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Gallery of Pests:
Pests & pathogens that are widespread

Pine Pitch Canker - Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg and O'Donnell

(syn. Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini)


- Faith Campbell -

- August 2004 -


Photographs
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On P. radiata seedling
On P. radiata sapling
On P. radiata tree

 

Pine pitch canker


The pathogenic fungus pine pitch canker is native to the southeastern United States, Mexico, and Haiti (USDA Forest Service, 1998). Introduced into California, it is killing the narrowly endemic Monterey (=Radiata) and Torrey pines (Pinus radiata and P. torreyana). The fungus might also cause serious damage to "[a]ll economically important native pine species" in California (USDA Forest Service, 1998).

 

 

Sources


United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 1998. Pest Risk Assessment of the Importation of the Importation into the United States of Unprocessed Pinus and Abies Logs from Mexico. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-104. February 1998. 116 pages.


Gallery of Pests:
Pests & pathogens that are widespread

Pine Pitch Canker - Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg and O'Donnell

(syn. Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini)


- Faith Campbell -

- August 2004 -


Photographs
Click on the images below to view photographs. Complete photographic credits are given here.

 


On P. radiata seedling
On P. radiata sapling
On P. radiata tree

 

Pine pitch canker


The pathogenic fungus pine pitch canker is native to the southeastern United States, Mexico, and Haiti (USDA Forest Service, 1998). Introduced into California, it is killing the narrowly endemic Monterey (=Radiata) and Torrey pines (Pinus radiata and P. torreyana). The fungus might also cause serious damage to "[a]ll economically important native pine species" in California (USDA Forest Service, 1998).

 

 

Sources


United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 1998. Pest Risk Assessment of the Importation of the Importation into the United States of Unprocessed Pinus and Abies Logs from Mexico. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-104. February 1998. 116 pages.