foliar defense-associated compounds than trees from areas where pines were the dominant species, yet clear trends proved to be elusive. Regardless, pine provenances with greater foliar levels of identified defense-associated compounds should be preferred seed sources for replanting forests in areas in which foliar disease is expected to be increasingly prevalent.

Predicting survival of lodgepole pine stands infected with western gall rust

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 878-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M Wolken ◽  
P V Blenis ◽  
I Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Tree Mortality ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Main Stem ◽  
Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares ◽  
Risk Of Mortality ◽  
Endocronartium Harknessii ◽  
Stem Gall ◽  
Pine Stands

The probability of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud.) having main-stem galls caused by western gall rust, Endocronartium harknessii (J.P. Moore) Y. Hiratsuka, surviving to rotation is unknown. To evaluate survival, 400 galled trees with at least one stem gall and 400 trees without stem galls were measured in 1992 in two precommercially thinned stands approximately 20 years old. The survival of trees was assessed in 2003. Nonlinear regression using iteratively reweighted least squares was employed to estimate the survival of galled trees as a function of the proportion of the main stem encircled by galls. Galls encircling >79% and >91% of the stem in the two stands increased the risk of mortality relative to non-galled trees, with the risk increasing steeply with percent gall encirclement; smaller stem galls did not cause tree mortality. The 11-year pattern of survival of galled trees was similar for infections that occurred on the main stem and those that had reached the stem from a nearby branch infection. Based on an earlier model of gall expansion, 38%–43% of stem-galled trees would be expected to survive until age 80. Scribing of stem galls to prevent their expansion does not appear to be a feasible management strategy.

Stability of resistance to western gall rust and needle cast in lodgepole pine provenances

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry X Wu ◽  
Cheng C Ying
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Banksiana ◽  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Genetic Selection ◽  
Jack Pine ◽  
Needle Cast ◽  
Geographic Patterns ◽  
Endocronartium Harknessii ◽  
Stability Of Resistance ◽  
Site Evaluation

Stability of 76 interior lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta ssp. latifolia Engelm.) provenances in resistance to western gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii (J.P. More) Y. Hiratsuka) and needle cast (Lophodermella concolor (Dearn.) Darker) was investigated from 19 and 23 sites in the British Columbia interior, respectively. Provenances, sites, and provenance by site interaction had significant effects on severity level of infection of both diseases. Susceptible provenances contributed mainly to the interaction. The resistant provenances to both diseases were very stable and essentially homeostatic across sites (regression coefficient approaching 0). Resistant provenances were concentrated in the jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) - lodgepole pine hybrid zone and adjacent areas, and provenances from the low-elevation interior wetbelt were also very resistant to needle cast. Geographic patterns of provenance variation revealed that the closer a lodgepole pine provenance is to the limit of jack pine distribution, the higher and more stable is its resistance to western gall rust and needle cast. The current multiple-site evaluation supports for the hypothesis that jack pine introgression influences pest defence in lodgepole pine and suggests genetic selection can be effective.

Hard pine stem rusts on lodgepole pine at a site-preparation study in sub-boreal British Columbia: effects over 24 years

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W. Reich ◽  
Jean L. Heineman ◽  
Amanda F. Linnell Nemec ◽  
Lorne Bedford ◽  
Jacob O. Boateng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Site Preparation ◽  
Volume Loss ◽  
Blister Rust ◽  
Stem Infection ◽  
Endocronartium Harknessii ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Relationship

Site preparation can improve lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm. ex S. Watson) survival and growth; however, we lack information regarding possible interactions between treatment effects and the impacts of western gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii (J.P. Moore) Y. Hirats.) and comandra blister rust (Cronartium comandrae Peck). Mechanical and burning techniques examined over 24 years at a sub-boreal British Columbia site did not significantly increase rust infection rates or characteristics relative to an untreated control. Most infection occurred before age 10 years and at heights <2 m. By age 24 years, 22% and 10% of pine had sustained at least one western gall rust or comandra blister rust stem infection, respectively, but only 4% of western gall rust infected trees were dead, compared with 60% of comandra blister rust infected trees. Exploratory regression analysis of the relationship between tree volume and percent stem encirclement and infection height suggested that volume of 24-year-old pine infected with western gall rust averaged 8% less than the corresponding volume of uninfected trees. Over 24 years, estimated stand-level, rust-related volume loss was 8.4%, with the majority due to mortality from comandra blister rust. One-fifth of estimated volume loss was provisionally attributed to growth reductions among live western gall rust infected pine.

scholarly journals Economic Analysis of Growth Effects of Thinning and Fertilization of Lodgepole Pine in Alberta, Canada

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 254-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asghedom Ghebremichael ◽  
David M. Nanang ◽  
Richard Yang
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Volume Growth ◽  
Stand Density ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Soil Expectation Value ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Economic Analyses ◽  
Natural Stands

Abstract This study examined the economic profitability of eight combinations of thinning and fertilization treatments applied to 40-year-old natural stands of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. Var. latifolia Engelm) in Alberta, Canada. The eight treatments, consisting of four levels of nitrogen fertilizer application (0, 180, 360, and 540 kg ha−1) and two levels of thinning (thinned and unthinned), were applied in 1984 in a randomized complete block design with factorial treatments and nine replications per treatment. The diameters and heights of all trees on the experimental plots were measured in 1984, 1989, 1994, and 1999. A simple factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the 1984 volume as a covariate showed that both fertilization and thinning increased volume growth significantly. Economic analyses showed that thinning without fertilization was the most profitable treatment combination. The ranking of profitability was based on the soil expectation value and assumed that the thinnings had a commercial value. If thinnings had no market value, then the unthinned treatments were more profitable than their corresponding thinned ones. The profitability ranking was robust for real discount rates of 4 to 10%. To improve economic profitability, fertilization of lodgepole pine should be carried out when the stands are in an optimal stand density range for the site to ensure that the increased growth is concentrated on the most valuable trees with the best growth potential.North. J. Appl. For. 22(4):254–261.

BIOLOGY AND LIFE HISTORY OF EPURAEA OBLIQUUS HATCH (COLEOPTERA: NITIDULIDAE) ON WESTERN GALL RUST

1996 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cameron R. Currie ◽  
John R. Spence ◽  
W. Jan A. Volney
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Natural Control ◽  
Larval Instars ◽  
Endocronartium Harknessii ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe life cycle, phenology, and abundance of Epuraea obliquus Hatch was studied near Hinton, Alberta. Most of the life cycle occurs on galls of Endocronartium harknessii (J.P. Moore) Y. Hiratsuka (western gall rust) infecting lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. var latifolia Engelm.). Both adults and larvae feed on the spores of the fungus. Individuals of this beetle were found on most galls sampled. Adults overwinter in the soil. They emerge in the spring to seek out and colonize galls. Eggs are laid on the surface of galls, mainly under the periderm, and larvae feed on the fungus, developing through three larval instars. Larvae in the last instar drop from galls to pupate in the soil. Adults leave the soil in late summer and return to feed on inactive galls before overwintering in the soil. The phenology of E. obliquus is closely synchronized with the timing of rust sporulation and the impact of beetle feeding may be an important natural control of western gall rust.

Susceptibility of Pinus contorta - Pinus banksiana complex to Endocronartium harknessii: host-pathogen interactions

1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (7) ◽  
pp. 1035-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong-Cai Yang ◽  
Zhihong Ye ◽  
Yasu Hiratsuka
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Banksiana ◽  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Rust Fungus ◽  
Jack Pine ◽  
Natural Hybridization ◽  
Host Group ◽  
Group Interactions ◽  
Endocronartium Harknessii ◽  
Rust Susceptibility

Lodgepole (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Lound.) and jack (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) pines occur sympatrically and hybridize in central and northwestern Alberta, providing opportunities for studying unique ecological and evolutionary interactions. We conducted a greenhouse inoculation experiment to investigate interactions between 40 populations of lodgepole and jack pines and their putative hybrids across this hybrid zone and two sources of the western gall rust fungus, Endocronartium harknessii (J.P. Moore) Y. Hiratsuka, one from lodgepole pine and the other from jack pine. Rust susceptibility and height were assessed when the seedlings were 6 months and 1 year old. Lodgepole pine and the hybrids were significantly more susceptible to the rust infection than jack pine. Jack pine grew significantly faster than the hybrids and lodgepole pine. In addition, the seedlings infected with spores from lodgepole pine grew significantly slower than those with spores from jack pine. While the overall rust scores indicated that spores from lodgepole pine was more virulent to the hosts than those from jack pine, both spore sources were better adapted to their own host species, causing significant spore source × host group interactions. However, such host specificity in the western gall rust is far from stabilized (equilibrium) because of continued gene exchanges among the two parental species and their hybrids.Key words: Pinus contorta - Pinus banksiana complex, western gall rust, natural hybridization, coevolutionary genetics.

Association of pitch moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae and Pyralidae) with rust diseases in a lodgepole pine provenance trial

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1610-1614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn A Rocchini ◽  
Kathy J Lewis ◽  
B Staffan Lindgren ◽  
Robert G Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Stem Canker ◽  
Douglas Fir ◽  
Ratio Test ◽  
Provenance Trial ◽  
Blister Rust ◽  
Rust Diseases ◽  
Endocronartium Harknessii ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae

A survey in a lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm., provenance trial showed that the western pine moth, Dioryctria cambiicola (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), was the most prevalent pitch moth, and stalactiform blister rust, Cronartium coleosporioides Arth., the most prevalent stem rust. Also present were the Douglas-fir pitch moth, Synanthedon novaroensis (Hy. Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), comandra blister rust, Cronartium comandrae Pk., and western gall rust, Endocronartium harknessii J.P. Moore, and the stem canker Atropellis piniphila (Weir). Results from a likelihood ratio test indicated an association of western pine moth with stalactiform blister rust and of Douglas-fir pitch moth with both western gall rust and stalactiform blister rust. Western pine moth attacks are most commonly found along the active edge of stalactiform blister rust cankers, suggesting that the moth larvae derive some specific benefit from the fungus. The association of Douglas-fir pitch moth with the rusts appear to be a result of the physical wounding caused by the fungi, since attacks by this pitch moth are also frequently found at pruning wounds or other injuries.

scholarly journals Effects of Spore Availability, Spore Germinability, and Shoot Susceptibility on Gall Rust Infection of Pine

Plant Disease ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 85 (11) ◽  
pp. 1193-1199 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. Moltzan ◽  
P. V. Blenis ◽  
Y. Hiratsuka
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Shoot Elongation ◽  
Temporal Changes ◽  
Combined Effect ◽  
Rust Infection ◽  
Endocronartium Harknessii ◽  
Precipitous Decline

Temporal changes in three factors (shoot susceptibility, spore availability, and spore germinability) were evaluated to estimate their effects on the infection of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) by Endocronartium harknessii. Germinability of rust spores from sori free of hyperparasites remained above 80% during the growing season and thus would not have significantly limited infection. In contrast, there was a slight, but statistically insignificant, increase in estimated susceptibility as infection increased from 94% of maximum at 45% shoot elongation to maximum susceptibility at 90% shoot elongation. This was followed by a precipitous decline in estimated susceptibility to 57% of maximum when shoots were 95% elongated. Spore availability was 24% of maximum when shoots were 45% elongated, and thus may have been limiting at the beginning of the growing season. At the end of the growing season, spore availability declined prior to, or simultaneous with, the decline in susceptibility. The combined effect of both factors drastically reduced the number of infections estimated to occur once shoots are more than 95% elongated. As shoots elongated, relatively more infections formed higher on the shoot, supporting the hypothesis that periderm is important in limiting infection.

Seedling inoculation distinguishes lodgepole pine families most and least susceptible to gall rust

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 841-843
Author(s):  
E E White ◽  
E A Allen ◽  
C C Ying ◽  
B M Foord
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Field Resistance ◽  
Inoculation Trial ◽  
Seedling Inoculation ◽  
Endocronartium Harknessii ◽  
Original Field

Resistance of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. var. latifolia Engelm.) to western gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii (J.P. Moore) Y. Hiratsuka) was compared between 21-year field infection trials and inoculation of 2-month-old seedlings. The seedlings were produced from seed stored since the original field plantings. Virtually all of the seedlings from families identified as susceptible in the field produced galls in the inoculation trial, only 1% of seedlings from these families did not develop galls. Nearly half the seedlings in families classed as resistant in the field trials did not form galls 13 months after inoculation. Only one of these seedlings developed galls in the following 2 years. Seedling inoculation provides a simple early test to assess field resistance to gall rust of lodgepole pine seedlots, and an efficient way to cull at least the most susceptible ones.

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