Sirococcus shoot blight on Picea spinulosa in Bhutan

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dc.contributor.author Kirisits, Thomas
dc.contributor.author Konrad, H.
dc.contributor.author Halmschlager, E.
dc.contributor.author Stauffer, C.
dc.contributor.author Wingfield, Michael J.
dc.contributor.author Chhetri, D.B.
dc.date.accessioned 2007-08-30T08:24:53Z
dc.date.available 2007-08-30T08:24:53Z
dc.date.issued 2007-02
dc.description.abstract During a recent survey of forest tree diseases in Western and Central Bhutan, Sirococcus shoot blight and an associated Sirococcus sp. were found on saplings and mature trees of Eastern Himalayan spruce (Picea spinulosa). Based on morphological characteristics and DNA sequence comparisons of the ITS region of the rDNA operon, representative isolates from Bhutan were unequivocally identified as Sirococcus conigenus. The DNA sequence data also showed that these isolates belong to the P group of S. conigenus. To our best knowledge, this is the first report of Sirococcus shoot blight from the Himalayas or any other part of Asia. Sirococcus conigenus does not appear to cause dramatic damage at the moment, but this fungus has the potential to cause severe disease problems on P. spinulosa in Bhutan. en
dc.description.sponsorship We thank the Conifer Research and Training Partnership (CORET, http://woek.boku.ac.at/coret/), funded by the Austrian Development Co-operation (Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the Royal Government of Bhutan for the opportunity and partial funding to undertake this study. en
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dc.identifier.citation Kirisits, T, Konrad, H, Halmschlager, E, Stauffer, C, Wingfield, MJ & Chhetri, DB 2007, ’Sirococcus shoot blight on Picea spinulosa in Bhutan‘, Forest Pathology, vol. 37, issue 1, pp. 40–50 [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com] en
dc.identifier.issn 1439-0329
dc.identifier.other 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2007.00479.x
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/3386
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Blackwell en
dc.rights Blackwell. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com. en
dc.subject Picea spinulosa -- Bhutan en
dc.subject Sirococcus shoot blight -- Himalaya Mountains en
dc.subject.lcsh Forest plants -- Bhutan
dc.subject.lcsh Trees -- Diseases and pests -- Bhutan
dc.subject.lcsh Spruce
dc.subject.lcsh Fungi
dc.title Sirococcus shoot blight on Picea spinulosa in Bhutan en
dc.type Postprint Article en


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