Ophiostoma spp. associated with pine- and spruce-infesting bark beetles in Finland and Russia.

ABSTRACT: The timber and pulp industries of Finland rely heavily on importations from Russia as source of raw timber. These imports raise the risk of accidentally importing forest pests and pathogens, especially bark beetles and their associated fungi, into Finland. Although ophiostomatoid fungi have previously been reported from Finland and Russia, the risks of accidentally moving these fungi has prompted a first survey to compare the diversity of conifer-infesting bark beetles and associated fungi from boreal forests on both sides of the Finnish-Russian border. The aim of the present study was to identify and characterise Ophiostoma species isolated in association with 11 bark beetle species infesting Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies during this survey in the eastern parts of Finland and neighbour

SUBMITTER: Linnakoski R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3028507 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature