Diversity and pathogenicity of ophiostomatoid fungi associated with Tetropium species colonizing Picea abies in Poland
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- MeSH
- Biodiversity * MeSH
- Coleoptera microbiology MeSH
- Phylogeny MeSH
- Insect Vectors microbiology MeSH
- Molecular Sequence Data MeSH
- Plant Diseases microbiology parasitology MeSH
- Ophiostomatales classification growth & development isolation & purification pathogenicity MeSH
- Picea microbiology parasitology MeSH
- Virulence MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Poland MeSH
The ophiostomatoid fungi associated with cerambycid beetles Tetropium spp. (their symbiotic vectors) colonizing Norway spruce in Poland (six species collected) were isolated. The virulence of representative isolates was evaluated through inoculations using 2-year-old Norway spruce seedlings. A total of 1325 isolates (Ophiostoma piceae, O. tetropii, O. minus, Grosmannia piceiperda, G. cucullata, and five other less frequent taxa) were obtained. Tetropium castaneum and T. fuscum were vectors of similar spectra of ophiostomatoid fungi although some differences in fungal frequency between these Tetropium spp. were found. Among the fungal associates of the Tetropium spp. collected only G. piceiperda was pathogenic, which suggests that it can play a role in the death of spruce trees following attack by Tetropium spp.
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