Shoot dieback of lodgepole pine in Scotland caused by Ramichloridium pini

摘要

AbstractResearch conducted on shoot dieback of lodgepole pine,Pinus contorta, during the early 1980's in west Scotland is summarised. The dieback symptoms and their stages of development are described.Ramichloridium pinide Hoog and Rahman was regularly isolated from bark and xylem tissue of dieased shoots. Artificial inoculations established that this fungus was the cause of the disease.