Occurrence of Phytophthora cinnamomi in cork oak forests in Italy. Issue 4 (19th March 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Scanu, B.; Linaldeddu, B. T.; Franceschini, A.; Anselmi, N.; Vannini, A.; Vettraino, A. M.; Belbahri, L.
• Is Part Of: Forest pathology. Volume 43:Issue 4(2013:Aug.)
• Page Start: 340
• Page End: 343
• Publication Date: 2013-03-19
• Subjects: Trees -- Diseases and pests -- Periodicals; Trees -- Effect of air pollution on -- Periodicals; Forests and forestry -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; 634.9
• DOI: 10.1111/efp.12039
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1437-4781

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en" id="efp12039-abs-0001"> <title>Summary</title> <p>An increasing decline and mortality of cork oak trees have been recently observed in central Italy and Sardinia Island. Following surveys conducted in three declining cork oak forests, a <italic>Phytophthora</italic> species was consistently isolated from soil samples collected from trees displaying different level of decline. Based on morphological features, growth rates at different temperatures and analysis of DNA sequences of the ITS region, all isolates were identified as <italic>Phytophthora cinnamomi</italic> Rands. This pathogen caused large brownish lesions on inoculated freshly cut branches of cork oak. It was re‐isolated from all infected tissues. These findings represent the first report of <italic>P. cinnamomi</italic> on cork oak trees in Italy.</p> </abstract>