Pacific Southwest

Title: Biology, Ecology, and Epidemiology of Heterobasidion annosum

Author: Otrosina, William J.; Cobb Jr., Fields W.

Date: 1989

Source: In: Otrosina, William J.; Scharpf, Robert F., technical coordinators. 1989. Proceedings of the symposium on research and management of annosus root disease (Heterobasidion annosum) in western North America; April 18-21, 1989; Monterey, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-116. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 26-34

Station ID: GTR-PSW-116

Description: Pertinent literature on the biological aspects of annosus root disease is reviewed. Key features of the life cycle of Heterobasidion annosum such as stump infection, stump colonization, host-parasite relations, and interactions of various physical and biological factors are discussed in relation to forest stands in the western United States. This review suggests our knowledge of the pathology of this disease is limited on most affected tree species. Further research on various aspects of the life cycle of this fungus is essential to minimizing losses to this disease.

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Otrosina, William J.; Cobb Jr., Fields W.  1989.  Biology, Ecology, and Epidemiology of Heterobasidion annosum.   In: Otrosina, William J.; Scharpf, Robert F., technical coordinators. 1989. Proceedings of the symposium on research and management of annosus root disease (Heterobasidion annosum) in western North America; April 18-21, 1989; Monterey, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-116. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 26-34.