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- Title
Influence of site and stand factors on Hymenoscyphus fraxineus-induced basal lesions.
- Authors
Marçais, B.; Husson, C.; Godart, L.; Caël, O.
- Abstract
Hymenoscyphus fraxineus is an invasive fungus in Europe and causes a severe decline affecting ash, which began in the late 1990s. One of the symptoms associated with the disease is lesions in the outer bark of the collar area. However, the aetiology of these basal lesions, and in particular the relative roles of H. fraxineus and Armillaria species, is still controversial; moreover, little is known about the influence of environmental factors on the disease epidemiology. This study therefore surveyed 42 plots located in northeastern France, in an area affected by ash decline since 2008, in order to determine which environmental factors condition the severity of lesions associated with H. fraxineus on ash collar. The spatial pattern that is a consequence of the invasive spread of the disease was taken into account in the analysis, using a spatial hierarchical Bayesian model fitted by integrated nested laplace approximation ( INLA). Results show that while basal lesions are tightly associated with H. fraxineus, their severity is influenced by the Armillaria species present in the plot. Sites with vegetation indicating moist conditions, or more humid topographical positions, were associated with more developed basal lesions.
- Subjects
SITE factors (Plant ecology); CHALARA fraxinea; INTRODUCED fungi; ETIOLOGY of diseases; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ASH dieback
- Publication
Plant Pathology, 2016, Vol 65, Issue 9, p1452
- ISSN
0032-0862
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ppa.12542