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Forest Pathology
Review Article

Global geographic distribution and host range of Dothistroma species: a comprehensive review

R. Drenkhan

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E-mail address: rein.drenkhan@emu.ee

Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

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Rein Drenkhan, Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia.

Email: rein.drenkhan@emu.ee

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V. Tomešová‐Haataja

Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic

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S. Fraser

Department of Plant and Soil Science, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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R. E. Bradshaw

Bio‐Protection Research Centre, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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P. Vahalík

Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic

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M. S. Mullett

Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey, UK

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J. Martín‐García

Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, Unversity of Valladolid‐INIA, Palencia, Spain

Department of Plant Production and Forest, University of Valladolid (Palencia Campus), Palencia, Spain

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L. S. Bulman

Forest Protection, Scion, Rotorua, New Zealand

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M. J. Wingfield

Department of Genetics, FABI, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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T. Kirisits

Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection (IFFF), Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

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T. L. Cech

Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Department of Forest Protection, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Vienna, Austria

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S. Schmitz

Department of Life Sciences, Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, Gembloux, Belgium

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R. Baden

Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey, UK

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K. Tubby

Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey, UK

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A. Brown

Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey, UK

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M. Georgieva

Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

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A. Woods

British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Smithers, BC, Canada

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R. Ahumada

Bioforest SA, Concepción, Chile

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L. Jankovský

Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic

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I. M. Thomsen

Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

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K. Adamson

Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

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B. Marçais

NRA, Nancy Université, UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres Microorganismes, Champenoux, France

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M. Vuorinen

The Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Suonenjoki, Finland

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P. Tsopelas

Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, Athens, Greece

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A. Koltay

Department of Forest Protection, Hungarian Forest Research Institute, Mátrafüred, Hungary

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A. Halasz

National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate of Plant Protection, Soil Conservation and Agri‐environment, Plant Health and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Budapest, Hungary

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N. La Porta

IASMA Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy

MOUNTFOR Project Centre, European Forest Institute, Trento, Italy

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N. Anselmi

Department for Innovation in Biological Agrofood and Forest Systems (DiBAF), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

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R. Kiesnere

Latvian State Forest Research Institute, Salaspils, Latvia

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S. Markovskaja

Laboratory of Mycology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

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A. Kačergius

Vokė Branch of Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Trakų Vokė, Lithuania

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I. Papazova‐Anakieva

Faculty of Forestry, University ‘Ss Cyril and Methodius’ ‐ Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

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M. Risteski

Faculty of Forestry, University ‘Ss Cyril and Methodius’ ‐ Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

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K. Sotirovski

Faculty of Forestry, University ‘Ss Cyril and Methodius’ ‐ Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

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J. Lazarević

Biotechnical Faculty, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro

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H. Solheim

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway

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P. Boroń

Department of Forest Pathology, Mycology and Tree Physiology, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Kraków, Poland

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H. Bragança

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Oeiras, Portugal

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D. Chira

National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry ‘Marin Drăcea’, Closca, Romania

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D. L. Musolin

St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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A. V. Selikhovkin

St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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T. S. Bulgakov

Southern Federal University, Rostov‐on‐Don, Russia

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N. Keča

Faculty of Forestry‐University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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D. Karadžić

Faculty of Forestry‐University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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V. Galovic

Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

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P. Pap

Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

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M. Markovic

Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

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L. Poljakovic Pajnik

Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

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V. Vasic

Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

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E. Ondrušková

Slovak Academy of Science, Institute of Forest Ecology Zvolen, Branch for Woody Plants Biology Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic

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B. Piškur

Department of Forest Protection, Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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D. Sadiković

Department of Forest Protection, Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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J. J. Diez

Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, Unversity of Valladolid‐INIA, Palencia, Spain

Department of Plant Production and Forest, University of Valladolid (Palencia Campus), Palencia, Spain

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A. Solla

Ingeniería Forestal y del Medio Natural, Universidad de Extremadura, Plasencia, Spain

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H. Millberg

Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

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J. Stenlid

Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

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A. Angst

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Swizerland

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V. Queloz

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Swizerland

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A. Lehtijärvi

Faculty of Forestry, Bursa Technical University, Osmangazi, Bursa, Turkey

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H. T. Doğmuş‐Lehtijärvi

Faculty of Forestry, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

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F. Oskay

Faculty of Forestry, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı, Turkey

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K. Davydenko

Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry & Forest Melioration and Ukrainian State Forest Protection Service, Kharkiv, Ukraine

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V. Meshkova

Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry & Forest Melioration and Ukrainian State Forest Protection Service, Kharkiv, Ukraine

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D. Craig

Agri‐Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast, UK

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S. Woodward

Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

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I. Barnes

Department of Genetics, FABI, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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First published: 13 September 2016
Cited by: 26
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Summary

Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) is one of the most important diseases of pine. Although its notoriety stems from Southern Hemisphere epidemics in Pinus radiata plantations, the disease has increased in prevalence and severity in areas of the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe, during the last two decades. This increase has largely been attributed to expanded planting of susceptible hosts, anthropogenic dispersal of the causative pathogens and changes in climate conducive to disease development. The last comprehensive review of DNB was published in 2004, with updates on geographic distribution and host species in 2009. Importantly, the recognition that two species, Dothistroma septosporum and D. pini, cause DNB emerged only relatively recently in 2004. These two species are morphologically very similar, and DNA‐based techniques are needed to distinguish between them. Consequently, many records of host species affected or geographic location of DNB prior to 2004 are inconclusive or even misleading. The objectives of this review were (i) to provide a new database in which detailed records of DNB from 62 countries are collated; (ii) to chart the current global distribution of D. septosporum and D. pini; (iii) to list all known host species and to consider their susceptibility globally; (iv) to collate the published results of provenance trials; and (v) to consider the effects of site factors on disease incidence and severity. The review shows that DNB occurs in 76 countries, with D. septosporum confirmed to occur in 44 and D. pini in 13. There are now 109 documented Pinaceae host taxa for Dothistroma species, spanning six genera (Abies, Cedrus, Larix, Picea, Pinus and Pseudotsuga), with Pinus being the dominant host genus, accounting for 95 host taxa. The relative susceptibilities of these hosts to Dothistroma species are reported, providing a resource to inform species choice in forest planting. Country records show that most DNB outbreaks in Europe occur on Pinus nigra and its subspecies. It is anticipated that the collaborative work described in this review will both underpin a broader global research strategy to manage DNB in the future and provide a model for the study of other forest pathogens.

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