Assessment of the potential of Norway-spruce-seed-orchard associated plants to serve as alternate hosts of Thekopsora areolata

• Published in: Silva Fennica
• Main Authors: Kaitera, Juha, Kauppila, Tuomas, Hantula, Jarkko
• Other Authors: orcid:0000-0003-2549-7001, 4100110710, Luonnonvarakeskus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Suomen metsätieteellinen seura
• Subjects: Thekopsora areolata; cherry-spruce rust; alternate hosts; Prunus padus; susceptibility; inoculation; aeciospores; urediniospores; Norway; Padus; Empetrum nigrum
• Online Access: https://jukuri.luke.fi/handle/10024/547386; https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.10446

The alternate host range of cherry-spruce rust is poorly studied although such information could be important in protecting spruce seed orchards from infections. Pathogenicity of cherry-spruce rust, Thekopsora areolata (Fr.) Magnus, was investigated on potential alternate host species in a greenhous...