Gnomoniopsis castaneae associated with Dryocosmus kuriphilus galls in chestnut stands in Sardinia (Italy)

doi:10.3832/ifor2064-009

Gnomoniopsis castaneae associated with Dryocosmus kuriphilus galls in chestnut stands in Sardinia (Italy)

Salvatore Seddaiu⁽¹⁾, Anna Cerboneschi⁽¹⁾, Clizia Sechi⁽¹⁾, Antonietta Mello⁽²⁾

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 440-445 (2017)
doi: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor2064-009
Published: Mar 24, 2017 - Copyright © 2017 SISEF

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Invasive fungal pathogens and pests of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) forests drastically reduce their productivity. The recently described Gnomoniopsis castaneae is one of the main agents involved in the epidemic of brown rot of chestnut nuts worldwide. In 2014, during an investigation aimed at evaluating the health status of chestnut forests in Sardinia, a high incidence of necrotic galls induced by the Asian gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) was observed. Several fungal isolates were consistently isolated from necrotic gall tissues. Based on their morphological characters and analyses of both the ITS and EF1-α-coding gene sequences, all isolates were identified as Gnomoniopsis castaneae.

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Galls Necrosis, Brown Nut Rot, Invasive Pests, Forest Pathogens

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Cork and Silviculture Research Service, Agris Sardegna, v. Limbara 9, I-07029 Tempio Pausania (Italy)

(2)

Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, SS Torino - CNR, v.le Mattioli 25, I-10125 Torino (Italy)

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Antonietta Mello
antonietta.mello@ipsp.cnr.it

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Seddaiu S, Cerboneschi A, Sechi C, Mello A (2017). Gnomoniopsis castaneae associated with Dryocosmus kuriphilus galls in chestnut stands in Sardinia (Italy). iForest 10: 440-445. - doi: 10.3832/ifor2064-009

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Received: Mar 21, 2016
Accepted: Nov 27, 2016

First online: Mar 24, 2017
Publication Date: Apr 30, 2017
Publication Time: 3.90 months

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