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

• Main Authors: Kaitera, J. (Juha), Kauppila, T. (Tuomas), Hantula, J. (Jarkko)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 2021
• Subjects: Picea abies; Prunus; cherry-spruce rust; epidemics; heteroecism; rust diseases; Norway; Padus; Empetrum nigrum
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021062439919

Abstract 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...