Fungi Associated With Woody Tissues of European Beech and Their Impact on Tree Health.

ABSTRACT: Filamentous fungi associated with woody tissues of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) and isolated from diseased trees and healthy trees were examined in relation to their impact on tree health. To this end, classical culture-based isolation methods, in planta inoculations and fungal identification using ITS-barcode and morphological characters were used. Stem endophytes of healthy beech saplings collected in German forests were isolated to determine endophyte communities in woody stem tissues. Pathogenicity tests were performed on living potted beech saplings using twelve selected fungal pathogens and wood inhabiting fungi (Hypocreales, Botryosphaeriales, and Xylariales) originating mainly from European beech with symptoms of the complex disease Vitality loss, or from bark necroses,

SUBMITTER: Langer GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8427693 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature