Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020 The beech leaf-mining weevil, Orchestes fagi (L.), is native to Europe where it commonly attacks European beech. The weevil was discovered infesting American beech in Halifax and Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2012, but anecdotal reports of ...
Jonathan D. Sweeney +5 more
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37 Years of Forest Monitoring in Switzerland: Drought Effects on Fagus sylvatica
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 European beech is one of the most important deciduous tree species in natural forest ecosystems in Central Europe. Its dominance is now being questioned by the emerging drought damages due to the increased incidence of severe summer droughts.
Sabine Braun +4 more
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Phytobiomes Journal, 2021 Beech leaf disease (BLD) is a recently discovered disease that is causing severe damage to American beech (Fagus grandifolia) in northeastern North America. The recently described nematode Litylenchus crenatae subsp. mccannii was detected in BLD-affected
Carrie J. Ewing +6 more
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Preliminary estimates of mass-loss rates, changes in stable isotope composition, and invertebrate colonisation of evergreen and deciduous leaves in a Waikato, New Zealand, stream. [PDF]
, 1999 Rates of mass loss are important in the choice of tree species used in riparian rehabilitation because leaves that break down fast should contribute to stream food-webs more rapidly than leaves that break down more slowly.
Laboyrie, J. Lee +3 more
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Pseudoperonospora cubensis development under differentiated nitrogen and potassium fertilization of Cucumis sativus [PDF]
, 2009 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is one of the most economically important vegetable crops worldwide and downy mildew caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis is considered among the most destructive diseases that attack this plant.
Papadaki, Anastasia A.
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Climate sensitivity of radial growth in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) at different aspects in southwestern Germany [PDF]
, 2011 The climate sensitivity of radial growth in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) was analyzed within a narrow valley in the Swabian Alb (southwestern Germany).
van der Maaten, Ernst +2 more
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DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPAGATION PROGRAM FOR BEECH BARK DISEASE-RESISTANT AMERICAN BEECH (FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA) AND AN APPLIED RESTORATION PLAN FOR MITIGATION OF BEECH BARK DISEASE [PDF]
, 2021 This dissertation describes the work accomplished towards mitigation of beech bark disease (BBD) through a joint venture by Michigan Technological University and the National Park Service.
Myers, Ande
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Anatomical and physiological consequences of beech leaf disease in Fagus grandifolia L.
, 2023 Beech leaf disease (BLD) is a foliar disease of American Beech (Fagus grandifolia L.) causally linked to the nematode Litylenchus crenatae mccannii and has rapidly spread throughout central and northeastern North America. This study aimed to characterize
Zailaa, Joseph +7 more
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Variable number of tandem repeat markers in the genome sequence of Mycosphaerella fijiensis, the causal agent of black leaf streak disease of banana (Musa spp) [PDF]
, 2010 . We searched the genome of Mycosphaerella fijiensis for molecular markers that would allow population genetics analysis of this plant pathogen. M. fijiensis, the causal agent of banana leaf streak disease, also known as black Sigatoka, is the most ...
Te Lintel Hekkert, B. +25 more
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Observing Huntington's disease: the European Huntington's Disease Network's REGISTRY. [PDF]
, 2010 The unparalleled collection of clinical data and biomaterials within the EHDN's REGISTRY can expedite the search for disease modifiers (genetic and environmental) of age at onset and disease progression that could be harnessed for the development of ...
Handley, Olivia J +59 more
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