Dogwood Anthracnose in Northeastern United States
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Societies in Plant Disease
- Vol. 72 (3) , 199-203
- https://doi.org/10.1094/pd-72-0199
Abstract
Native flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) in parts of the northeastern Unites States have shown increasing dieback and mortality since the late 1970s. Symptoms consist of spots, necrotic blotches, and blight of the leaves; cankers; epicormic branching; and dieback beginning in the lower branches. From the identification of associated fungi, isolations from infected leaves and stems, and inoculation of healthy dogwoods, a fungus in the genus Discula was identified as the primary causal agent. Postinfection stresses may have intensified tree decline.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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