BACKGROUND AND AIMS Characterization of spatial patterns of plant disease can provide insights into important epidemiological processes such as sources of inoculum, mechanisms of dissemination, and reproductive strategies of the pathogen population. Whilst two-dimensional patterns of disease (among plants within fields) have been studied extensively, there is limited information on three-dimens...

Smith, J. A., O’Donnell, K., Mount, L. L., Shin, K., Peacock, K., Trulock, A., Spector, T., Cruse-Sanders, J., and Determann, R. 2011. A novel Fusarium species causes a canker disease of the critically endangered conifer, Torreya taxifolia. Plant Dis. 95:633-639. A canker disease of Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia) has been implicated in the decline of this critically endangered species in i...

The genus Neofusicoccum is comprised of approximately 50 species with a worldwide distribution and typically associated plants. well-known for the diseases it causes on economically ecologically relevant host In particular, members this are responsible grapevine diseases, such as leaf spots, fruit rots, shoot dieback, bud necrosis, vascular discoloration wood, perennial cankers. Many secondary ...

Acanthopanax divaricatus, a member of the Araliaceae family, has been used as an invigorant in traditional Korean medicine. During disease monitoring, a stem with small, irregular, brown lesions was sampled at a farm in Cheonan in 2011. The symptoms seen were sunken cankers and reddish-brown needles on the infected twig. The isolated fungal colonies were whitish, having crenated edges and aeria...