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Pine Pitch Canker and Insects: Relationships and Implications for Disease Spread in Europe
Fernández Fernández, María Mercedes
Naves, Pedro
Witzell, Johanna
Musolin, Dmitry L.
Selikhovkin, Andrey V.
Paraschiv, Marius
Chira, Danut
Martínez Álvarez, Pablo
Martín García, Jorge
Muñoz Adalia, Emigdio Jordán
Altunisik, Aliye
Massimino Cocuzza, Giuseppe E.
Di Silvestro, Silvia
Zamora Ballesteros, Cristina
Díez Casero, Julio Javier
Producción Científica
The fungal pathogen Fusarium circinatum (Nirenberg and O’ Donnell) is the causal agent
of pine pitch canker (PPC) disease, which seriously affects conifer species in forests and nurseries
worldwide. In Europe, PPC is only established in the Iberian Peninsula; however, it is presumed that its
range could expand through the continent in the near future. Infection caused by this fungus requires
open wounds on the tree, including physical damage caused by insects. Therefore, a relationship
probably occurs between PPC and a wide variety of insects. The aim of this review is to outline the
taxonomic and ecological diversity of insect species with high potential association with F. circinatum
in Europe and elsewhere. The insects were classified as vectors, carriers and wounding agents
according to the association level with the PPC disease. In addition, we discuss the insect-mediated
spreading of PPC disease in relation to the different phases of forest stand development, from seeds
and seedlings in nurseries to mature stands. Lastly, to improve our predictive capacities and to
design appropriate intervention measures and strategies for controlling disease dissemination by
insects, variables such as geographic location, time of the year and host species should be considered,
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2019
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Forests, 2019, vol. 10, n. 8. 23 p.
1999-4907
http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/40825
10.3390/f10080627
eng
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/10/8/627
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