The teleomorph of Chalara fraxinea, the causal agent of ash dieback

  1. T. Kowalski1,
  2. O. Holdenrieder2,3

Article first published online: 23 FEB 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2008.00589.x

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Forest Pathology

Forest Pathology

Volume 39, Issue 5, pages 304–308, October 2009

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Kowalski, T. and Holdenrieder, O. (2009), The teleomorph of Chalara fraxinea, the causal agent of ash dieback. Forest Pathology, 39: 304–308. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2008.00589.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Forest Pathology, Faculty of Forestry, Agricultural University, Al. 29 – Listopada 46, 31 – 425 Kraków, Poland

  2. 2

    Forest Pathology and Dendrology, Institute of Integrative Biology (IBZ), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland

  3. 3

    E-mail: ottmar.holdenrieder@env.ethz.ch (for correspondence)

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 2 OCT 2009
  2. Article first published online: 23 FEB 2009
  3. Received: 30.10.2008; accepted: 2.12.2008; editor: S. Woodward

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Summary

Ash dieback, caused by the pathogen Chalara fraxinea, is an emerging lethal disease of Fraxinus excelsior, threatening the host species in large parts of Europe. The ascomycete Hymenoscyphus albidus (Helotiaceae, Helotiales) was identified as the teleomorph of C. fraxinea by culturing from ascospores, morphological comparison and nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequencing.

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