Synthesis and New Observations on Needle Pathogens of Larch in Northern Finland

• Published in: Forests
• Main Author: Risto Jalkanen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2016
• Subjects: Larix; Hypodermella laricis; Mycosphaerella laricina; Melampsora; Melampsoridium; rusts; alternate hosts; Betula; Salix; Alnus; Arctic; Kivalo; Northern Finland; Lapland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/f7010025

Needle pathogens of larch (Larix spp.) in the Nordic countries are under-studied. Their incidence in Finland tends to be low and local, and this may be a function of enemy release, since species of larch were introduced to the region. Here, the ecology and incidence of larch needle pathogens and the...