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Chromosome-Level Assemblies for the Pine Pitch Canker Pathogen Fusarium circinatum [PDF]

Pathogens
The pine pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum, is globally regarded as one of the most important threats to commercial pine-based forestry. Although genome sequences of this fungus are available, these remain highly fragmented or structurally ill ...
Lieschen De Vos, Magriet A. van der Nest, Quentin C. Santana, Stephanie van Wyk, Kyle S. Leeuwendaal, Brenda D. Wingfield, Emma T. Steenkamp   +6 more
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Studying tree response to biotic stress using a multi-disciplinary approach: The pine pitch canker case study [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
In an era of climate change and global trade, forests sustainability is endangered by several biotic threats. Pine pitch canker (PPC), caused by Fusarium circinatum, is one of the most important disease affecting conifers worldwide. To date, no effective
Joana Amaral, Luis Valledor, Luis Valledor, Artur Alves, Jorge Martín-García, Jorge Martín-García, Glória Pinto   +6 more
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Incorporating exposure to pitch canker disease to support management decisions of Pinus pinaster Ait. in the face of climate change. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Climate change is gravely affecting forest ecosystems, resulting in large distribution shifts as well as in increasing infection diseases and biological invasions.
María Jesús Serra-Varela, Ricardo Alía, Javier Pórtoles, Julián Gonzalo, Mario Soliño, Delphine Grivet, Rosa Raposo   +6 more
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The Potential of Wild Yeasts as Promising Biocontrol Agents against Pine Canker Diseases [PDF]

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Native wild yeasts from forest ecosystems represent an interesting potential source of biocontrol organisms in synergy with disease-tolerant forest materials.
Eugenia Iturritxa, Nebai Mesanza, María-Jesús Torija   +2 more
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Sex Pheromone Receptor Ste2 Orchestrates Chemotropic Growth towards Pine Root Extracts in the Pitch Canker Pathogen Fusarium circinatum [PDF]

Pathogens
In ascomycetous fungi, sexual mate recognition requires interaction of the Ste2 receptor protein produced by one partner with the α-factor peptide pheromone produced by the other partner.
Jane B. Ramaswe, Emma T. Steenkamp, Lieschen De Vos, Felix F. Fru, Omotayo O. Adegeye, Brenda D. Wingfield   +5 more
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FcLRR1 Regulates Hyphal Growth and Plant Infection in Fusarium circinatum [PDF]

Journal of Fungi
Pitch canker caused by the fungus Fusarium circinatum is a destructive disease that affects pines in Europe, South Africa, and North America, particularly along the southeastern and western coasts of the United States.
Tingting Dai, Chao Chen, Fangyi Ju, Jiahui Zang, Zhongqiang Qi, Haiwen Wang, Xiaorui Zhang, Chun Yang   +7 more
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Adaptive potential of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) populations to the emerging pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
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.
Margarita Elvira-Recuenco, Eugenia Iturritxa, Juan Majada, Ricardo Alia, Rosa Raposo   +4 more
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Nine draft genome sequences of Claviceps purpurea s.lat., including C. arundinis, C. humidiphila, and C. cf. spartinae, pseudomolecules for the pitch canker pathogen Fusarium circinatum, draft genome of Davidsoniella eucalypti, Grosmannia galeiformis, Quambalaria eucalypti, and Teratosphaeria destructans [PDF]

IMA Fungus, 2018
This genome announcement includes draft genomes from Claviceps purpurea s.lat., including C. arundinis, C. humidiphila and C. cf. spartinae. The draft genomes of Davidsoniella eucalypti, Quambalaria eucalypti and Teratosphaeria destructans, all three ...
Brenda D. Wingfield, Miao Liu, Hai D. T. Nguyen, Frances A. Lane, Seamus W. Morgan, Lieschen De Vos, P. Markus Wilken, Tuan A. Duong, Janneke Aylward, Martin P. A. Coetzee, Kasia Dadej, Z. Wilhelm De Beer, Wendy Findlay, Minette Havenga, Miroslav Kolařík, Jim G. Menzies, Kershney Naidoo, Olivia Pochopski, Parivash Shoukouhi, Quentin C. Santana, Keith A. Seifert, Nicole Soal, Emma T. Steenkamp, Catherine T. Tatham, Margriet A. van der Nest, Michael J. Wingfield   +25 more
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Pinus Susceptibility to Pitch Canker Triggers Specific Physiological Responses in Symptomatic Plants: An Integrated Approach [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pine pitch canker (PPC), is an emergent and still understudied risk that threatens Pinus forests worldwide, with potential production and sustainability losses.
Joana Amaral, Barbara Correia, Carla António, Ana Margarida Rodrigues, Aurelio Gómez-Cadenas, Luis Valledor, Robert D. Hancock, Artur Alves, Glória Pinto   +8 more
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Pitch canker kills pines, spreads to new species and regions [PDF]

California Agriculture, 1994
The host and geographic range of the pitch canker pathogen has greatly increased since it was first discovered in California in 1986. Most significantly, it now affects many pine species, including native stands of Monterey pine, and ...
Andrew J. Storer, Thomas Gordon, Paul L. Dallara, David Wood   +3 more
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