Cronartium flaccidum sporulates on new Euphrasia species in natural habitats in Finland

• Published in: Forest Pathology
• Main Authors: Kaitera, Juha, Kalleinen, L., Mikkilä, J., Hantula, Jarkko
• Other Authors: University of Oulu, Luke / Luonnonvarat ja biotuotanto / Ekosysteemit ja ekologia / Ryhmän yht. Ekosysteemit ja ekologia (4100100398), Luke / Luonnonvarat ja biotuotanto / Ekosysteemit ja ekologia / Metsien terveys (4100100312), 4100100398, 4100100312
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley
• Subjects: mänty; Scots pine; Cronartium flaccidum; Melampyrum; stem rust; Mänty; Euphrasia frigida; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://jukuri.luke.fi/handle/10024/540853

Natural sporulation of a pine stem rust, Cronartium flaccidum, was investigated in forested habitats in northern Finland. First, a diffuse sample (100) of seven species of hemiparasitic plants was collected in their natural habitats close to one another. C.flaccidum was found to sporulate on six spe...