Phytophthora Root Rot of Aleppo Pine Seedlings in a Forest Nursery in Spain

Plant Disease
M E SánchezA Trapero

Abstract

Since 1993, more than 120,000 ha of former agricultural lands has been forested in southern Spain. However, there is a lack of information about the etiology of the diseases affecting nursery seedlings in the region. During 1998 and 1999, death of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) seedlings was associated with episodes of excess water. The plants were grown in containers in fertilized peat under shade cloth and remained waterlogged for long periods. A few weeks before their scheduled planting in the field, the plants exhibited needle wilting, extensive root necrosis, and root death. Phytophthora species were suspected as the cause of the mortality, and several species of the genus Phytophthora have been reported to cause damping-off of seedlings of Pinus spp. Only P. citrophthora, however, has been associated with Aleppo pine (1). In a nursery in southern Spain, P. drechsleri mating type A2 was isolated consistently from rotted roots of Pinus halepensis seedlings. Fungal identification was based on temperature-growth relationships and sporangial and gametangial characteristics (1). The optimum growth temperature was 24°C, with a rapid decline in growth rate above 30°C. Sporangia were persistent, terminal, nonpapillate, ovoid, and ...Continue Reading

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