First records of Sirococcus conigenus causing shoot blight on Pinus peuce in Bulgaria-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First records of Sirococcus conigenus causing shoot blight on Pinus peuce in Bulgaria

Published:2023-06-02 Issue:6 Volume:45 Page:163-168
ISSN:2603-3186
Container-title:Historia naturalis bulgarica
language:
Short-container-title:Hist. nat. bulg.

Author:

Georgieva Margarita^ORCID,Georgiev Georgi^ORCID,Mirchev Plamen,Belilov Sevdalin^ORCID

Abstract

Macedonian pine (Pinus peuce) is a southern Balkan Peninsula endemic, growing in high mountains of Bulgaria, between 1400 and 2100 m a.s.l. Stands of P. peuce form the upper tree line forest areas. During a survey in 2020-2022 on Macedonian pine natural stands and plantations in Bulgaria, symptoms of shoot blight were observed in the Pirin Mts, the Rila Mts and Mt Vitosha. The fungal pathogen Sirococcus conigenus was identified as the causal agent of the disease that appeared for the first time on Pinus peuce in Bulgaria and Balkan Peninsula. Incidence of blighted shoots on individual trees varied, but was as high as 70-80% in the Rila Mts and Mt Vitosha.

Publisher

National Museum of Natural History, BAS

Subject

Insect Science,Plant Science,Animal Science and Zoology,Aquatic Science

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