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Martínez Álvarez, Pablo Alves Santos, Fernando Manuel Díez Casero, Julio Javier Producción Científica Fusarium circinatum, a fungus that causes pitch canker disease, has been present in Europe since at least 2003, when it was detected in northern Spain and found to be producing severe damage in tree nurseries and pine plantations. In this study, we tested a method of biological control of the disease with Trichoderma viride, a fungal species successfully used against many other pathogens. In vitro and in vivo assays were carried out to test the efficacy of this antagonist in controlling F. circinatum. The T. viride isolate exerted a significant effect on the growth of F. circinatum in the in vitro assay, reducing the length of the pathogen colony by half. However, although we tested three different concentrations of the T. viride spore solution, no clear conclusions were obtained with regard to the effects on the Pinus radiata seedlings. To our knowledge, this is the first study carried out with the aim of using Trichoderma spp. to control pitch canker disease. 2024-01-29 2024-01-29 2012 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Silva Fennica, 2012, vol. 46, n. 3, p. 303-316 0037-5330 https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/65187 10.14214/sf.42 303 3 316 Silva Fennica 46 2242-4075 eng https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/42 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ © The Authors Atribución-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional Finnish Society of Forest Science