Armillaria root diseases of diverse trees in wide-spread global regions

MEE-SOOK KIM; RENATE HEINZELMANN; YUKO OTA; RUBÉN DAMIÁN ELÍAS-ROMÁN; MARÍA BELÉN PILDAIN; FRÉDÉRIC LABBÉ; JANE E. STEWART; STEPHEN WOODWARD; NED B. KLOPFENSTEIN

Forest Microbiology Volume 2: Forest Tree Health

Academic Press - Elsevier

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2022; p. 361 - 378

Armillaria root disease, caused by diverse species from the Agaricomycete Armillaria s.l. (including the closely related genus Desarmillaria), is a leading cause of growth loss and mortality of widely ranging horticultural, urban, and forest trees and shrubs in diverse boreal, temperate, and tropical/subtropical regions where woody plants grow around the world. Whether behaving as a pathogen or saprophyte, Armillaria cause white rot, in which the lignin component of woody tissue is degraded during the wood-decay process. This chapter provides a compendium of Armillaria root diseases on diverse trees in wide-spread global regions, which includes topics of species identification, disease spread, geographical distribution, ecology, infection biology, and disease management.